County Commission | The Magazine January February 2018 | Page 32

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• Support for authorizing
counties to satisfy election-
related publication
requirements by posting
information on a public
website and making copies
available at the courthouse.
• Support legislation amending
Alabama law reforming
the current Board of
Registrar system to provide
more accountability, state
and local oversight, and
minimum qualifications for
appointments.
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To allow the county
commission, in its
discretion, to assume
responsibility for the
absentee election
function when
there is a change in
the office of circuit
clerk.
Environment, Land
Use, and Public Works
Foundation Principle
County government’s role in
the effective administration and
enforcement of Alabama’s law
affecting environmental issues,
land use and public works
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Legislative Policy
Counties lack
In addition to its strategic
goals, the Association has adopted the land-use
following legislative policy consistent authority, but
are required
with this Foundation Principle:
to grant initial
• Encourage the Alabama
approval
Legislature to reject changes
for landfills.
to any election laws without
Counties seek
closely reviewing, considering
to enhance the
and debating the financial
delivery of services by
and administrative impact on
improving their public facilities
county government.
and programs, but often are
impeded by federal and state
• Opposition to eliminating a
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Support for any legislative or
administrative efforts aimed at
eliminating waste and reducing
state and county election
expenses provided such efforts
maintain the integrity of the
election process.
Foundation
Principle
Alabama’s
election laws
must maintain
an unquestioned
level of integrity
and objectivity
while avoiding the
wasteful spending of
limited local and state
resources. Likewise, the reporting
and disclosure requirements
placed on candidates only serve
to bolster such efforts to garner
public confidence in the election
process. The Association supports
efforts to eliminate many of the
unenforceable and overbroad
provisions of Alabama’s election
law while not generating additional
unnecessary costs or burdens at the
local level.
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Election
Administration
runoff election except in the
most extreme circumstances
where the outcome of the
primary is inevitable.
Support
for
limiting
use of
out-of-state
cooperative
programs for purchases
available on county joint
bid list.
Strategic Goals
In furtherance of this
Foundation Principle, the
Association will actively pursue
the passage of legislation to
accomplish the following
strategic goals:
• To eliminate the
requirement that the
county commission
set and fund school tax
elections for municipal
school systems.
•
Opposition to any legislation
requiring the county
commission to
vote or take
action on a
particular
measure
or issue.
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