A. Order By Clerk: Upon final certification of the petition, the clerk of the district court shall order an election to be held pursuant to Idaho Code section 34-106.
B. Date Of Election: A special election for initiative or referendum shall be held on the nearest of the following dates which falls more than forty five (45) days after the clerk of the district court orders that such initiative or referendum election shall be held; (Ord. 111, 4-13-1998; amd. 2001 Code)
1. The first Tuesday in February.
2. The fourth Tuesday in May.
3. The first Tuesday in August.
4. The Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
C. Action By Commissioners:
1. Referendum: If the petition is for a referendum, the Shoshone County commissioners shall have thirty (30) days from the date of certification of the petition to repeal the ordinance being referred to the voters. In the event the commissioners repeal the ordinance, no election shall be held.
2. Initiative: If the petition is for an initiative petition, the Shoshone County commissioners shall have thirty (30) days to pass an ordinance as proposed by the petition. In the event the commissioners pass such an ordinance, no election shall be held.
D. Election Required: In the event Shoshone County commissioners neither repeal the ordinance which is the subject of a referendum petition, nor enact an ordinance which it the subject of an initiative petition, a countywide election shall be held pursuant to subsection B of this section.
E. Initiative Measure: Any initiative measure shall take effect and become a law when it is approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon, and not otherwise.
F. Referendum Measure: If a referendum measure, referred to the people in a county, is rejected by a majority vote, such ordinance referred to in the measure shall be null and void. (Ord. 111, 4-13-1998)