34-1405 — NOTICE OF ELECTION FILING DEADLINE


                                  TITLE  34
                                  ELECTIONS
                                  CHAPTER 14
                        UNIFORM DISTRICT ELECTION LAW
    34-1405.  NOTICE OF ELECTION FILING DEADLINE. [(1)]  Not more than
fourteen (14) nor less than seven (7) days preceding the candidate filing
deadline for an election, the election official of each political subdivision
shall cause to be published a notice of the forthcoming candidate filing
deadline. The notice shall include not less than the name of the political
subdivision, the place where filing for each office takes place, and a notice
of the availability of declarations of candidacy. The notice shall be
published in the official newspaper of the political subdivision.
    (2)  The secretary of state shall compile an election calendar annually
which shall include not less than a listing of the political subdivisions
which will be conducting candidate elections in the forthcoming year, the
place where filing for each office takes place, and the procedure for a
declaration of candidacy. Annually in December, the county clerk shall cause
to be published the election calendar for the county for the following
calendar year. It shall be the duty of the election official of each political
subdivision to notify the county clerk, not later than the last day of
November, of any election for that political subdivision to occur during the
next calendar year. In the event of failure to so notify the county clerk, the
election official of the political subdivision  shall cause to be published
notice of the omitted election as soon as he is  aware of the omission. This
publication shall be in addition to the publication required by paragraph (1)
of this section. The election calendar for the county shall be published in at
least two (2) newspapers published within the county, but if this is not
possible, the calendar shall be published in one (1) newspaper which has
general circulation within the county. Copies of the election calendar shall
be available, without charge, from the office of the secretary of state or the
county clerk.