Procedure upon filing of petition to change from or revert to commission system of government - Election - Ballot
N.D. Cent. Code § 40-04-10
in effect40-04-10. Procedure upon filing of petition to change from or revert to commission
system of government - Election - Ballot.
When a petition to change from or revert to the commission system of government, with the
city auditor's certificate of sufficiency, is filed with the governing body of a city, or when a
resolution to change or revert has been adopted, the governing body shall call a special election
at which only the question of changing from or reverting to the commission system of
government will be submitted. The date of such election shall not be less than sixty days nor
more than ninety days after the date of the auditor's certificate that a sufficient petition has been
filed. The ballot to be used at the election shall include the issue presented in the petition or
resolution in substantially one of the following forms:
CHANGE FROM COMMISSION SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
Shall the city of _______________ change from its organization under the commission
system of government and become a city under the council form of government?
Yes ☐
No ☐
Shall the city of _______________ change from its organization under the commission
system of government and become a city under the modern council form of government
with a five-man council?
Yes ☐
No ☐
Shall the city of _______________ change from its organization under the commission
system of government and become a city under the modern council form of government
with a seven-man council?
Yes ☐
No ☐
Shall the city of _______________ change from its organization under the commission
system of government and become a city under the modern council form of government
with an eleven-man council?
Yes ☐
No ☐
REVERSION TO COMMISSION SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
Shall the city of _______________ revert from the council form of government to the
commission system of government?
Yes ☐
No ☐
Shall the city of _______________ revert from the modern council form of government with
a five-man council to the commission system of government?
Yes ☐
No ☐
Shall the city of _______________ revert from the modern council form of government with
a seven-man council to the commission system of government?
Yes ☐
No ☐
Shall the city of _______________ revert from the modern council form of government with
an eleven-man council to the commission system of government?
Yes ☐
No ☐
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