12-12-5. Notice of vacancy for an unexpired term--Publication.If a vacancy for an unexpired term is to be filled by an election pursuant to §3-4-6 and the vacancy occurs after the first notice of filing deadline is published pursuant to §12-12-1, the county auditor shall give notice of the vacancy to be filled in each official newspaper at least once each week for two consecutive weeks. The first notice of vacancy shall be published in the week following the occurrence of the vacancy. The notice of vacancy shall include the deadline for filing partisan nominating petitions, if not yet passed, and the deadline for filing independent nominating petitions. Source: SL 2009, ch 69, §4.
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