[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kinderhook 11-23-1981 by L.L. No. 2-1982 (Ch. 8 of the 1978 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The date for election of officers is hereby changed from the third Tuesday of March to the first Tuesday of March.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
In the event that more eligible persons than the number remaining to be elected receive for the same office or offices an equal number of votes there shall be a runoff election, which election shall be held on the first Tuesday at least 10 days after the final certification of such tie result, subject to the provisions of Subdivision 3b of § 15-104 of the Election Law; provided, however, that the only persons who shall be deemed nominated shall be those persons who shall have received such equal number of votes.
A runoff election may be waived and the selection made by lot as otherwise provided by § 15-126 of the Election Law if each such person who shall have received such equal number of votes shall file with the Village Clerk no later than two days after such final certification of such result a written notice of consent that such selection be made by lot.
This chapter is enacted pursuant to §§ 15-104 and 15-126 of the Election Law.
This chapter is subject to a mandatory referendum as provided in § 23, Subdivision 2e, of the Municipal Home Rule Law and shall be submitted for the approval of the electors at a general election to be held not less than 60 days after the adoption of this chapter.[1]
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Editor’s Note: This chapter was submitted to the people by reason of a mandatory referendum and received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon at the annual election held on March 16, 1982, in accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
This chapter shall become operative only if approved at such general election by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the Village of Kinderhook voting upon the proposition.