The election shall be held on a date to be fixed by the directors of the drainage and levee improvement district at a special meeting called for that purpose in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq. However, the date of the election shall be not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one hundred eighty (180) days next succeeding the date of the first publication of the notice of the filing of the outline of the project with the district as provided in § 14-120-206(c).