§ 82 — Notice of submission of proposition; hours of voting

§ 82. Notice of submission of proposition; hours of voting. The town\nboard shall adopt a resolution at least twenty days before every special\ntown election designating the hours of opening and closing the polls and\nthe place or places of holding the election, and setting forth in full\nall propositions to be voted upon. If the town board shall designate\nmore than one voting place, the resolution and the notice hereinafter\nprovided for shall specify the place at which the qualified voters of\neach election district shall vote. The polls shall remain open for at\nleast six consecutive hours between eight o'clock in the forenoon and\neight o'clock in the evening. The voting upon a proposition shall be by\nballot and each proposition submitted shall be separately stated and\nnumbered thereon. The town clerk shall give notice of such special town\nelection at the expense of the town by the publication of a notice in a\nnewspaper published in said town, if there be any, or, if there be none,\nin a newspaper published in the county having general circulation in the\ntown, specifying the time when and place or places where such election\nwill be held, the hours during which the polls will remain open for the\npurpose of receiving ballots, and setting forth in full all propositions\nto be voted upon. The first publication of such notice shall be at least\nten days prior to the time of such special election. In addition, the\ntown clerk shall post or cause to be posted a copy of such notice on the\nsign-board of the town maintained pursuant to subdivision six of section\nthirty of this chapter at least ten days prior to such election. In the\nevent that any such questions or propositions shall be submitted at a\nbiennial town election, notice that the same will be submitted setting\nthem forth in full shall be published and posted in the manner above\nprovided for special town elections.\n