[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:
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Aldermanic District
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Wards
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Polling Place
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|---|---|---|
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1
|
1 and 2
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Council Chambers, Hudson City Hall, 505 Third Street
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|
2
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3 and 4
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Community Room, Faith Community Church, 777 Carmichael Road
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|
3
|
5 and 6
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Fellowship Hall, Hudson United Methodist Church, 1401 Laurel
Avenue
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|
4
|
7 and 8
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Fellowship Hall, Hudson United Methodist Church, 1401 Laurel
Avenue
|
|
5
|
9 and 10
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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.
[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.
ELECTION OFFICIAL
TELECOMMUNICATION MESSAGE
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
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.
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.
