[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Fox Crossing as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 200713-1[1]]
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Editor's Note: This article derives from Ord. No. 190211-1, adopted 2-25-2019.
[Amended 2-8-2021 by Ord. No. 210125-1]
Section 7.52, Wis. Stats., is hereby adopted in its entirety by reference, as amended or renumbered from time to time, including but not limited to the specific provisions set forth in detail under §§ 38-2 and 38-3 below.
A. 
Central canvassing of absentee ballots. Pursuant to §§ 7.52 and 7.53(2m), Wis. Stats., the Village Board of the Village of Fox Crossing hereby creates a Municipal Board of Absentee Ballot Canvassers and authorizes the centralized counting of absentee ballots on election days in accordance with all procedures prescribed by § 7.52, Wis. Stats.
B. 
The Board of Absentee Ballot 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 a term of two years commencing on January 1 of each even-numbered year. The Clerk may appoint additional inspectors under § 7.52(1)(b), Wis. Stats., to assist the Municipal Board of Absentee Ballot Canvassers in canvassing absentee ballots under this section.
C. 
The Village of Fox Crossing declares that, in lieu of canvassing absentee ballots at polling places under § 6.88, Wis. Stats., the Municipal Board of Absentee Ballot Canvassers shall canvass all ballots at all elections held in the municipality at Fire Station No. 40, Training Room, 1326 Cold Spring Road, Neenah, Wisconsin, or such other location designated by the Clerk and set forth in the notice of meeting under Subsection E below.
D. 
At every election held in the Village following enactment of this article, the Municipal Board of Absentee Ballot Canvassers shall, any time after the opening of the polls and before 10:00 p.m. on election day, publicly convene to count the absentee ballots for the Village.
E. 
The Village Clerk shall give at least 48 hours' notice of any meeting of the Municipal Board of Absentee Ballot Canvassers under § 7.52(1)(a), Wis. Stats.
F. 
The Village Clerk's office, no later than the closing hour of the polls, shall post at his or her office and on the Village's website, and shall make available to any person upon request, a statement of the number of absentee ballots that the Clerk has mailed or transmitted to electors and those ballots that have been returned by the closing hour on election day.
G. 
The Municipal Board of Absentee Ballot Canvassers shall follow the remaining procedures prescribed under § 7.52, Wis. Stats.
[Added 2-8-2021 by Ord. No. 210125-1]
A. 
Election officials working at the polls shall be appointed under § 7.30(1)(a), Wis. Stats.
B. 
The Village shall allow for the selection of alternate officials or the selection of two or more sets of election officials to work at different times on Election Day and permit the Village Clerk or designee to establish different working hours for different officials assigned to the same polling place. Alternate officials may be appointed in a number sufficient to maintain adequate staffing of polling places.