{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-11-16-9","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 11-16-9","heading":"Order Establishing Date for Election - Form.","body":"The order may be substantially as follows:\nOrder for county seat election. The State of Alabama, _____ County. A majority of the qualified electors of this county having petitioned the Governor praying that an election be held in this county on the question of removing the county seat from _____ to _____, in this county; and the Governor having appointed the undersigned as the board of commissioners of county seat election, as provided by law: It is hereby ordered that an election be held at the usual voting places in this county, by the qualified electors thereof, on Tuesday, the _____ day of _____, 2__, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., on the question of such removal, at which election the elector who desires that the county site shall remain at _____ shall have written or printed on his ballot the words: “Against removal”; and the elector who desires that the county seat shall be removed to _____ shall have written or printed on his ballot the words: “For removal to _____. “Done this, the _____ day of _____, 2____. (Signed _____, the board of commissioners of county seat election.)","path":["Title 11 Counties and Municipal Corporations.","Title 1 Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.","Chapter 16 Relocation of County Seats and Erection of New Courthouses."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=11-16-9","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"983865792b6f393ced5af304a54ad086d5e52c93d459a1033e77eb7c4ec0d0a1","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-11-16-8","next":"us-al/ala.-code-11-16-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}