37-1051. District supervisors; term of office;
biennial election
A. The governing body of a district shall consist of five supervisors, three of
whom are to be elected and two appointed by the commissioner. Except as to the first
supervisors, whose election and terms are prescribed in section 37-1035, the term of each
elected supervisor shall be six years, beginning on June 1 following his election. As
prescribed in section 37-1036, the terms of the two supervisors appointed by the
commissioner shall be until May 31 of the next even-numbered year, or until their
successors are otherwise appointed.
B. An election shall be held on the first Saturday in May of each even-numbered
year, at which one supervisor of the district shall be elected. Any person desiring to
be a candidate shall file with the commissioner a nomination petition in such form as the
commissioner prescribes, at least ten days prior to the election, containing the
signatures of not less than twenty-five qualified electors of the district. No person
shall be eligible to be a candidate for supervisor unless he is a qualified elector of
the district. The names of candidates shall appear on the ballot in alphabetical order
by surnames, with a square after each name and an instruction to mark an X in the square
after the name of the voter's choice. The governing body of a district may provide a
mail ballot to a qualified district elector for which the district governing body has a
first class mailing address. Qualified electors of a district who wish to vote by mail
ballot shall file a first class mailing address with the district governing body at least
thirty days prior to the date of the election. Qualified district electors who receive
ballots in proper form from the district governing body may cast their votes by mail.
Mail ballots, to be counted, shall be received at the place designated, and within the
time prescribed by the district supervisors and clearly specified in the notice of
election. Only qualified electors of the district shall have the right to vote. The
district governing body shall provide at least one polling place in the district for
qualified voters who wish to vote in person. If two or more candidates receive the same
number of votes, the successful candidate shall be determined by lot.
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