§ 1803-a. Alternative voting procedure. 1. When an order laying out a\ncentral school district has been made and entered as provided in section\neighteen hundred one of this chapter, and the petitions referred to in\nparagraph a of subdivision one of section eighteen hundred two thereof\nhave been, or are being, presented and filed with the commissioner, a\nsecond petition may be presented by persons qualified to vote in any\nschool district, all of which is included in the area of the central\nschool district as laid out by such order, and which school district at\nthe time of such order maintained its own schoolhouse. Such second\npetition may request the alternative voting procedure authorized by this\nsection, and shall be signed by at least one hundred qualified voters of\nsuch district or by a number of such qualified voters equal to at least\nten per centum of the pupils of such district as determined by the last\nschool census, whichever shall be less; provided, however, that such\nsecond petition must, in any event, contain not less than ten\nsignatures. Such second petition shall be filed with the commissioner at\nthe same time as the first petition is filed. If the commissioner is\nsatisfied that both petitions have been duly signed as provided by law,\nhe shall fix a time and place for an election of the qualified voters\nwithin the central school district, which said election shall be held\nnot more than thirty days after the filing of the petitions aforesaid.\nThe commissioner shall cause notice of such election to be posted at\nleast ten days prior thereto in three conspicuous places in each school\ndistrict wholly or partly within the central school district. In\naddition to the posting of such notice, a copy thereof shall be\npublished at least three days before the election in a daily or weekly\nnewspaper published within the territory or in a newspaper circulating\ntherein. The expense of posting and publishing of the notice shall be\nborne equally by the several school districts within the territory,\nunless a central school district is organized, in which event such\nexpense shall become a charge upon said central school district.\n 2. Elections for the establishment of a central school district under\nthe provisions of this section shall be conducted as follows:\n a. They shall take place on a day and at a place designated by the\ncommissioner for a vote by all the qualified voters within the central\nschool district, except as otherwise provided in paragraph b of this\nsubdivision.\n b. The qualified voters of any school district from which a second\npetition pursuant to subdivision one of this section has been received,\nshall vote on the designated day at the principal schoolhouse located in\nsuch district. Such petitioning district shall be known as a special\nelection district.\n c. The election shall take place during at least four consecutive\nhours between the hours of seven o'clock in the forenoon and ten o'clock\nin the evening, as determined by the commissioner of education.\n d. The ballots for the election shall be furnished by the commissioner\nof education and shall contain a resolution in substantially the\nfollowing form: "Resolved that the ........... central school district\n(add designation) as described in the order of the commissioner of\neducation be organized and a central school for instruction in\nelementary and high school subjects be established."\n e. Before each person casts his ballot he shall be required to sign a\nstatement contained in a poll book provided for the purpose, declaring\nthat he is a qualified voter within the central school district.\n f. Provision shall be made for the use of absentee ballots as provided\nunder section two thousand eighteen-a or two thousand eighteen-b of this\ntitle, whichever shall apply, and early mail ballots as provided under\nsection two thousand eighteen-e or two thousand eighteen-f of this\ntitle, whichever shall apply.\n 3.
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