Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-8-9-.05

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 80-8-9-.05 - Procedure For Polling And Handling Results Of The Poll

(1) Each polling place shall have not less than two individuals who shall serve as poll holders to be in charge of and supervise the voting. Such polling places shall have a voters' register, and those who are eligible to vote shall sign his or her name upon such register and enter thereon his or her address together with the number of acres of pecan trees they have planted in Alabama in a grove-like manner at any time during the year next preceding the date of this referendum.

(2) Eligible voting producers shall be furnished with a printed ballot for voting by secret ballot box or other similar container suitable to serve as a ballot box.

(3) As soon as the last voter has voted and the polls close, the poll holders shall immediately open the ballot boxes, count and tabulate the results of the voting, and certify the results thereof to the Chairman of the County Committee. Any interested individual who cares to be present when the ballots are counted or tabulated may be present and observe such vote counting and tabulation of results.

(4) Upon the conclusion of paragraph no. (3) above, a poll holder shall deliver the ballots in a sealed container to the Chairman of the Referendum Committee with the certification of the results. The County Chairman and at least two other members of the County Referendum Committee shall then tabulate and certify the results received from each polling place in the county to the State Referendum Committee of the certified Association. The County Chairman will also deliver or forward all county ballots in the sealed containers, after tabulation of voting results to the Director of the certified Association. The state certified Association shall upon receipt of certified results from each county, tabulate, publicly declare and announce the results of the state wide referendum within a period of ten (10) days following receipt of the results from each county in Alabama.

(5) A certified copy of the results of the statewide referendum shall be forwarded to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.

Author: Robert J. Russell

Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-8-9-.05

New Rule: Filed August 12, 2003; effective September 16, 2003.

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 2-8-208.