Alabama Statutes § 11-46-26 Proceedings where only one candidate or nominee for office

In the event only one [person] individual has filed a statement of candidacy for an office by 5:00 P.M. on the [third] fourth Tuesday in [July] June preceding the date set for an election of municipal officers pursuant to subsection (g) of Section 11-46-25 , then [such person] that individual shall for all purposes be deemed elected to [such] office, any provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding. The mayor or other chief executive officer shall not cause the name of [such person] that individual so elected or the office for which his or her candidacy was declared to be printed on the ballot, but [he] shall immediately file a written statement with the governing body of the municipality, attested by the clerk, certifying the fact that only one [person] individual filed a statement of candidacy for the office of _____(naming the office) by 5:00 P.M. on the [third] fourth Tuesday in [July] June preceding the day of _____, 2__, the date set for an election of municipal officers in the City (Town) of _____, Alabama, and setting forth the name of [such person] the individual . At its first regular meeting after receiving [such] the mayor or other chief executive officer's statement the governing body of the municipality shall adopt a resolution declaring the [person] individual named in the statement duly elected to the office described in the statement and shall issue a certificate of election [to such person] for the individual. Certificates of election shall be filed as provided in Section 11-46-55 (d) . For the purpose of this article, each place on the council of a municipality organized under the mayor-council form of government shall be considered a separate office.