New York Laws
Article 9 - Permissive Referendum
9-912 - Propositions--Submission and Special Election.

(a) Whether or not the area of the village should be diminished.
(b) Whether or not the village should be reincorporated.
(c) Whether or not the name of the village should be changed.
(d) Whether or not the month of the general village election should be
changed.
3. A special election for submission of a proposition shall be
noticed, conducted, canvassed and otherwise held in the same manner as a
general village election; provided, however, that a proposition for the
consolidation or dissolution of a village shall be noticed, conducted,
canvassed and otherwise held pursuant to, and in accordance with, the
provisions of article seventeen-A of the general municipal law.

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