§ 102. Procedure on mandatory and permissive referendum.
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§ 102. Procedure on mandatory and permissive referendum. 1. The
resolution shall recite the form of the proposition, which shall contain
a brief statement of the text of the resolution together with its
number. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall transmit such
proposition forthwith to the board of elections of the county. A
sufficient number of copies of such proposition and abstract shall be
printed and made available to the electors at the time of registration
or otherwise in advance of the election, and in addition, a sufficient
number of copies shall be delivered with the other election supplies,
and distributed to the electors at the election. If there be more than
one such proposition to be voted upon at such election, each proposition
shall be separately and consecutively numbered.
2. The board of elections shall cause any such proposition to be
submitted to the qualified electors of the county in the manner provided
in the election law. The method and manner of submission, preparation
and provision of ballots and ballot labels, use of voting machines,
qualification of voters, correcting registers, and conducting the
election, canvassing the result and making and filing the returns, and
all other procedure with reference to the submission of any such
proposition, shall be the same as in the case of any other proposition
to be submitted to the electors of a county at a general or special
election as provided by law. If a majority of the votes cast on any
such proposition shall be in the affirmative, the resolution shall be
approved.