(a) Composition; Members. The Board of Ballot Commissioners shall consist of the City Clerk and two persons appointed by Council. Ballot Commissioners shall be appointed between the fifteenth and thirtieth days of March in each year in which a general Municipal election is to be held, for a term of two years, beginning on the first day of April next ensuing. A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as an original appointment.
(b) Duties; Compensation. The Board of Ballot Commissioners shall perform the duties of such commissioners at all general and special Municipal elections held in the City during their term of office. They shall carry out all duties required of ballot commissioners, and shall receive pay in accordance with the general election laws of the State.
(c) Ballots. It shall be the duty of the Board of Ballot Commissioners, with the approval of Council, to provide printed ballots for every election for public officers in which voters within the City participate, and cause to be printed on the appropriate ballot the name of every candidate whose name has been filed with the City Clerk. The printing of the ballot and all other printing caused to be done by the Board of Ballot Commissioners shall be contracted for with the lowest responsible bidder.
All ballots shall be prepared in conformity with the general State election law provisions, insofar as such provisions are applicable. It shall also be the duty of the Board of Ballot Commissioners to conform with the general election laws of the State as to the delivery of ballots and the proper validation of absentee ballots.
(1969 Code Secs. 2-7 to 2-9)