Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 11-46-72 (2026)
Procedure Where Election Not Held on Day Appointed.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, laws through the 2026 Regular Session
If any municipal election provided for in this article should not take place on the day appointed, the municipal corporation shall not for that cause be dissolved, but the incumbent officers shall remain in office until their successors shall be elected and qualified. The municipal governing body shall fix some day, as early as convenient, on which day said election shall be held, and the election shall be conducted in all respects as a regular election, and the persons so elected shall hold office until the next general election and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §52.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Braxton v. Stokes, No. 2:23-cv-00127 (S.D. Ala. May 14, 2024).
Braxton v. Stokes, No. 2:23-cv-00127 (S.D. Ala. May 14, 2024). “Ala. Code § 11-46-72 . Where only one candidate qualifies for a given office, both the mayor and councilmembers have responsibilities to effectuate and certify that person’s election to office.”
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