As Amended
SEC. 37-7-711. Filing of petition of nomination by candidate for board of trustees; determination of election results.
In all such special municipal separate school districts which may be so organized, reorganized or reconstituted to embrace the entire county in which the majority of the inhabitants of the county reside outside the corporate limits of the municipality, the name of any qualified elector who is a candidate for the board of trustees of such special municipal separate school district, whether such person be a candidate for an unexpired term or for a full term, shall be placed on the ballot used in the elections, provided that the candidate files with the county election commissioners, not more than ninety days and not less than thirty days prior to the date of such general election, a petition of nomination signed by not less than one hundred fifty qualified electors of the county. The candidate in each election who receives the highest number of votes cast in the election shall be declared to have been elected.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 6328-83; Laws, 1956, ch. 296, Sec. 3.