24-508. Ballots and nominations. The ballots for the first election herein provided for shall be furnished by the county, and the county clerk is hereby instructed to place as candidates on said ballots the names of such electors, as defined in the next preceding section, as may be nominated for the office of director by petition signed by not less than five electors of the county entitled to vote at said election, and accompanied by the written consent of the freeholder so nominated to become a candidate for such office; and if there is to be elected a director at large, as hereinbefore provided, he shall be nominated by petition signed by not less than ten electors, and such petition, together with his written consent to become a candidate for said office, shall be filed with the clerk of each of the counties of said drainage district. All nominating petitions shall be filed with said clerks at least ten days prior to the date set for said election. At all succeeding elections for director the candidates shall be nominated in like manner but the petitions shall be filed with the secretary of the board of directors, who will cause to be placed on the ballots the names of all persons so nominated.
History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 8; March 27; R.S. 1923, 24-508.
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