§ 3-8-304 - Notice and conduct of election.
3-8-304. Notice and conduct of election.
(a) It shall be the duty of the county clerk to give the sheriff of the county, or the officer as may be appointed to hold the election, a certified copy of the order of the county court as it appears on the order book within five (5) days after the order is made.
(b) It shall be the duty of the sheriff or other officer to have the order published in some weekly or daily paper published in the county for at least two (2) weeks before the election and also to advertise the order by printed or written handbills posted at some conspicuous place in each precinct in the county, for the same length of time, and when the election is held for the entire town, district, or precinct of any county, then at five (5) conspicuous places therein for the same length of time. In any case, if there is no weekly or daily newspaper published in the county or if the proprietor of the newspaper refuses to publish the notice, the printed or written handbills, posted as before provided for, shall be sufficient notice.
(c) The sheriff or other officer shall have the advertisement and notices herein provided for published and posted as herein required within seven (7) days after he or she receives the order of the county court.
(d) All elections provided for in this act shall be held by the officers who would be qualified to hold elections for county officers, and they shall be selected in the same way, and all elections provided for herein shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the general election laws of the state.