Within thirty-five days of, but at least twenty-five days before, any regular or special election held in an irrigation district, the secretary of the board of directors shall publish a notice of the election in the newspaper or newspapers of general circulation where the district is located and in the official newspaper of each county in which the district is located. The notice must specify the matters to be voted upon and if the election is to be held by mail ballot. If the election is not held by mail ballot, the notice must specify the location of the polling place or places and the     time of opening and closing of the polling places. The notice must be in substantially the following form:

Notice is given that on                         ,             , an election will be held for the purpose of electing                 members of the board of directors and for the purpose of voting upon the questions submitted by the directors of the district. (The election will be held by mail ballot.) or (The election will be held at                     . Polls will be opened at one p.m. and will be closed at five p.m. of that day.) Notice is further given that any elector desiring to have the elector’s name appear on the ballot must file a request in writing with the secretary of the district not less than twenty days before the election.