[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Koshkonong
as Title 2, Ch. 1, of the 1996 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The Town of Koshkonong, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, is a body corporate
and politic, with those powers granted by law. The Town shall be designated
in all actions and proceedings by its name as the Town of Koshkonong.
The Town Meeting having, by resolution, directed the Town Board
to exercise all powers relating to villages and conferred on Village
Boards by Ch. 61, Wis. Stats., the Town of Koshkonong shall have said
powers through its Board. This is a continuing grant of powers.
A.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 6.27, Wis. Stats., the
Town of Koshkonong elects that registration shall be required for
all primaries and elections in the Town of Koshkonong.
B.
The Town Clerk of the Town of Koshkonong shall forthwith certify
this action to the County Clerk and to the Secretary of State.
[Amended 3-13-2019 by Ord. No. 1]
The polling place serving all wards in the Town of Koshkonong
shall be the Koshkonong Town Hall, W5609 Star School Road, Fort Atkinson,
Wisconsin 53538 or the Town shop at W5615 Star School Road.
A.
Poll hours. The voting polls in the Town of Koshkonong, Jefferson
County, Wisconsin, shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for all
elections.
B.
Number of election officials.
(1)
The Town Clerk shall be authorized to employ election officials (poll
workers and tabulators) for each election sufficient to conduct said
election effectively, the minimum number of election officials necessary
at any one time for any one election being three. It is further authorized
that two sets of election officials may be used at different times
at any one election with the total number of election officials working
at one time to be an odd number.
(2)
The Town Clerk shall have the power to limit or reduce the number
of election officials. The Town Clerk shall determine in advance of
each election whether the number of election officials for such election
should be reduced from the number prescribed by the Wisconsin Statutes,
and if such a reduction is so determined, the Clerk shall further
redistribute duties among the remaining officials.
[Amended 3-13-2019 by Ord. No. 1]
C.
Tabulators. The Town Clerk may deem necessary from time to time to
select and employ tabulators for certain elections due to the high
projected voter turnout. Tabulators shall assist and be under the
direction of the election officials after the close of the polls.
The Town Clerk shall select and employ tabulators, if needed, for
any election.
D.
Wards.
(1)
Wards have been established in the Town of Koshkonong for election
purposes. However, there are various elections where Town electors
from more than one ward vote for offices that are identical to those
in other wards, and the Town Board has determined that tabulating
vote totals by ward requires more time by election officials and occasionally
require more inspectors to work at elections. Thus, the Town Board
has determined that there is no administrative advantage to having
vote totals by ward when voting for common offices.
(2)
For the reasons stated above, the Town Board has determined that
wards will be combined for vote reporting purposes for those wards
voting for common office(s).
[Amended 3-13-2019 by Ord. No. 1]
The Town of Koshkonong shall use posting pursuant to the Wisconsin
Statutes as its means of giving notice. When publication is required
by the Wisconsin Statutes or when directed by the Town Board as a
substitute to posting, the official newspaper of the Town of Koshkonong
shall be determined by the Town Board by resolution at an annual meeting,
currently Jefferson County Daily Union (Nov. 2018).
