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Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIESMARKETING
Chapter 80-8-10 - RULES FOR SHRIMP PROMOTIONAL REFERENDUM
Section 80-8-10-.06 - Polling Procedures; Certifying Of Results

Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-8-10-.06

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Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024
Section 80-8-10-.06 - Polling Procedures; Certifying Of Results
(1) There shall be no less than two persons at each polling place who shall serve as poll holders. Such poll holders shall be in charge of and supervise the voting.
(2) Each polling place shall have a voter's register. Prior to casting his or her vote, each person who is entitled to vote in the referendum as further provided herein, shall sign his or her name to the register. Also, each voter shall write in the register his or her address, phone number, and the name of the authorized shrimper represented.
(3) In order to insure that all voting is secret and confidential, each voter shall be provided with a printed ballot. The ballot shall contain a statement explaining the purpose of the referendum and a place to vote on whether the shrimper approves or disapproves the proposed action.
(4) Each marked ballot shall be folded and deposited in a ballot box or other container where it will be kept until such time as it is counted.
(5) As soon as the polls close and the last vote is cast, the poll holders shall immediately open the ballot boxes or other containers, count each ballot and tabulate the results of the count. Any interested individual may be present and observe the counting of the votes and the tabulation of the results.
(6) After each ballot has been counted and the results tabulated, the poll holders shall place the marked ballots into some kind of container which shall be sealed. This container, along with a certification of the results of the count of the ballots, shall be delivered immediately to the Chairman of the Referendum Committee of the Certified Association. Within ten (10) days of the Referendum Committee having received all the certified results from Baldwin and Mobile counties in the State, it shall tabulate, publicly declare, and announce the results of the referendum. Also, within ten (10) days of receipt of the results from each county, a certified copy of the results of the referendum shall be forwarded to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.

Author: Robert J. Russell

Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-8-10-.06

New Rule: Filed February 11, 2005; effective March 18, 2005.

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 2-8-355.