Counties in Alabama

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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities.

This page includes the following resources:

* The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in Alabama
* A list and map of counties in Alabama
* An overview of local elections in Alabama
* An overview of the initiative process in Alabama

## Contents

* 1 Counties
* 1.1 County government
* 1.2 Full list of counties
* 1.3 Map of counties
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2024
* 2.2 2023
* 2.3 2022
* 2.4 2021
* 2.5 2020
* 2.6 2019
* 2.7 2018
* 2.8 2017
* 2.9 2016
* 2.10 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 3.1 Counties
* 3.2 Municipalities
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Counties[edit]

### County government[edit]

Click the link below for information about the county government in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:

* Government of Jefferson County

### Full list of counties[edit]

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 67 counties, 462 cities, towns, and villages, and 541 special districts.[1]

The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

County

Bullock
Butler
Calhoun
Chambers
Cherokee
Chilton
Autauga
Baldwin
Barbour
Bibb
Blount
Choctaw
Clarke
Clay
Cleburne
Coffee
Colbert
Conecuh
Coosa
Covington
Crenshaw
Cullman
Dallas
DeKalb
Elmore
Escambia
Etowah
Fayette
Franklin
Geneva
Greene
Hale
Henry
Houston
Jackson
Jefferson
Lamar
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Lee
Limestone
Lowndes
Macon
Madison
Marengo
Marion
Marshall
Mobile
Monroe
Morgan
Perry
Pickens
Pike
Randolph
Russell
Shelby
St. Clair
Sumter
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Washington
Wilcox
Winston
Montgomery
Dale

### Map of counties[edit]

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

* Jefferson County, Alabama
* Alabama school board elections

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

* Montgomery, Alabama
* Jefferson County, Alabama

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

* Jefferson County, Alabama
* Alabama school board elections

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

* Birmingham, Alabama
* Alabama school board elections

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

* Jefferson County, Alabama
* Alabama school board elections

Past elections

* Click here for past election information

### 2019[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019
* Birmingham, Alabama

### 2018[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018
* Jefferson County, Alabama
* Alabama school board elections

### 2017[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017
* Birmingham, Alabama
* Alabama school board elections

### 2016[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016
* Alabama school board elections

### 2015[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Alabama that year.

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Alabama

### Counties[edit]

A guide to local ballot initiatives

Counties have very limited powers of initiative and referendum for the establishment or repeal of certain ordinances and powers that are established in State Code 11-3A. These powers are restricted to issues of Public Health and Safety only to include:

“  | (1) Abatement of weeds as a public nuisance as defined in Section 11-67-60.

(2) Subject to the provisions of Section 6-5-127, control of animals and animal nuisances.
(3) Control of litter as defined in subsection (b) of Section 13A-7-29, or rubbish as defined in subdivision (4) of Section 22-27-2.
(4) Junkyard control of areas which create a public nuisance because of an accumulation of items described in the definition of a junkyard under Section 11-80-10.
(5) Subject to the provisions of Section 6-5-127, abatement of noise, unsanitary sewage, or pollution creating a public nuisance as defined in Sections 6-5-120 and 6-5-121.[2][3]

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### Municipalities[edit]

Any municipality with the Optional Form A of government is granted authority for Initiative and Referendum. However, there are no cities using this form of government so this provision is not applicable.[4]

Notably, Birmingham, which is the only city under the Mayor-Council form of government pursuant to the Mayor Council Act of 1955, has the powers of Initiative and Referendum, requiring signatures equaling 10 percent of qualified voters.[4]

## See also[edit]

Alabama | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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* Alabama
* Alabama elections, 2024
* Public policy in Alabama
* Endorsers in Alabama

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* 100 largest cities
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* 2024 municipal elections
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* Local ballot measure elections in 2024
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## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* Alabama municipal code library
* Alabama state government website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ Alabama Legislature, "Alabama State Code," accessed May 14, 2021
3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ballotpedia, "Alabama State Research Document," July 11, 2012

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