Ala. Admin. Code r. 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
Notes
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, ยง 2-8-208.
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