Section 17-6-7 – Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment as Liaison With Bureau of Census; Assistance to Counties.
Section 17-6-7 Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment as liaison with Bureau of Census; assistance to counties. (a) The Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment, or its designees, shall serve as the state liaison with the United States Bureau of the Census on all matters related to the tabulation of population and other census information for purposes […]
Section 17-6-8 – Cooperation With Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment.
Section 17-6-8 Cooperation with Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment. All state and county agencies and officials shall cooperate with the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment in carrying out the purposes of this chapter and shall cooperate with the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment in the development of all information, maps, and other data as is […]
Section 17-6-9 – Inapplicability to Municipal Elections.
Section 17-6-9 Inapplicability to municipal elections. The provisions of this article shall have no effect on the conduct of municipal elections of this state. It is further specifically provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to require any municipality to establish single or multiple representation districts for the election of municipal officials in this […]
Section 17-6-1 – Purpose.
Section 17-6-1 Purpose. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for participation by the State of Alabama in programs of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce which provide for furnishing census information to the states for purposes of reapportionment, pursuant to federal laws for that purpose. It […]
Section 17-6-2 – Establishment of Precincts; Boundaries; Precinct Map; Reapportionment Coordination.
Section 17-6-2 Establishment of precincts; boundaries; precinct map; reapportionment coordination. (a) The governing body of each county shall establish precincts, define the territorial limits for which each precinct is established, prescribe their boundaries using the most recent federal decennial census tract and block map, and designate the precincts. The governing body of each county shall, […]
Section 17-6-3 – Voting Districts; Naming of Precincts.
Section 17-6-3 Voting districts; naming of precincts. (a) Except as may be provided further by local election laws or by the electronic vote counting statutes, the counties in this state, as divided pursuant to this chapter into election precincts, and the boundaries of such precincts shall so remain until changed by order of the county […]
Section 17-6-4 – Designating and Equipping Voting Places; County Voting Centers.
Section 17-6-4 Designating and equipping voting places; county voting centers. (a) Except as may be provided further by local election laws or by the electronic vote counting statutes, the county governing bodies shall designate the places of holding elections in the precincts established hereunder, and, whenever the county has alphabetically divided the list of registered […]
Section 17-6-5 – List of Voters for Each Voting Place.
Section 17-6-5 List of voters for each voting place. The judge of probate shall prepare a separate, correct alphabetical list of all the names of qualified electors or voters for each voting place from the state voter registration list, pursuant to Sections 17-4-1 and 17-4-2, for all elections hereafter held in this state, whether primary, […]
Section 17-6-6 – Adjustment of Precinct Configuration, Boundaries, Etc.
Section 17-6-6 Adjustment of precinct configuration, boundaries, etc. (a) The county governing body shall have sole authority to change the configuration, boundaries, or designation of an election precinct. Any change so determined shall be adopted by resolution of the county governing body. (b) A county governing body shall only change a precinct by dividing the […]