Use the excerpt below to answer the question. Nine petitions, each bearing about 500 names from all parts of the state, were filed late last evening. One is relative [proposes a law] to the . . . maintenance of electric poles, another favors the abolishment of the contract system. . . .
—Coconino Sun, May 29, 1944

Which type of election does this newspaper excerpt most likely concern?

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referendum election

referendum election

initiative election

initiative election

special election

special election

recall election

recall election