Section 2-214. Notice of election  


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  • Within ten days after the right to an
      election is complete the town clerk of each town in which any portion of
      such territory is located shall cause to be posted in five public places
      in that part of such territory located in  such  town  and  also  to  be
      published  at  least  twice  in  the  newspaper or newspapers designated
      pursuant to subdivision eleven of section sixty-four of the town law,  a
      joint  notice by the clerks of all such towns that at a convenient place
      in such territory, between the hours of twelve  o'clock  noon  and  nine
      o'clock  in  the evening and on a day not less than twenty nor more than
      thirty days after the date of the posting and first  publication,  which
      date  and  place shall be specified therein, an election will be held to
      determine  whether  the  proposed  village  of  (naming  it)  shall   be
      incorporated.  Such  election  shall  not  be  held  on  a day of a town
      election or of a general election in a town in which any  part  of  such
      territory  is  located.  For  the purposes of this section, in the event
      that the town maintains a  website,  one  of  the  posting  requirements
      required by this section may be fulfilled by posting such information on
      the town's website.