At such election the question to be submitted shall be printed in plain prominent type on separate ballots and shall read as follows: 'Shall the council-manager form of government, as provided by the City Manager Act of 1953, be adopted for the City of .......... ?'Yes .......... .'No ..........'The voter shall mark his or her ballot with a cross mark before or after the word which expresses his or her choice. No other question shall be submitted to the voters of such city upon this ballot. If voting machines are used at any voting place in such election, the above question may at the discretion of the election commission of the city or other body having charge of the conduct of municipal elections in such city, be submitted as a separate question on voting machines so used.
Alabama Legal Code