[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Hudson by Ord. No. 17-81. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended by Ord. No. 17-91; 10-3-2001 by Ord. No. 14-01; 10-15-2007 by Ord. No. 14-07; 8-1-2011 by Ord. No. 13-11; 6-3-2013 by Ord. No. 3-13]
The City shall have six Aldermanic districts. Each Aldermanic district shall consist of two wards, designated as follows:
Aldermanic District
Wards
Polling Place
1
1 and 2
Council Chambers, Hudson City Hall, 505 Third Street
2
3 and 4
Community Room, Faith Community Church, 777 Carmichael Road
3
5 and 6
Fellowship Hall, Hudson United Methodist Church, 1401 Laurel Avenue
4
7 and 8
Fellowship Hall, Hudson United Methodist Church, 1401 Laurel Avenue
5
9 and 10
Council Chambers, Hudson City Hall, 505 Third Street
6
11 and 12
Community Room, Faith Community Church, 777 Carmichael Road
[Added by Ord. No. 27-84; amended by Ord. No. 6-98; 11-18-2002 by Ord. No. 18-02]
The polls at any election shall be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.
[Added by Charter Ord. No. 1-90[1]]
Whenever three or more candidates file nomination papers for a City office, a primary to nominate candidates for the office shall be held.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. A260 for the text of Charter Ord. No. 1-90.
[Added 10-6-2003 by Ord. No. 10-03]
The selection of two or more sets of officials to work at different times on Election Day shall be allowed, and the Clerk or his/her designee shall be permitted to establish different working hours for different officials assigned at the same polling place.
[Added 1-7-2019 by Ord. No. 1-19]
A. 
This Municipal Board of Absentee Ballot Canvassers ( MBOABC) 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 [§ 7.53(2), Wis. Stats.]. All appointments shall comply with §§ 7.52 and 7.53, Wis. Stats.
B. 
The Clerk may appoint additional inspectors under § 7.30(2)(a), Wis. Stats., to assist the MBOABC in canvassing absentee ballots under this section.
C. 
The MBOABC shall canvass all absentee ballots for all elections held within the municipality at a location to be determined by the Clerk, to replace canvassing of absentee ballots at the polling locations under § 6.88, Wis. Stats.
D. 
The Municipal Clerk shall give at least 48 hours' notice of any meeting of the MBOABC under this section.
E. 
The Municipal Clerk, no later than the closing hour of the polls, shall post at the Clerk's office and on the internet at a site announced by the Clerk before the polls open, 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 that have been returned by the closing hour on Election Day.
[Amended 8-5-2024 by Ord. No. 8-24]
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. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ELECTION OFFICIAL
Has the same definition provided in W.S.A. § 5.02(4e), meaning an individual who is charged with any duties related to the conduct of an election.
TELECOMMUNICATION MESSAGE
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.