The Village Board hereby requires registration of all voters
in Village elections under the provisions of §§ 6.27
through 6.57, Wis. Stats.
Pursuant to §§ 7.53(2m) and 7.52, Wis. Stats.,
there is hereby established a Municipal Board of Absentee Canvassers,
which is authorized to conduct centralized counting of absentee ballots
on election days as follows:
A. The Municipal Board of Absentee Canvassers shall be composed of the
Municipal Clerk, or a qualified elector of the municipality designated
by the Clerk, and two other qualified electors of the municipality
appointed by the Clerk for the 2017 General Election and then for
a term of two years commencing on January 1 of each odd-numbered year
thereafter. The Clerk may appoint additional inspectors under § 7.30(2)(a),
Wis. Stats., to assist the Municipal Board of Absentee Canvassers in
canvassing absentee ballots under this section.
B. In lieu of canvassing absentee ballots at polling places under § 6.88,
Wis. Stats., when so directed by the Clerk, the Municipal Board of
Absentee Canvassers may canvass all absentee ballots at elections
held in the municipality at a location to be determined by the Clerk.
C. The Municipal Clerk shall give at least 48 hours' notice of any meeting
of the Municipal Board of Absentee Canvassers under this section,
which notice shall specify the location of the canvass of the absentee
ballots.
D. No later than the closing hour of the polls, the Clerk shall post
at his or her office and on the Internet at a site announced by the
Clerk before the polls open, a statement of the number of absentee
ballots that the Clerk has mailed or transmitted to electors and that
have been returned by the closing hour on election day. In addition,
the Clerk shall make such a statement available to any person upon
request.