(a) Statutory Authorization. The process for the appointment of election officials set forth in Sec. 7.30, Wis. Stats., shall be followed. Pursuant to Section 7.30(1), Wis. Stats., there shall be at least seven (7) election inspectors at the polling place at each election conducted in the Village of Edgar, except as otherwise provided below in Subsections (b)(2)-(4). That statute further authorizes the Village Board to provide for the selection of alternate officials or the selection of two (2) or more sets of election officials to work at different times on election day.
(b) Appointment of Officials. At its regular meeting in December of each odd-numbered year, the Village Board shall appoint not less than five (5) election inspectors. At such meeting, the Village Board may appoint additional inspectors in a number it deems necessary so that there are two (2) or more sets of inspectors available to work at different times on election day. Provided, however, the additional election inspectors shall be appointed in such a manner that the total number of officials is an odd number.
(c) Hours of Work. Pursuant to Sec. 7.30(1), Wis. Stats., the Village Board authorizes the Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer to determine the inspectors who will work at each election and to determine the hours each inspector will work.
(d) Reduction or Addition of Election Officials.
(1) Section 7.32, Wis. Stats., authorizes the Village Board to reduce the required number of election officials at a polling place to no less than three (3), and the Village Board has determined that would be advantageous to the Village of Edgar to have only as many election officials on duty as are needed for any given election. Pursuant to Section 7.32, Wis. Stats., the Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer is authorized, at the discretion of the Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer, to reduce the number of election officials, provided that at all time there shall be a minimum of three (3) election officials on duty. The Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer shall determine in advance of each election whether the number of election officials for such election should be reduced from the number prescribed by the Wisconsin Statutes, and if such a reduction is so determined, the Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer shall further redistribute duties among the remaining officials.
(2) At the discretion of the Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer, the requisite number of election officials may be increased for any election; however, the number of election officials working at a given election shall always be an odd number.
(e) Sets of Election Officials. Because Section 7.30(1), Wis. Stats., allows for the selection of two (2) or more sets of officials to work at different times on each election day, the Village Board authorizes the selection of two (2) sets of election officials to staff the polls on election day if deemed necessary by the Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer. The Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer is hereby authorized to schedule election officials in shifts on any said election day. The Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer shall redistribute the duties of such election officials to reflect scheduling by shift. The second, or last, shift shall end with completion of all required election day duties that follow the closure of the polls.
(f) Polling Place Greeter. As prescribed by Section 7.30(1)(b), Wis. Stats., the Village Board authorizes the Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer for each election to appoint, at the Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer's discretion, one (I) additional election worker per shift to serve as a greeter to answer questions and to direct electors to the proper locations for registration and voting, and who shall be available to substitute for other election officials who must leave the polling place room during the voting process.
(g) Tabulators. The Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer may deem necessary from time to time to select and employ tabulators for certain elections due to the high projected voter turnout. Tabulators shall assist and be under the direction of the election officials after the close of the polls. The Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer shall select and employ tabulators, if needed, for any election.
(h) Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer's Service as Alternate. The Edgar Village Board appoints:
(1) The Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer to serve as an election official in the absence of an appointed election official.
(2) The Village Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer to serve as an alternate election official in the absence of an appointed alternate election official.
State Law Reference:
Secs. 7.30 and 7.32, Wis. Stats.