In the interest of the convenience of the voters and providing accessibility to the polling place, the board of county commissioners may create additional polling places within the precinct upon their own action or upon receipt of a petition signed by at least ten percent of the registered voters of the precinct so requesting.
History: 1978 Comp., § 1-3-7.1, enacted by Laws 1984, ch. 76, § 1; 1989, ch. 392, § 6; 1991 (1st S.S.), ch. 6, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1991 (1st S.S.) amendment, effective October 4, 1991, inserted "their own action or upon" and substituted "ten percent of the registered voters" for "fifty qualified electors".