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(a) Date of election. If the recall petition is determined to be sufficient, the city council shall set a date for a recall election to be held not later than 120 days from the date of submission of the final determination of sufficiency by the city clerk to the city council or at the conclusion of a period for protest, unless a regular municipal election or a special municipal election should be scheduled within 120 days of submission of the final determination of sufficiency by the city clerk to the city council, in which case the recall election shall be held in conjunction therewith.

(b) Qualification to vote. Only registered electors falling within the following groups shall be eligible to vote in city recall elections:

(1) If the recall effort involves only the office of a ward council member, only those registered electors residing in that ward shall vote on the recall question.

(2) If the recall effort involves only the office of mayor or the office of council member-at-large, the election shall be conducted citywide for voting by registered electors at large.

(3) If the recall effort involves a combination of the offices of mayor, at large and ward council members, the voting shall be conducted with registered electors voting citywide on the offices of mayor and at-large questions and the ward recall question appearing only on the ballot in the ward to which it relates.

(c) Contents of ballot. There shall be printed on the official ballot as to every officer whose recall is to be voted, the statement of grounds required by section 54-67 and the elected officer's response thereto. There shall also be printed on the ballot as to every officer whose recall is sought the words "Shall (name of person against whom recall petition is filed) be recalled from office of (title of office)?" Following such question shall be words "yes" and "no," by which the voter shall indicate his or her vote for or against such recall.