15-403. Elections; notice; bond election
procedure; qualifications of voters; closing of registrations;
election precincts; polling places
A. The county school superintendent shall cause notices of a special election
except a bond election to be posted at least ninety days previous to the date of the
election. The notices shall be posted in at least three public places in the school
district. One notice shall be posted at the school if there is one. Bond election
notices and procedures shall comply with the requirements of title 35, chapter 3, article
3.
B. The notices shall specify the day and the polling places of the election and the
time the polls will be open. A special election or a bond election may be held only on a
date prescribed by section 16-204.
C. If the county school superintendent fails to give notice as provided in
subsections A and B of this section, any two qualified electors who reside within the
district may give similar notice of the election at least seventy-five days prior to the
election.
D. A person is not entitled to vote at a special election or an election held at a
time and place other than a general election in a school district who has not been a
qualified elector in a precinct in the boundaries of the school district for twenty-nine
days preceding the election, who is not qualified to register to vote as provided in
section 16-101 and who has not registered to vote prior to midnight of the twenty-ninth
day preceding the date of the election.
E. The governing board of a school district shall establish school district
election precincts that have the same boundaries as the county election precincts as
provided in section 16-411 and designate one polling place within each precinct, except
that the governing board of a union high school district may divide a county election
precinct along the boundaries of common school districts within the boundaries of the
union high school district and establish polling places within each common school
district. In those cases where a school district boundary bisects a county election
precinct, that portion of the election precinct that is within the school district shall
be the school district election precinct. The governing board may consolidate school
district election precincts if it deems it necessary for each election and designate one
polling place for the election precincts that it consolidates. If school district
election precincts are consolidated, a school district precinct register shall be
prepared for the consolidated precinct. Upon a specific finding of the board, included
in the order or resolution designating polling places pursuant to this subsection, that
no suitable polling place is available within a precinct of the school district, a
polling place for such precinct may be designated within an adjacent precinct. The
adjacent precinct need not be within the school district. Any such polling places shall
be listed in a separate section of the order or resolution.
F. All elections that are called either by the county school superintendent or the
governing board of a school district and that are held at a time other than the general
election shall be conducted by the use of school district precinct registers.
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