Except as otherwise provided in this Charter or by ordinance,
and then only to the extent allowed by law, state law applies to the
procedures relating to registration of electors, filing for office
by candidates, and the conduct of Village elections.
Members of the Village Council shall be elected at large.
The election of the Village Council as provided in this Charter
shall be nonpartisan.
The Village's petition for nomination shall be substantially
similar to that designed by the Secretary of State for the nomination
of nonpartisan judicial officers. A supply of official petition forms
shall be maintained by the Clerk/Treasurer.
If a primary Village election is held, its purpose shall be
to reduce the number of candidates to be voted upon at the following
regular Village election to twice the number of candidates as are
to be elected to the Village Council. It shall also be the purpose
of the primary Village election to reduce the number of candidates
for the office of the Village President to two.
A regular Village election shall be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year.
An Election Commission is created, consisting of the Clerk/Treasurer,
the Village Attorney and a third individual appointed by resolution
of Village Council. The Clerk/Treasurer shall be the Chair. The Election
Commission shall have charge of all activities and duties required
of it by state law relating to the conduct of Village elections. In
any case where election procedure is in doubt, the Election Commission
shall prescribe the procedure to be followed.
The form, printing and numbering of ballots, or the preparation
of any voting machines, used in any Village election shall conform
as nearly as possible to that prescribed by the general election laws
of the state. However, no party designation or emblem shall appear.
The votes cast at any Village election for office or any proposition
may be recounted in accordance with the general election laws of the
state.