Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title11 COUNTIES AND MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. |
Title2 PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ONLY. |
Chapter44C. GOVERNMENT OF CLASS 2 MUNICIPALITIES. |
§11-44C-33. Mayor - No primary election; filing of pauper's oath or petition to become candidate.
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No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office of mayor, and candidates shall be nominated as herein provided. A person may also become a candidate for the office of mayor by filing a verified pauper's oath with the city clerk, or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement of candidacy by the signatures and addresses of 2,000 persons, each of whom is a registered voter residing in the city, provided that no such signature may be obtained more than 12 months immediately preceding the deadline for filing said statements of candidacy.