37-7-213 - Notice of election.
§ 37-7-213. Notice of election.
Notice of said election shall be given at least twenty-one (21) days before the election by the superintendent by posting a notice thereof in at least three (3) public places in the school district upon the bulletin board of all school buildings in such school district, and in addition thereto, notice shall be made by publication once in each week during three (3) successive weeks in a public newspaper of the county in which the election shall take place, if there be such a newspaper, and where there is no newspaper in the county, the notice shall be posted at the courthouse door of the county and published as above provided in a public newspaper in an adjoining county, or at the seat of government of the state, and the period of said publication shall be deemed completed at the end of twenty-one (21) days from the date of the first publication; provided, there have been three (3) publications made as hereinabove required. Such notice shall contain a statement of the time and place for the holding of the election, the number of trustees to be elected, and whether same be for a full term or for an unexpired term. In addition, the notice shall contain the names of the candidates for each position to be filled and the area to be represented by each. In addition thereto, the principal, teacher or superintendent of each school within such district shall announce the date, time, purpose and place of holding said election to the pupils at least three (3) times during the week immediately preceding same.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 6328-09; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 12, § 9; Laws, 1962, ch. 348; Laws, 1966, ch. 411, § 1; Laws, 1966, ch. 412, § 1; Laws, 1977, ch. 410, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 409, § 4, eff from and after July 31, 1981 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Righs Act of 1965 to the amendment of this section).