Section 82. Notice of submission of proposition; hours of voting  


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  • The town
      board shall adopt a resolution at least twenty days before every special
      town election designating the hours of opening and closing the polls and
      the place or places of holding the election, and setting forth  in  full
      all  propositions  to  be  voted upon. If the town board shall designate
      more than one voting place, the resolution and  the  notice  hereinafter
      provided  for  shall  specify the place at which the qualified voters of
      each election district shall vote. The polls shall remain  open  for  at
      least  six  consecutive  hours between eight o'clock in the forenoon and
      eight o'clock in the evening. The voting upon a proposition shall be  by
      ballot  and  each  proposition  submitted shall be separately stated and
      numbered thereon. The town clerk shall give notice of such special  town
      election  at the expense of the town by the publication of a notice in a
      newspaper published in said town, if there be any, or, if there be none,
      in a newspaper published in the county having general circulation in the
      town, specifying the time when and place or places where  such  election
      will  be held, the hours during which the polls will remain open for the
      purpose of receiving ballots, and setting forth in full all propositions
      to be voted upon. The first publication of such notice shall be at least
      ten days prior to the time of such special election.  In  addition,  the
      town clerk shall post or cause to be posted a copy of such notice on the
      sign-board of the town maintained pursuant to subdivision six of section
      thirty  of this chapter at least ten days prior to such election. In the
      event that any such questions or propositions shall be  submitted  at  a
      biennial  town  election, notice that the same will be submitted setting
      them forth in full shall be published and posted  in  the  manner  above
      provided for special town elections.