Within thirty-five days of, but at least twenty-five days before, any regular or special election held in an irrigation district, the secretary of the board of directors shall publish a notice of the election in the newspaper or newspapers of general circulation where the district is located and in the official newspaper of each county in which the district is located. The notice must specify the matters to be voted upon and if the election is to be held by mail ballot. If the election is not held by mail ballot, the notice must specify the location of the polling place or places and the
time of opening and closing of the polling places. The notice must be in substantially the following form: Notice is given that on _____________, ______, an election will be held for the purpose of electing ________ members of the board of directors and for the purpose of voting upon the questions submitted by the directors of the district. (The election will be held by mail ballot.) or (The election will be held at ___________. Polls will be opened at one p.m. and will be closed at five p.m. of that day.) Notice is further given that any elector desiring to have the elector's name appear on the ballot must file a request in writing with the secretary of the district not less than twenty days before the election.
61-06-11. Board of election of irrigation district - Failure of member of election board to be present. Before the date of the regular election, the board shall appoint from the electors of the district one clerk and two judges who shall constitute the board of election. If the board fails to appoint a board of election, or if the members appointed do not attend at the opening of the mail ballots or the opening of the polls on the day of election, the electors of the district present at that hour may appoint the members of the election board or fill the place of an absent member. The board of directors, in its order or resolution appointing the members of the board of election, shall designate the time and place where the mail ballots will be opened or where the election will be held.