§8-5-14. Municipal Executive Committees; Election Expenses; Applicability of State Primary and General Election Laws; Election Days
Except as otherwise provided by charter provision or ordinance or this code, municipal executive committees shall exercise similar functions and be governed by the same laws in regard to municipal primary elections and regular municipal elections as county executive committees in regard to county-state primary and general elections, so far as the same may be […]
§8-5-15. Tie Vote
Whenever two or more individuals shall receive an equal number of legal votes for the same office, if such number be the highest cast for such office, the individuals under whose supervision the election is held shall decide by lot which of them shall be returned as elected, and shall make their return accordingly.
§8-5-6. Charter Provisions Concerning Officers and Elections, etc.; Provisions of General Law Concerning Same
ELECTION OF OFFICERS. §8-5-6. Charter provisions concerning officers and elections, etc.; provisions of general law concerning same. The charter of every city framed and adopted or revised as a whole under the provisions of article three or article four of this chapter, as the case may be, shall provide a method and time for the […]
§8-5-7. Certain Officers; Wards or Election Districts; Residency and Other Requirements
(a) Unless otherwise provided in the charter of a municipality, there shall be elected a mayor, a recorder and council members, who together shall form the governing body of the municipality. (b) When a municipality has not been divided into wards or election districts, there shall be at least five council members, but when the […]
§8-5-8. Oath of Office
§8-5-8. Oath of office. Every person elected or appointed to an office in any municipality shall, unless otherwise provided in the charter thereof, within twenty days after his election or appointment and before he shall enter upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed for district officers, which […]
§8-5-9. Terms of Office
Except as otherwise provided in the charter of any municipality, the terms of all officers elected after the first election in municipalities holding biennial elections shall commence on July 1, following their election and shall be for two years, and in municipalities holding quadrennial elections the terms of all elected officers shall commence on July […]
§8-5-10. Vacancies in Elective Offices; How Filled
Unless otherwise provided by charter provision or ordinance, when a vacancy shall occur from any cause in any municipal elective office, the vacancy, until the next succeeding regular municipal election and until the qualification of an elected successor, shall be filled by appointment by the governing body from among the residents of the municipality eligible […]
§8-5-1. First Election of Officers of a City; Terms of First Officers
§8-5-1. First election of officers of a city; terms of first officers. The first election of officers of a city shall be held, conducted, superintended, returned, certified and canvassed in such manner as is provided in article three of this chapter for the first charter election of such city. All officers elected at such first […]
§8-5-2. First Election of Officers of a Town or Village; Commissioners of Election
At the time of ordering the issuance of the certificate of incorporation of a town or village as specified in section seven, article two of this chapter, the county court shall appoint three qualified voters of such incorporated territory who shall act as commissioners of election at the first election of officers to be held […]
§8-5-3. When First Election of Officers of a Town or Village Held; Notice
The first election of officers of a town or village shall be held within sixty days from the date of the certificate of incorporation issued in accordance with the provisions of section seven, article two of this chapter, and the commissioners of election appointed at the time the order is entered directing issuance of such […]