(a) The personnel officer shall notify all classified employees that nominations for membership on the board will be accepted for a period of 10 days from that date and instructing all interested classified employees to submit nominations to the personnel officer of the sheriff's office within that period. Nominations shall be limited to persons who are merit employees of the sheriff's office.
(b) The personnel officer shall compile a list of the nominations and cause ballots to be prepared and distributed to all classified employees, other than appointed officials, and shall instruct all classified employees of their right to vote for one name contained on the list of nominees.
(c) The employees shall be instructed to tender their ballots in sealed envelopes to the personnel officer who shall make appropriate arrangements for their tabulation. Upon tabulation of the ballots, the personnel officer shall obtain written certification executed by all the county employees who assisted during the counting of the ballots and shall submit the fully executed written certification to the Baldwin County legislative delegation following each election. The certification and ballots shall be retained by the personnel officer as public records for 12 months from the date of the certification of the results.
(d) In the event that any one employee receives a majority of all votes cast, he or she shall be deemed elected to serve on the board. In the event that no employee receives a majority of all votes cast, then the names of the two employees receiving the most votes on the initial ballot shall be placed on a run-off ballot and voted upon by the employees as set forth in subsection (c). The employee then receiving the most votes shall be deemed elected to membership on the board.
Last modified: May 3, 2021