§ 81. Election upon proposition.
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Such petition shall be subscribed and authenticated no earlier
than 150 days prior to the filing of said petition with the Town Clerk
in the manner provided by the Election Law for the subscription and
authentication of nominating petitions by qualified electors of the
town, registered to vote therein, in number equal to at least 5% of
the total votes cast for governor in said town at the last general
election held for the election of state officers, but such number
shall not be less than 100. If such a petition be filed in the office
of the Town Clerk in a calendar year that a biennial town election
is scheduled, but not less than 120 days prior to such election, the
proposition shall be submitted at such biennial election. If a petition
be presented at any other time, a special election shall be called
to be held not less than 120 days, nor more than one 180 days after
the filing of such petition.
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§ 85. Ward system for election of Councilmen.
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Whenever a proposition shall have been adopted in the town for
the establishment of the ward system and the election thereafter of
one Councilman from each ward, the Town Board shall divide the town
into six wards and fix the boundaries thereof. The division shall
be so made that the number of inhabitants in each ward, based upon
the last regular federal census, shall be substantially equal, with
wards composed of convenient and contiguous territory in as compact
form as practicable. No election district heretofore or hereinafter
created under the Election Law shall contain parts of two or more
wards. The Town Board shall make appropriate revisions of the boundaries
of the wards so that they shall contain substantially equal number
of inhabitants not later than six months after the publication of
the results of a regular federal census which indicates the districts
do not contain substantially equal number of inhabitants. When the
Town Board shall have finally determined the boundaries of the ward,
it shall cause a map of the town to be prepared showing in detail
the location of each ward and the boundaries thereof. The original
map so made shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk and copies
thereof shall be filed in the offices of the County Clerk and the
Board of Elections of Nassau County. The ward system shall be deemed
established after such filing is complete. At the first biennial town
election held not less than 120 days after a ward system shall have
been so established, successors to the Town Councilmen whose terms
are expiring shall be elected at large for terms of two years each,
and the term of office of every Town Councilman shall terminate on
the 31st day of December next succeeding the second biennial town
election held not less than 120 days after the establishment of such
ward system, and at such second biennial town election, one resident
elector from each odd-numbered ward shall be elected as Councilman
therefrom for a term of two years and one resident elector from each
even-numbered ward shall be elected as Councilman therefrom for a
term of four years, each such term to begin on the first day of January
next succeeding such election, and thereafter at each biennial town
election there shall be elected successors to the Town Councilmen
whose terms are expiring for a term of four years each to begin on
the first day of January next succeeding such election.
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