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AL Code § 11-46-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-31 - Exhibition of Voting Machines for Voter Instruction and Information; Diagrams Furnished With Voting Machines.

Section 11-46-31Exhibition of voting machines for voter instruction and information; diagrams furnished with voting machines. During the 30 days next preceding an election at which voting machines will be used, the municipal governing body shall place on public exhibition in public places and at times as it may deem most suitable for the information and instruction of the voters one or more voting machines, containing the ballot labels and showing the offices and questions to be voted upon and, so far as practicable, the names and arrangements of the candidates for office. The machines will be under the charge and care of a person competent as custodian and instructor. No voting machine which is to be assigned for use in an election shall be used for public exhibition and instruction after having been prepared and sealed for the election. This requirement shall not apply in any municipality which will use a vote tabulator that requires voters to fill out a card or paper ballot that will be read by the tabulator. In these municipalities, the municipal governing body shall, at least 30 days prior to the municipal election, place a sample of the ballot or vote card that will be used in the election on public exhibition in public places and at the times it deems most suitable for the information and instruction of the voters. Prior to any election the municipal governing body may cause copies of any diagram or diagrams required to be furnished with voting machines at polling places to be made, either in full size or reduced size, and to be posted, published, advertised, or distributed among the electors in a manner as they may deem desirable. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §11; Acts 1976, No. 358, p. 430, §8; Act 2003-400, §1.)
AL Code § 11-46-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-32 - Election Supplies.

Section 11-46-32Election supplies. (a) The mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall at the expense of the municipality procure and superintend and insure the delivery to the election officers at each polling place within the corporate limits of the municipality of the necessary election supplies and shall also procure and deliver or cause to be delivered to the municipal clerk a sufficient number of the absentee ballots and the envelopes therefor prescribed by general laws and other supplies needed for the handling of absentee ballots in such election in the manner prescribed by general law. In the event the municipal clerk is a candidate in the election, he or she shall immediately upon receipt of the absentee ballots and other supplies deliver the same to the person appointed pursuant to Section 11-46-55 to act in his or her stead. (b) When paper ballots are used, such supplies shall consist of: At least 100 ballots for each 50 registered electors at each voting place; the same number of black seals, two inches square, around the outer edge of which is a mucilaginous surface one-fourth inch wide, so designed that a seal may be placed securely over the square bearing the ballot number in such manner that it will make it impossible to read such number without removing the seal yet such seal may be removed without obliterating the number; ballot boxes; blank poll lists; three or more cards of instructions to voters for each ward or voting district, which shall be printed in large clear type and shall contain full instructions to electors as to what should be done, first, to obtain ballots for voting, second, to prepare the ballot for deposit in the ballot box, third, to obtain a new ballot in place of one accidentally spoiled and, fourth, to obtain a watcher for each candidate to be voted for; certificates of results; oaths; and any other stationery, blank forms, or supplies necessary in the conduct of the election. (c) When voting machines are used, such supplies shall consist of: Ballot labels; diagrams; blanks for keeping a record of assisted voters; seals; blank forms for a statement of canvass of the votes cast on each machine, such forms to conform to the type of voting machine to be used and the designating number and letter if the construction of the machine is such as to require a designating number and letter of each candidate or proposition to be printed next to the candidate's name on the statement of canvass; and all other necessary election supplies for use on voting machines. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §12; Act 2015-216, §1.)
AL Code § 11-46-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-33 - Duties of Clerk as to Voting Machines.

Section 11-46-33Duties of clerk as to voting machines. (a) Whenever voting machines are to be used in any municipal election the municipal clerk shall: (1) Cause the proper ballot labels to be placed on the voting machines; (2) Cause the machines to be placed in proper working order for voting; (3) Examine all voting machines in the presence of authorized watchers for any interested persons before they are sent out to the polling places; (4) See that all the registering counters are set at zero; (5) Lock, in the presence of authorized watchers, all voting machines so that the counting machinery cannot be operated; and (6) Seal each one with a numbered seal, a list of which numbered seals and the number on the protective counters, together with the number of the voting place to which it was sent shall be kept as a permanent record in such clerk's office, open to any citizen. (b) The inspection and sealing of voting machines shall begin not later than 9:00 A.M., of the Monday before any election at which such machines are to be used and shall continue until all machines are sealed. When all machines are locked and sealed, the key to each machine shall be placed in an envelope and sealed, the signature of the municipal clerk and the signature of two watchers of opposed interest, if such there shall be, shall be placed across the seal, and on the envelope shall be written the number then on the protective counter and the number on the seal of the voting machines. This envelope shall be delivered to the election inspector who will serve as an election officer at the polling place where such machine is used. (c) It shall be the duty of the municipal clerk to see that a voting machine or machines, together with an instruction model for each machine showing a portion of the face of such machine in use at such election, is delivered to each and every polling place where machines are required by law to be used at least one hour before the time set for opening the polls in such ward. After the machine has been delivered, the clerk shall cause such machine to be set up in the proper manner and cause protection to be given so that such machine shall be free from molestation and injury. The protective curtains shall be examined to see that they properly conceal the actions of the voter while such voter is operating the machine. All poll lists and necessary supplies shall be delivered to the inspector at the same time the key or keys to the machine are delivered. (d) Except as otherwise provided by law, the term voting machines, as used in this title, shall not include electronic vote counting systems as defined in Title 17. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §13; Act 2015-216, §1.)
AL Code § 11-46-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-34 - Voting Booths.

Section 11-46-34Voting booths. For all elections at which paper ballots will be used, the chief executive officer of the municipality at the expense of the municipality shall provide at each polling place in all municipalities having a population of over 3,000 inhabitants a room or covered enclosure and in such room or covered enclosure shall provide booths or compartments, one booth or compartment for each 100 or fraction thereof over 50 electors registered in the ward or wards in such municipality for that election, and shall furnish each booth or compartment with a shelf or table for the convenience of the electors in the preparation of their ballots. Each booth or compartment shall be so arranged that it will be impossible for one elector at a shelf or table in one compartment to see an elector at a shelf or table in another compartment in the act of marking his ballot. Each voting shelf or table shall be kept supplied with conveniences for marking the ballots. In voting places in municipalities having a population of 3,000 inhabitants or less no booths shall be required. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §14.)
AL Code § 11-46-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-35 - Watchers.

Section 11-46-35Watchers. (a) Each candidate may name a watcher for every polling place. As used in this subsection, a polling place shall mean a location for ballot boxes or voting machines, regardless of the number thereof. (b) The watcher, upon presentation of his or her appointment in writing and being sworn faithfully to observe the rule of law prescribed for the conduct of elections, shall be permitted to be present at the place where ballots are cast from the time the polls are opened until the ballots are counted and certificates of the result of the election are duly signed by the proper election officers. The function of the watcher is to observe activities at the polling place. The watcher may not disturb voters, attempt to influence voters, campaign, or display or wear any campaign material or buttons while inside any polling place. (c) When paper ballots are used at the election, the watcher shall be permitted to see the ballots as they are called during the count. (d) When voting machines are used, the watchers shall, upon presentation of their appointment in writing, be permitted to be present when the machines are being prepared and sealed for use at the election. On election morning the watcher may witness the breaking of the seal on the envelope containing the key or keys to the voting machines, and, when the machine has been unlocked and the counters exposed, he or she shall carefully examine each and every counter to see that it registers zero, and he or she shall also examine the ballots and satisfy himself or herself that they are in their proper places on the machine and that the machine is properly placed. The watcher must also sign a certificate setting out the above facts, as required by subsection (c) of Section 11-46-47. He or she may also be present and witness the opening of the machine after the polls have closed, the reading and tabulating of the result of the election as recorded on the voting machine and the resealing of the machine. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §15; Acts 1976, No. 358, p. 403, §9; Act 2003-400, §1.)
AL Code § 11-46-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-36 - Preparation, Certification, Filing, and Publication of Lists of Qualified Regular Voters.

Section 11-46-36Preparation, certification, filing, and publication of lists of qualified regular voters. (a) The mayor or other chief executive officer of the city or town shall cause to be made a list of the qualified voters who reside within the corporate limits of such city or town and who are registered to vote regular ballots, dividing the same into separate alphabetical lists of the qualified voters of each ward where such city or town has been divided into wards and all qualified voters thereof vote at one box or voting machine, or dividing such list into separate alphabetical lists of voters authorized to vote at each respective box or voting machine if the list of qualified voters has been divided alphabetically and each alphabetical group assigned a box or machine at which to vote. He or she shall have such lists compared with the official list of electors qualified to vote during the current year on file in the probate office of the county in which the municipality is situated and shall certify on each list prepared pursuant to this section that it is a correct list of the voters who are qualified to vote regular ballots in the municipality, ward, ballot box, or voting machine to which it appertains. He or she shall have full access to all registration lists of the county for this purpose. A copy of each list so prepared shall be filed with the municipal clerk, who shall file and retain each such list as a public record in his or her office, on or before the third Tuesday in July before a regular municipal election. The clerk shall prepare a copy of the list of qualified voters authorized to vote at each of the respective polling places in the municipality, and, prior to the opening of the polls on election day, he or she shall furnish to the inspectors, or one of them, of each ballot box or voting machine at each polling place a copy of the list of qualified voters authorized to vote at the box or voting machine for which he or she was appointed an inspector. The clerk shall also publish the list of qualified voters authorized to vote at the ensuing election at least five days prior to the election by posting copies thereof in at least three public places in the municipality. (b) Following each election, the municipal clerk shall make a copy of that portion of the poll list to be made a public record and shall maintain the original in his or her office. The clerk shall redact any information required to be redacted pursuant to Section 17-4-33 from the copy to be made a public record. This subsection shall not affect poll lists used at local precincts. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §16; Acts 1976, No. 358, p. 403, §10; Acts 1980, No. 80-94, p. 140, §5; Acts 1982, No. 82-458, p. 711, §7; Acts 1987, No. 87-581, p. 928, §7; Act 2014-221, p. 704, §1.)
AL Code § 11-46-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-37 - Preparation, etc., of Lists of Qualified Voters Upon Disqualification of Mayor, Etc.

Section 11-46-37Preparation, etc., of lists of qualified voters upon disqualification of mayor, etc. In the event the mayor or other chief executive officer of any city or town is a candidate in any municipal election held under the provisions of this article, he shall be disqualified to perform the duties set forth in Section 11-46-36, and said duties shall be performed by a disinterested person appointed by the board of aldermen or other governing body of the city or town. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §17.)
AL Code § 11-46-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-38 - Electors to Vote in Wards or Precincts of Residence, etc.; Qualifications for Voting.

Section 11-46-38Electors to vote in wards or precincts of residence, etc.; qualifications for voting. (a) At all municipal elections, a qualified elector may vote only in the ward or precinct of his or her residence where he or she is registered to vote. (b) An individual may not vote at any municipal election unless he or she is a qualified elector of the State of Alabama, has resided in the county 30 days and in the ward 30 days prior to the election, and has registered to vote in conformance with the time frame set forth in Section 17-3-50; provided, however, if a qualified elector relocates his or her residence from one ward to another ward in the same city or town within the 30-day period prior to the election, the elector shall have the right to vote in the ward where the elector had previously resided if he or she would have been entitled to vote in that ward but for relocating to the new ward. If any elector attempts to vote in any ward other than that of his or her residence, except as authorized in this section, his or her vote must be rejected. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §18; Acts 1976, No. 358, p. 403, §11; Acts 1982, No. 82-458, p. 711, §8; Act 2006-281, p. 496, §1; Act 2019-358, §1.)
AL Code § 11-46-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-40 - Assistance of Disabled Electors Generally.

Section 11-46-40Assistance of disabled electors generally. When paper ballots are used, any elector applying to vote who shall state under oath to any of the inspectors (which oath may be administered by any one of the inspectors) that by reason of his inability to write the English language, or by reason of blindness or the loss of the use of his hand or hands he is unable to prepare his ballot may have the assistance of any person he may select. In such case, said elector must remain within the polling place, and the inspector shall send for the person selected. If the person first selected cannot be found, then such elector may select another person to assist him. The person so selected shall render said elector all such assistance in the preparation of his ballot as he may require so that the ballot may be voted for the candidate of his choice in the manner provided in this article. In cities of more than 3,000 inhabitants, the elector and the person selected to assist him shall retire to a booth or compartment and there prepare the elector's ballot. In all other cities and towns they shall be permitted to prepare it at any point in the polling place. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §20; Acts 1987, No. 87-581, p. 928, §8.)
AL Code § 11-46-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-41 - Forms of Oaths to Be Taken by and for Challenged Voters; Penalty for False Oath; Refusal to Take Oath.

Section 11-46-41Forms of oaths to be taken by and for challenged voters; penalty for false oath; refusal to take oath. Repealed by Acts 2006-281, p. 496, §2, effective January 1, 2007. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §21; Acts 1976, No. 358, p. 403, §12; Acts 1982, No. 82-458, p. 711, §9.)
AL Code § 11-46-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-42 - Number of Electors Allowed in Polling Place; Time Limit, etc., for Occupation of Booth.

Section 11-46-42Number of electors allowed in polling place; time limit, etc., for occupation of booth. Where paper ballots are used, no more than 10 electors shall be allowed in the polling place at the same time. In all elections for which voting booths or compartments have been provided, if all such booths or compartments are occupied and other electors are waiting to vote, no elector shall occupy a booth or compartment for a longer time than five minutes. No elector shall be allowed to occupy a booth or compartment already occupied by another nor to speak or converse with anyone except as provided in this article while in the polling place. After having voted or declined or failed to vote within five minutes, the elector shall immediately withdraw from the polling place and go beyond the prohibited distance and shall not enter the polling place again. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §22.)
AL Code § 11-46-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-43 - Right of Secret Ballot; Write-in Voting Prohibited.

Section 11-46-43Right of secret ballot; write-in voting prohibited. (a) Every voter in a municipal election shall have the right to vote a secret ballot which shall be kept secret and inviolate. (b) Electors shall not be entitled to vote for any person whose name does not appear on the ballot, and no elector shall write in the name of any person on the ballot. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §23; Acts 1976, No. 358, p. 403, §13.)
AL Code § 11-46-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-44 - Votes Not to Be Counted Until Polls Closed; Disposition of Poll Lists and Affidavits; Counting of Ballots.

Section 11-46-44Votes not to be counted until polls closed; disposition of poll lists and affidavits; counting of ballots. (a) No votes shall be counted until the polls are closed. (b) Immediately after the polls are closed at elections where paper ballots are used, the poll list signed by the voters and the poll list made by one of the clerks shall be sealed in separate envelopes and labelled before the inspectors begin to count the votes. (c) As soon as this is done, the ballots cast shall be counted in the following manner: The returning officer or one of the inspectors must take the ballots one by one from the box in which they were deposited, at the same time reading aloud the name of each person receiving a vote and the office for which the person received the vote, and they must separately keep a calculation of the number of votes each person receives and for what office the person receives them. If the elector has marked more than there are persons to be elected to an office or if for any reason it is impossible to determine the elector's choice for any office to be filled, the ballot shall not be counted for that office, but this shall not vitiate the ballot so far as properly marked nor shall any ballot be rejected for any technical error which does not make it impossible to determine the elector's choice. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §24; Act 2010-687, p. 1660, §1.)