Section 11-16-1 Petition of qualified electors for election to change county seat. A majority of the qualified electors of any county, except those counties that have built new courthouses in the past 20 years, may petition the Governor in writing, praying that an election be held in such county for the purpose of determining whether […]
Section 11-16-10 Notice of election. Said commissioners shall give notice of the date established for holding the election by publishing a copy of said order for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county or, if there be no newspaper published in the county, by posting a copy of said order at the […]
Section 11-16-11 Inspectors, clerks, and returning officers – Appointment. Between 10 and 30 days prior to the day appointed for such election the said board of commissioners shall appoint three inspectors, two clerks, and one returning officer to hold and conduct said election for each of the voting places in the county. One of said […]
Section 11-16-12 Inspectors, clerks, and returning officers – Notice of appointment. Said board of commissioners shall notify or cause to be notified the persons so appointed as inspectors, clerks, and returning officers for each voting place in the county prior to the day appointed for the election. (Code 1907, §186; Code 1923, §278; Code 1940, […]
Section 11-16-13 Inspectors, clerks, and returning officers – Oath. Before entering upon their duties, the inspectors, clerks, and returning officers must take an oath to perform their duties pertaining to said election honestly, faithfully, and impartially and according to law, which oath may be administered by any officer authorized by law to administer oaths or […]
Section 11-16-14 Powers and duties of returning officers generally. The returning officer for each precinct or ward is clothed with all the power and charged with all the duties of a peace officer under the laws of the state while engaged in the discharge of his duties as such returning officer. (Code 1907, §198; Code […]
Section 11-16-15 Compensation of returning officers, inspectors, etc. Each returning officer, manager, or inspector shall receive as compensation for his services the same pay as is paid like officers of general elections, which shall be paid by the county treasurer upon the order of said board of commissioners. (Code 1907, §199; Code 1923, §291; Code […]
Section 11-16-16 Attendance at and opening of polls by inspectors, clerks, and returning officers. The inspectors, clerks, and returning officers thus appointed must meet at the place of holding elections in the several precincts or wards for which they are appointed by 9:00 A.M. of the day of the election and, before 10:00 A.M., open […]
Section 11-16-17 Appointment of clerks, inspectors, etc., upon failure of others to attend. On the failure of any inspector or clerk to attend at the hour of 9:00 A.M., the inspector or inspectors present shall complete the number by appointing a qualified elector in the place of each inspector or clerk so absent, every such […]
Section 11-16-18 Opening of polls to be proclaimed prior to receipt of ballots. The inspectors, before they commence receiving ballots, must cause it to be proclaimed aloud at the place of voting that the election is opened. (Code 1907, §190; Code 1923, §282; Code 1940, T. 12, §245.)
Section 11-16-19 Form of ballot. Each qualified elector shall be entitled to cast one ballot and no more, which ballot must be a paper ticket on which must be written or printed the words, “For removal to _____,” or the words, “Against removal,” as the elector may desire to vote. No official ballot shall be […]
Section 11-16-2 Commissioners – Qualifications and appointment; notice of appointment. The Governor shall, within 30 days after the filing of the petition with him, appoint three commissioners for such election who shall be qualified electors of such county and shall not hold any state or county office, and, thereupon, the Governor shall cause them to […]
Section 11-16-20 Preparation of poll lists; numbering of ballots. The name of each elector whose ballot has been received must immediately be taken down by each clerk on separate lists, which shall be known as the poll list, and the number or the order in which each elector votes must at the same time be […]
Section 11-16-21 Provision of certified lists of registered voters for inspectors; qualifications for voting. The judge of probate must furnish to the board of commissioners provided for in this chapter a duly certified list of the registered voters in each precinct or ward in the county on request of said commissioners or either of them […]
Section 11-16-22 Preparation and disposition of certified statements of votes and poll lists. Immediately on the closing of the polls, the inspectors must count the ballots and certify the number of votes cast “For removal to _____” and the number of votes cast “Against removal,” and certify on one of the poll lists that such […]
Section 11-16-23 Receipt of returns, counting of votes, and declaration of election result. The board of commissioners shall meet at the courthouse of the county on the next day after the day on which such election is held and there remain and receive the returns from the several returning officers, and on the second day […]
Section 11-16-24 Proceedings when returns destroyed, withheld, or delayed. If it shall be made to appear to said board that the returns from any precinct or ward are destroyed or withheld or the delivery thereof purposely delayed or prevented, said board shall take such steps as in their judgment may be necessary in order to […]
Section 11-16-25 Preparation, recordation, filing, and publication of certified copy of election result. The board of commissioners upon the conclusion of canvassing said returns shall certify in writing the result of said election, a copy of which shall be filed and recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county and another […]
Section 11-16-26 Majority of commissioners or inspectors may act. Any duty required by this chapter to be performed by the said board of commissioners of county seat election may be performed by a majority of them, and a majority of inspectors of election shall govern in the determination of all questions coming before them as […]
Section 11-16-27 Declaration of new county seat. If upon canvass of the returns of said election a majority of all the legal votes cast were in favor of the removal of the county seat, then the city, town, or village thus elected shall thereafter be the county seat of the county. (Code 1907, §201; Code […]
