PART VII. 
CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS



 



§11-91  Proclamation.  Not later than
4:30 p.m. on the tenth day prior to the close of filing in elections involving
state offices the chief election officer shall issue an election proclamation. 
In elections involving only county offices the clerk shall issue the
proclamation.  In elections involving both state and county offices the
proclamation may be issued jointly.



The proclamation shall contain a statement of
the time and places where, and the purposes for which, the election is to be
held, and a designation of the offices and the terms thereof for which
candidates are to be nominated or elected.  It may also contain any other
relevant matter including an offer of rewards for the detection and conviction
of offenders against the election laws.  The chief election officer or clerk
shall cause the election proclamation to be published at least once in a
newspaper of general circulation and not later than on the tenth day prior to
the close of filing. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §1(aa)]



 



Case Notes



 



  Nothing in section grants to chief election officer any
substantive power to call special election to fill vacancy in Senate resulting
from death of candidate.  52 H. 410, 477 P.2d 625.