Code of Alabama
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.

(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.

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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 11-46-20 - Cities and Towns Governed by Article; Costs of Elections; Standard of Time Applicable; Effect of Legal Holidays or Closing Days.

Section 11-46-21 - Time of Elections; Notice; Assumption of Duties by Elected Officers.

Section 11-46-22 - Notice of Elections.

Section 11-46-23 - Authority and Procedure for Adjustment of Boundary Lines of Wards, Division of Wards Into Voting Districts, Etc.

Section 11-46-24 - Designating and Equipping Voting Places; Election Officials; Canvass Returns.

Section 11-46-24.1 - Designation of Voting Places in Class 8 Municipalities by Combination of Districts and Wards.

Section 11-46-25 - Ballots; Statements of Candidacy; Withdrawal of Candidacy.

Section 11-46-26 - Proceedings Where Only One Candidate or Nominee for Office.

Section 11-46-27 - Appointment, Compensation, etc., of Election Officers.

Section 11-46-28 - Polling Place Hours; Duties of Election Officers; Challenger; Deletion of Absentee Voter Applicants From Voter List; Preservation of Order.

Section 11-46-29 - Appointment of Election Officers Upon Failure of Others to Attend Polls.

Section 11-46-30 - Schools for Instruction of Election Officials in Use of Voting Machines; Qualifications and Certification of Election Officials.

Section 11-46-31 - Exhibition of Voting Machines for Voter Instruction and Information; Diagrams Furnished With Voting Machines.

Section 11-46-32 - Election Supplies.

Section 11-46-33 - Duties of Clerk as to Voting Machines.

Section 11-46-34 - Voting Booths.

Section 11-46-35 - Watchers.

Section 11-46-36 - Preparation, Certification, Filing, and Publication of Lists of Qualified Regular Voters.

Section 11-46-37 - Preparation, etc., of Lists of Qualified Voters Upon Disqualification of Mayor, Etc.

Section 11-46-38 - Electors to Vote in Wards or Precincts of Residence, etc.; Qualifications for Voting.

Section 11-46-39 - Oath and Identification of Voters Challenged; Voting Procedure Where Paper Ballots Used.

Section 11-46-40 - Assistance of Disabled Electors Generally.

Section 11-46-41 - Forms of Oaths to Be Taken by and for Challenged Voters; Penalty for False Oath; Refusal to Take Oath.

Section 11-46-42 - Number of Electors Allowed in Polling Place; Time Limit, etc., for Occupation of Booth.

Section 11-46-43 - Right of Secret Ballot; Write-in Voting Prohibited.

Section 11-46-44 - Votes Not to Be Counted Until Polls Closed; Disposition of Poll Lists and Affidavits; Counting of Ballots.

Section 11-46-45 - Preparation of Statements of Vote; Certification, Sealing, and Delivery of Statements and Poll Lists; Packaging of Ballots; Sealing and Delivery of Ballot Boxes.

Section 11-46-46 - Delivery of Returns, etc.; Retention and Destruction of Ballot Boxes; Opening of Ballot Boxes.

Section 11-46-47 - Delivery, Examination, and Identification of Keys to Voting Machines; Examination of Counters, Ballots, etc.; Certification as to Keys, Counters, and Ballots; Opening of Machines and Polls.

Section 11-46-48 - Provision of Election Materials and Supplies; Preparation of Lighting Facilities; Posting and Placement of Diagrams and Models.

Section 11-46-49 - Election Officers for Voting Machines; Duties.

Section 11-46-50 - Identification of Voters Where Voting Machines Used; Voting Procedure; Assistance of Voters; Provisional Ballot.

Section 11-46-51 - Instruction of Voters in Use of Machines; Oath, etc., of Disabled Voters; Assistance of Voters.

Section 11-46-52 - Closing of Polls; Locking of Machines; Announcement of Results; Statements of Canvass; Proclamation; Disposition of Voting Materials.

Section 11-46-53 - Voting Machines to Remain Locked During Period for Filing of Contests; When Seals of Machines May Be Broken; Disposition of Records Taken From Machines.

Section 11-46-54 - Designation, etc., of Custodians of Voting Machines and Keys; Transportation, Storage, and Protection of Machines.

Section 11-46-55 - Canvassing of Returns and Certificate of Election; Determination of Majority; Runoff Elections.

Section 11-46-55.1

Section 11-46-56 - Absentee Ballots - Eligibility.

Section 11-46-57 - Absentee Ballots - Casting and Handling of Ballots; Duties and Compensation of Clerks, etc., Generally; Applicability of Other Laws.

Section 11-46-58 - Absentee Ballots - Marking, Posting, etc., of Lists of Applicants.

Section 11-46-59 - Offenses of Mayor and Other Executive Officers.

Section 11-46-60 - Offenses of Clerks.

Section 11-46-61 - Offenses of Election Officers Generally.

Section 11-46-62 - Offenses of Inspectors.

Section 11-46-63 - Failure of Returning Officer to Deliver Statement of Votes and Poll List.

Section 11-46-64 - Deception of Disabled Voters by Marker, Etc.

Section 11-46-65 - Drinking of Intoxicating Liquors by Watcher.

Section 11-46-67 - Offenses of Electors.

Section 11-46-68 - Miscellaneous Offenses.

Section 11-46-69 - Contest of Elections - Grounds; Commencement of Action.

Section 11-46-70 - Contest of Elections - Trial; Entry of Judgment.

Section 11-46-71 - Annulment of Elections.

Section 11-46-72 - Procedure Where Election Not Held on Day Appointed.

Section 11-46-73 - Provisions of Article as to Offenses Cumulative.

Section 11-46-74 - Use of Election Dates Established by Classification Act or Local Act.