[Ord. of 4-7-1958, § 1]
A local law or ordinance subject to a mandatory referendum or
a local law or ordinance which provides that it shall be submitted
to the qualified electors of the city before it becomes operative
or effective shall be submitted for the approval of the qualified
electors as herein defined at a special election on the date therein
provided, to be held not less than 60 days after the adoption thereof.
[Ord. of 4-7-1958, § 2]
A local law or ordinance for which a referendum is provided as prescribed in Section
2-71, if approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the city, shall become operative or effective immediately or at the time prescribed therein unless otherwise provided by law.
[Ord. of 4-7-1958, § 5]
The City Chamberlain shall be the special election officer charged
with the duty of conducting the special election. He shall be and
is charged with the following duties:
(a) To print a sufficient number of abstracts of the local law or ordinance
for such electors as desire them;
(b) To prepare a sufficient number of sample ballots and official ballots
in the form prescribed by law if the local law or ordinance calls
for the use of paper ballots, otherwise to provide election machines;
(d) To provide two inspectors of election for each of the voting districts
herein provided, and to furnish the necessary equipment, ballot boxes
and supplies to the election inspectors; and
(e) To canvass the result of such special election and to advise the
Common Council thereof.
[Ord. of 4-7-1958, § 6]
For the special elections herein provided, the city shall be divided into eight special election districts set forth in Section
2-77, and the election officer shall provide one polling place in each such district which shall be open for election purposes only during the hours from 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. on the day fixed by the Common Council for such special election. The election officer shall cause to be published in the official newspaper on the day preceding such special election a list of the polling places to be used at such election.
[Ord. of 4-7-1958, § 7]
The special election officer shall deliver to the inspectors
of election the chairman's copy of the registry books used at the
last preceding general election, along with the registry of the voters
who have registered to vote at such special election, and each qualified
voter, before voting, shall sign his name opposite his recorded name.
Immediately after the closing of the polls, the inspectors of election
shall tally the ballots cast at such election on the forms provided
for that purpose and return and file the same, together with the ballots
if paper ballots are used, with the special election officer. Paper
ballots shall be sealed in a separate envelope prepared for such purpose
by the special election officer and kept inviolate by him for a period
of four months after the election, at which time he may destroy the
same. The envelope containing the ballots shall not be opened except
upon the order of any court or justice of competent jurisdiction.
[Ord. of 4-7-1958, § 8]
The provisions of the Election Law governing voting at an election
other than a general election shall apply insofar as practical to
such special election.