Section 16-1602. Notice and conduct of election  


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  • If the proposition is to be
      submitted at an annual election, notice thereof shall be  given  by  the
      board  of  trustees  by  posting  notices  in  five public places in the
      village, and publishing the same in  the  official  newspaper  at  least
      twenty  days  before such annual election. In the event that the village
      maintains a website, one of the posting requirements may be fulfilled by
      posting such information on the website. If it is to be submitted  at  a
      special  election, notice of such election and of the submission of such
      proposition thereat, shall be given in the same manner and for the  same
      time  as for the submission of such a proposition at an annual election.
      Such a special election shall be held by the same officers and conducted
      and the result canvassed in the same manner as provided by  law  for  an
      annual election in such village.