(A) Uniform Election Board. No later than the forty-ninth day before the election, the Council shall appoint a Uniform Election Board, consisting of two Election Commissioners and two poll clerks, to conduct each election in each precinct of the city. At the same time as the appointment of election officials or at a subsequent meeting the Council shall appoint persons as alternates. At the Council meeting immediately preceding the meeting at which the appointments are to be made, the City Clerk, in consultation with the Council members from each ward, shall submit a list of persons proposed for appointment by the Council to serve as election officials in each ward.
(B) Notice. The Clerk shall mail notices to every person appointed as an election official within seven days following appointment. The appointed official must respond within 14 days following appointment and state whether or not they will serve. If the person fails to respond in time, the Clerk appoints a replacement from the alternate list or, after all alternates have been used, any eligible voter.
(C) Instruction of election officials. No person may serve as an election commissioner or poll clerk unless he or she has attended the instructional program required with thirty days before the election. No election officer, upon being so notified to appear for instruction, shall fail without just cause to do so. If any officer does so fail to appear, the Council may appoint some other qualified person and such person, after instruction, shall act in the place of the defaulting officer.
(D) Qualifications. As to qualifications of election officials, the city hereby adopts and will adhere to W.Va. Code § 3-1-28, Election officials; eligibility, suspension of eligibility.
(E) Oaths. As to oaths to be administered to election officials, the city hereby adopts and will adhere to W.Va. Code § 3-l-30a, Oaths of election commissioners and poll clerks, substitution of persons.
(Ord. 310, passed 1-19-2023)
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For corresponding provisions of state law, see W.Va. Code §§ 3-1-30, 3-1-46, 3-4A-14