§ 2-214 Notice of election. No later than three days after the right
to an election is complete, the commission shall direct the town clerk
of each town in which any portion of such territory is located to post
in six 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. No later than five days after
receiving direction from the commission, the town clerk or clerks shall
provide to the commission a list of the six locations where such notices
are to be posted. Should the commission object to any such locations
submitted by the town clerk or clerks, the commission shall, no later
than seven business days after receipt of such list of locations, direct
the town clerk or clerks to post such notices in alternative locations
designated by the commission. In such instance, the postings of such
notices shall be made by the town clerk or clerks no later than twenty
days after the right to an election is complete. 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. Such posting shall also
be made on the secretary of state's website.