ORD20071264Central Count
COMMON COUNCIL - CITY OF MUSKEGO
ORDINANCE #1264
AN ORDINANCE CREATING SECTIONS 1.9 (4) AND (5) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF
THE CITY OF MUSKEGO TO PROVIDE FOR THE CANVASSING OF ABSENTEE
BALLOTS FOR ALL ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF MUSKEGO BY THE
MUNICIPAL BOARD OF ABSENTEE BALLOT CANVASSERS
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO, WISCONSIN, DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Wisconsin State Statute 7.52 states, “the governing body of any municipality may provide
by ordinance that in lieu of canvassing absentee ballots at polling places under State
Statute 6.88, the municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers designated under § 7.53
(2m) shall canvass all absentee ballots at all elections held in the municipality.”
SECTION 1: Chapter 1, Section 1.9 (4) and (5) are hereby created to read as follows:
1.9 ELECTIONS
(4) CANVASSING OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
The Common Council of the City of Muskego hereby provides for the canvassing of
absentee ballots by the municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers designated under §
7.53 (2m) which shall canvass all absentee ballots at all elections held in the municipality
pursuant to procedures established by the state division governing elections.
(5) MUNICIPAL BOARD OF ABSENTEE BALLOT CANVASSERS
The Municipal Board of Absentee Ballot Canvassers is hereby established as designated
under § 7.53 (2m). The board of absentee ballot canvassers shall be composed of the
clerk-treasurer, or a qualified elector of the municipality designated by the clerk-treasurer,
and 2 other qualified electors of the municipality appointed by the clerk-treasurer. The
members of the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall serve for 2-year terms
commencing on January 1 of each odd-numbered year, except that any member who is
appointed to fill a permanent vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term of the original
appointee.
SECTION 2: The several sections of this ordinance are declared to be severable. If any
section or portion thereof shall be declared by a decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, such decision shall apply only to the
specific section or portion thereof directly specified in the decision, and not affect the
validity of all other provisions, sections, or portion thereof of the ordinance which shall
remain in full force and effect. Any other ordinances whose terms are in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed as to those terms that conflict.
SECTION 3: This ordinance is in full force and effect from and after passage and
publication.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 11TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER , 2007.
CITY OF MUSKEGO
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John R. Johnson, Mayor
ATTEST: First Reading: 08/28/07
Published on the 20th day of September, 2007
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Clerk-Treasurer