[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Amery 10-6-2004 as §§ 2-1-3
to 2-1-7 of the 2004 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Annual City election. The annual City election shall be held on the
first Tuesday in April or at such other date as prescribed by state
law.
B.
Hours.
(1)
General elections. The polls at general elections in the City shall
be opened at 7:00 a.m. and closed at 8:00 p.m.
[Amended 6-5-2019 by Ord.
No. 01-2019]
(2)
Notice. Notice of all elections, stating the prescribed polling hours,
shall be given by publication in the official newspaper at least 10
days before the election.
C.
Central polling place. The City of Amery Municipal Building shall
be the central polling place for all wards of the City of Amery, unless
otherwise designated by the City Council, at least 10 days before
the election at which another central polling place is to be used,
pursuant to § 5.25, Wis. Stats.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Whenever three or more candidates file nomination papers, candidates
for elective City offices may be nominated by a nonpartisan primary
conducted pursuant to § 8.05(4), Wis. Stats. Such candidate
shall file with his/her nomination papers a declaration that he/she
will qualify for the office to which he/she may be elected.
Pursuant to the Wisconsin Statutes, there is hereby established
one set of election officials to conduct all elections in the wards
of the City which shall consist of seven election inspectors. However,
the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer shall have the power to limit
the number of election officials. The City Council hereby authorizes
the selection of alternate election officials and/or the selection
of two or more sets of election officials to work at different times
on election day; the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer is authorized
to establish different working hours for different officials assigned
to the same polling place. The City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer
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 City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer shall further redistribute
duties among the remaining officials provided there are an odd number
of election officials.
[Amended 9-14-2011 by Ord. No. 7-2011; 1-6-2016 by Ord. No. 1-2016]
Pursuant to § 5.15, Wis. Stats., the City is divided
into five wards as shown on the official map kept by the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer
and described in Ordinance No. 1-2016.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The map adopted by Ord. No. 1-2016 is on file
at the office of the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer.
[Amended 9-14-2011 by Ord. No. 7-2011; 1-6-2016 by Ord. No. 1-2016]
The City is divided into three aldermanic districts comprised from the five wards as described in § 38-4 of this chapter as follows:
