14-202. Special election; notice; vote; requirements.
The city council is authorized to call, by ordinance, special elections and to submit thereat such questions and propositions as may be authorized by this act to be submitted to the electors at a special election. Unless otherwise specifically directed, it shall be sufficient to give, in the manner required by law, thirty days' notice of the time and place of holding such special election. Unless otherwise specially designated, a majority vote of the electors voting on any proposition shall be regarded sufficient to approve or carry the same. The vote thereat shall be canvassed by the authority or officer authorized to canvass the vote at the general city election and the result thereof certified or declared and certificate of election, if required, shall be issued.
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Requirement of sixty percent of vote to carry proposition submitted does not apply where specific statute authorizing submission requires majority only. Rasp v. City of Omaha, 113 Neb. 463, 203 N.W. 588 (1925).
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