Notice of election

§ 2-214 Notice of election. No later than three days after the right to an election is complete, the commission shall direct the town clerk of each town in which any portion of such territory is located to post in six public places in that part of such territory located in such town and also to be published at least twice in the newspaper or newspapers designated pursuant to subdivision eleven of section sixty-four of the town law, a joint notice by the clerks of all such towns that at a convenient place in such territory, between the hours of twelve o'clock noon and nine o'clock in the evening and on a day not less than twenty nor more than thirty days after the date of the posting and first publication, which date and place shall be specified therein, an election will be held to determine whether the proposed village of (naming it) shall be incorporated. No later than five days after receiving direction from the commission, the town clerk or clerks shall provide to the commission a list of the six locations where such notices are to be posted. Should the commission object to any such locations submitted by the town clerk or clerks, the commission shall, no later than seven business days after receipt of such list of locations, direct the town clerk or clerks to post such notices in alternative locations designated by the commission. In such instance, the postings of such notices shall be made by the town clerk or clerks no later than twenty days after the right to an election is complete. Such election shall not be held on a day of a town election or of a general election in a town in which any part of such territory is located. For the purposes of this section, in the event that the town maintains a website, one of the posting requirements required by this section may be fulfilled by posting such information on the town's website. Such posting shall also be made on the secretary of state's website.