Title 11 — Title 11

(a) At all elections where voting machines are used, there shall be the following election officers for each voting machine: An inspector, a chief clerk, and a first and a second assistant clerk; except, in the event voting centers are established, then the requirements of Sectio…

The governing body of a municipality having a general municipal election or runoff election required by general or local act at a time different from the dates now or hereafter provided by Article 2, Chapter 46 of Title 11, may elect by ordinance to have the election at the same …

Assistance of Voters; Provisional Ballot. (a) The election officials, where voting machines are used, shall ascertain whether each applicant to vote is entitled to vote, and each applicant found to be entitled to vote shall be permitted to vote in the manner provided in this arti…

Assistance of Voters. (a) The election officers shall, with the aid of the diagrams authorized by this article and the mechanically operated model, instruct each voter before he enters the voting machine booth regarding the operation of the machine and shall give the voter opport…

Statements of Canvass; Proclamation; Disposition of Voting Materials. (a) When the time arrives for closing the polls, all qualified voters who are then waiting within the voting room to vote shall be permitted by the election officers to do so. As soon as the last voter has vote…

When Seals of Machines May Be Broken; Disposition of Records Taken from Machines. (a) The voting machines shall remain locked against voting for the time provided by law for the filing of contests and then shall have the seal broken only on the order of the municipal governing bo…

Transportation, Storage, and Protection of Machines. (a) The governing body of any municipality procuring voting machines shall designate a person or persons who shall have the custody of the voting machines and the keys therefor when the machines are not in use at an election an…

Election; Determination of Majority; Runoff Elections; Tie Votes. [Effective until June 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-579, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) Commencing at 12:00 noon on the first Tuesday after the election, the municipal governing body shal…

(a) Any person with standing to contest a municipal election may petition the canvassing authority for a recount of any or all precinct returns. The time period for requesting a recount ends 48 hours after the official canvass of returns by the municipal governing body. The petit…

Any qualified elector of a city or town shall be entitled to cast an absentee ballot under and pursuant to the election laws of the State of Alabama in any municipal election. History: (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §37; Acts 1976, No. 358, p. 403, §16.)

Compensation of Clerks, Etc., Generally; Applicability of Other Laws. The provisions of Chapter 11 of Title 17 shall be applicable to the casting and handling of absentee ballots in municipal elections, and any amendments, extensions, or deletions from this chapter in the future …

The town clerk, city clerk, or other officer performing the duties of the clerk, as the case may be, in municipal elections held under the provisions of this article, shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 11 of Title 17 with respect to marking, enrolling, posting, and deliv…

(a) Any mayor or other chief executive officer of a municipality who willfully fails to give notice of any municipal election as required in this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500.00 and may also be imprisoned i…

(a) The provisions of this section shall apply to all Class 5 cities, according to Section 11-40-12. (b) Any Class 5 city may hold its city election on the second Tuesday in July, 1980, and the runoff election four weeks after that second Tuesday, with the city election every thr…

(a) Any municipal clerk who sends any ballots to or makes any suggestions in reference to furnishing ballots for absent voters, except upon the application or request of the absent voter himself, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than $5…

(a) Any election officer appointed as such by a municipal governing body who shall fail to attend a municipal election without a lawful excuse shall, on conviction, be fined not more than $100.00. (b) Any election officer who drinks any intoxicating liquors while any election is …

(a) Any inspector of an election who shall, without challenging him, permit any person to vote in a municipal election knowing that he is not a qualified elector shall be fined not less than $100.00. (b) Any inspector of an election who shall willfully exclude any vote duly tende…

Any returning officer of the ward who fails to deliver the statement of votes and poll list of a municipal election to the municipal clerk within the time required by law must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and must also be imprisoned in the …

Any marker or helper or assistant authorized to aid a disabled voter at a municipal election who willfully deceives any elector in preparing his ballot must, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years. History: (Acts 1961, No. …

Any duly appointed watcher at a municipal election who drinks any intoxicating liquors while the election is being held shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00. History: (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §45.)

(a) Any elector who takes or removes or attempts to take or remove any ballot from the polling place at a municipal election before the close of the polls or who remains longer than the time allowed by law in the booth or compartment after being notified his or her time has expir…

(a) Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse to perform or discharge any duty relating to absent voters required of him by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than $100.00. (b) Any person found drunk or intoxicated at or …

(a) The election of any person declared elected to any office of a city or town may be contested by any person who was at the time of the election a qualified elector of such city or town for any of the following causes: (1) Misconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any ele…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, except for those citizens of Birmingham that reside in Shelby County and those citizens of Birmingham that vote in the general election outside the Birmingham city limits, the polling places for municipal elections in any …

If, on the trial of the contest of any municipal election, it shall appear that any person other than the one whose election is contested, received or would have received, had the ballots intended for him and illegally rejected been received, the requisite number of votes for ele…

No misconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of the election officers, the marker, the municipal governing body, or any other person, nor any offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other misconduct which prevented a fair, free, and full exercise of the elective franchise c…

If any municipal election provided for in this article should not take place on the day appointed, the municipal corporation shall not for that cause be dissolved, but the incumbent officers shall remain in office until their successors shall be elected and qualified. The municip…

It is specifically declared that the designation in this article of certain acts and omissions relative to municipal elections as offenses shall not be exclusive and that any act or omission relative to a municipal election which is by law designated as an offense but which is no…

Any municipality whose election dates have been established by classification act, local act, or general act of local application may continue to use said election dates unless a majority of the members of the governing body vote to use the election dates established in this arti…

Municipalities. (a) This section shall only apply in a Class 1 municipality. (b) Commencing with the municipal election in 2011, the mayor shall be elected for a two-year term of office. Commencing with the municipal election in 2013, and thereafter, the mayor and the members of …

In any Class 1 municipality, the mayor, the city attorney, and the president of the city council shall constitute an election commission for the city. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either the mayor or the president of the council is a candidate for office, the mayor shall app…

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. History: (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §1; Acts 1982, No. 82-459, p. 724, §1.)

Municipal Governing Body Defined. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. History: (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §2; Acts 1976, No. 361, p. 426, §1.)

Duties by Officers Elected; Service until Successors Are Elected and Qualified. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. History: (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §3; Acts 1971, No. 160, p. 435; Acts 1980, No. 80-93, p. 132, §1; Acts 1982, No. 82-459, p. 724, §2; Acts…

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. History: (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §4; Acts 1976, No. 361, p. 426, §2; Acts 1982, No. 82-459, p. 724, §3; Acts 1987, No. 87-583, p. 945, §2.)

Division of Wards into Voting Districts, Etc. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. History: (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §5.)

Equipment; Voting Procedures. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. History: (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §6; Acts 1976, No. 361, p. 426, §3; Act 2006- 281, p. 496, §1.)

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. History: (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §7; Acts 1976, No. 361, p. 426, §4; Acts 1980, No. 80-93, p. 132, §2; Acts 1982, No. 82-459, p. 724, §4; Acts 1987, No. 87- 583, p. 945, §3.)

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. History: (Acts 1965, No. 166, p. 233, §1; Acts 1976, No. 361, p. 426, §5; Acts 1980, No. 80-93, p. 132, §3; Acts 1987, No. 87-583, p. 945, §4.)

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. History: (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §8; Acts 1971, No. 158, p. 432; Acts 1976, No. 361, p. 426, §6; Acts 1982, No. 82-459, p. 724, §5; Acts 1987, No. 87-583, p. 945, §5.)

Election Officers; Oath of Officers; Selection and Duties of Challengers; Deletion of Voters by Absentee Ballot from Lists of Qualified Electors; Preservation of Order. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. History: (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §9; Acts 1976, N…

Cities and towns shall have the right to borrow money for any purpose or purposes not in excess of any limitation imposed by the Constitution and, in case of loans for temporary use, the same may be evidenced either by negotiable notes or by nonnegotiable warrants or certificates…

The reasonable cost of or charge for such advertising shall be a legal charge against any available funds of the municipality engaged in such advertising. History: (Acts 1953, No. 869, p. 1167, §2.)

Promotion of Industry, Etc., Within Municipality, Etc. In addition to all other powers which may be conferred on it by law, every incorporated city or town shall have the power to set aside, appropriate and use municipal funds or revenues for the purpose of developing, advertisin…

All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to regulate and prevent the running at large on the streets of all equine or equidae, cows, hogs, dogs, or other animals and to pass all laws necessary for the impounding and sale of the animals and destruction of dogs and t…

(a) As used in this section, a local animal control law means a municipal ordinance or local law governing the treatment, care, well-being, or safety of animals. (b) A Class 5 and Class 8 municipality, by ordinance, may: (1) Establish civil penalties for violations of local anima…

All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to restrain and prohibit gaming and the keeping of gambling houses or tables and may by ordinance authorize the police to enter such house or part thereof, seize all gambling implements, and arrest all persons therein whenev…

Certain Beverages, Etc. All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to adopt ordinances not inconsistent with the laws of the state to promote temperance and to suppress intemperance and to suppress the traffic in such beverages as the laws of the state prohibit to be…

The council or other governing body of any town or city of this state may prohibit houses of prostitution and punish the inmates thereof. History: (Code 1907, §1294; Code 1923, §2052; Code 1940, T. 37, §488.)

Limits. All towns or cities shall have the power to regulate the running of railroad trains or engines or automobiles within the corporate boundaries, and to prohibit the standing thereof on or across the streets or highways within the corporate boundaries. History: (Code 1876, §…