North Dakota Code 4.1-20-45 – Consolidation of districts – Petition – Election – Conduct of election
Two or more districts may be consolidated into one district by compliance with this chapter. A petition for consolidation of soil conservation districts must be filed with the state soil conservation committee and must be signed by at least twenty-five qualified electors living in each district. Upon the filing of a petition, the committee by resolution shall fix a date for an election to be held in each district and shall direct the supervisors to cause notice of the election to be posted in at least five conspicuous places within the district and to be published once each week for two consecutive weeks before the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the districts involved. Only qualified electors living within the district are eligible to vote at the election. The notice must state the date of the election, identify each polling place for holding the election, the time when the polls will open and close, and the question to be submitted to the qualified electors. The notice must be substantially in the following form:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 4.1-20-45
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- week: means seven consecutive days and the word "month" a calendar month. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
On , , an election will be held at for the purpose of submitting (Designate polling place or places) to the qualified electors within soil conservation (Name of district) district the question as to whether soil conservation (Names of districts) districts embracing the following townships (Designate townships, by number and range) shall be consolidated into one soil conservation district.
The ballot must be in the following form:
Shall soil conservation districts embracing the (Names of districts) following townships be (Designate townships, by number and range) consolidated into one soil conservation district? Yes No The board of supervisors of the district shall appoint the board of election for each polling place. The board of election must consist of one inspector, one judge, and one clerk. Members of the election board are entitled to receive five dollars for their services.