CCR2024.012-Comb Wards (Sp Elec, Pres Pref)COMMON COUNCIL - CITY OF MUSKEGO
RESOLUTION #012-2024
RESOLUTION COMBINING WARDS
FOR SPRING ELECTION & PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
WHEREAS, Section 5.15(6)(b) of the Wisconsin Statutes provides that a municipality
having a population of less than 35,000 may combine by resolution, two or more of the
wards for voting purposes to facilitate using a common polling place; and
WHEREAS, the City of Muskego has a population of less than 35,000 and has been
divided into 19 wards for election purposes pursuant to Ordinance #1473 passed and
adopted on May 24, 2022; and
WHEREAS, Elections for Local offices that makeup the Waukesha County Board
Supervisors are always conducted in the Spring of even -numbered years; and
WHEREAS, in years of a Federal Presidential Election, the April ballot contains a
provision for voters to indicate their preference for President with said election being
held in the forthcoming November; and
WHEREAS, Per Section 8.12(3) of Wisconsin Statutes, results of the Presidential
Preference votes cast are to be reported within the State and within each Congressional
District; and
WHEREAS, the City of Muskego is solely located in one Congressional District; and
WHEREAS, due to the current established boundary division for both Local (Waukesha
County) and Federal offices (including Presidential), the wards in the City of Muskego
are combined differently depending on whether or not voting is for the Presidential
Election year; and
WHEREAS, based on the above, the wards in the City of Muskego should be combined
within each of the Aldermanic Districts in the following manner until the next census is
conducted decennially or upon direction from a court of law establishing a different
method in which to combine wards within each Aldermanic District pertaining to the City
of Muskego.
Resolution #012-2024
Aid.
District
Spring Even
(non-
Presidential
Preference)
Spring Odd
Fall Even
Presidential Preference
(April - every 4 years)
1
Wards 1, 2, 3,
17,18
Wards 1, 2, 3, 17,
18
Wards 1, 3
Wards 1, 2, 3, 17, 18
1
Wards 2, 17, 18
2
Wards 4, 5, 6
Wards 4, 5, 6
Wards 4, 5
Wards 4, 5, 6
2
Ward 6
3
Wards 7, 8
Wards 7, 8
Wards 7, 8
Wards 7, 8
4
Wards 9, 10
Wards 9, 10
Wards 9, 10
Wards 9, 10
5
Wards 11, 12
Wards 11, 12
Wards 11, 12
Wards 11, 12
6
Wards 13, 19
Wards 13, 14, 19
Wards 13,14
Ward 13,19
6
Ward 14
Ward 19
Ward 14
7
Wards 15,16
Wards 15,16
Wards 15,16
Wards 15,16
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Muskego Common Council that
the wards in the City shall be combined by Aldermanic District in the manner as
described above for the elections until the next census is conducted decennially.
DATED THIS 13TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2024.
SPONSORED BY:
Mayor Rick Petfalski
This is to certify that this is a true and accurate copy of Resolution #012-2024 which
was adopted by the Common Council of the City of Muskego.