(a) The City Secretary shall be the absentee voting clerk for all city elections. A deputy absentee voting clerk may be appointed to assist the absentee voting clerk and shall have the same authority as the absentee voting clerk in conducting absentee voting, subject to the City Secretary's supervision.
(b) A presiding election judge and an alternate presiding election judge shall be appointed for each election precinct in which an election is held. The appointment of election judges must be made by written order by the City Council.
(c) The presiding election judge shall appoint the election clerks to assist the election judge in the conduct of an election at the polling place served by the judge. The City Council shall prescribe the maximum number of clerks that each presiding judge may appoint for each election.
(d) An election judge or clerk is entitled to compensation for services rendered at an hourly rate not to exceed five dollars ($5.00). The election judge or clerk who delivers the precinct election records, keys to the ballot boxes, or other election equipment and unused election supplies after an election is entitled to compensation for that service in an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(e) An election officer must be a qualified voter and resident of the city. An election officer shall not hold a public office or be a candidate for public office, be employed by an candidate for city office, related to a candidate for city office, or serve as a campaign treasurer of a candidate.
Cross reference
See absentee ballot board in § 35.06(c) hereof.