11-171. Petition for change of county
seat
When a petition, signed by qualified electors of a county equal in number to at
least thirty-three and one-third per cent of all the votes cast within the county for
governor in the last preceding general election, is filed with the board of supervisors
praying for a change of the county seat, the board shall submit the question of such
change to the qualified electors of the county at a special election to be held for that
purpose, or at the next general election of county officers. The petition for the change
shall be substantially in the form, and signed and verified as generally provided for
initiative petitions.
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