The Town Clerk shall have the discretion to hire election officials to work less than a full day on the day of the election.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Hudson as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-4-2010]
[Adopted 8-27-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-6]
A.
No person shall, in a public or private place, engage in violent, abusive, indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud, or otherwise disorderly conduct directed at or toward an individual working in their capacity as an election official or based on their position as an election official.
B.
No person shall knowingly interfere with or obstruct any individual working in their capacity as an election official in the performance of such individual's duties related to the conduct of an election.
C.
No person shall send an individual working in their capacity as an election official or based on their position as an election official a telecommunication message, with the reasonable expectation that such individual will receive the message, using any harassing, violent, abusive, threatening, indecent, or profane language or image, or any other message in which such telecommunication message tends to cause or provoke a disturbance.
D. ELECTION OFFICIAL TELECOMMUNICATION MESSAGE
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Has the same definition provided in § 5.02(4e), Wis. Stats., meaning an individual who is charged with any duties related to the conduct of an election.
Any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, electronic message, or intelligence of any nature using any instrument, equipment, machine, or other device that facilitates telecommunication or electronic communication, including but not limited to a computer, computer network, computer chip, computer circuit, scanner, telephone, cellular telephone, pager, personal communications device, radio, transponder, receiver, modem, or device that enables the use of a modem.
E.
Penalty for violation. Any person violating this section shall, upon conviction for a first offense, forfeit not less than $300 nor more than $1,000. Any person violating this section shall, upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense within one year, forfeit not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000.