[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Colby 10-5-1995 as Title 2, Ch. 1, §§ 2-1-3
to 2-1-6, of the 1995 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Annual City election. The annual City election shall be held on the
first Tuesday in April.
B.
Polling hours. The polls for all elections shall open at 7:00 a.m.
and close at 8:00 p.m. The rules for provision of voting booths, ballots
and election officials and all of the rules for conduct of elections
in Title II, Ch. 5 to 12, Wis. Stats., shall apply to elections in
the City of Colby.
C.
Polling places. The designated polling place for all wards of the
City of Colby shall be at the Colby City Hall.
Whenever three or more candidates file nomination papers, candidates
for elective City of Colby 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 will qualify for the office to which he 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 of Colby, which shall consist of seven election inspectors.
However, the City Clerk-Treasurer shall have the power to limit or
modify the number of election officials. The 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 Clerk-Treasurer shall further redistribute duties among the remaining
officials. Election officials may work in such shifts as determined
by the City Clerk-Treasurer.
[Amended 11-2-2021 by Ord. No. 2-2021]
A.
Purpose. Pursuant to the requirements of §§ 5.15 and
62.08, Wis. Stats., Aldermanic Districts of the City of Colby are
districted so that all Aldermanic Districts are as compact in area
as possible and contain, as nearly as practicable, an equal number
of inhabitants according to the most recent decennial federal census
of population.
B.
Number of wards. The City of Colby shall be divided into three wards
as shown on the official map kept by the City Clerk/Treasurer and
described in Resolution No. 9-2021.
