AN ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE PRIMARY ELECTIONS
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MEDFORD DO HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Whenever three (3) or more candidates file nomination papers for a City office, a primary to nominate two (2) candidates for the office shall be held.
SECTION 2: This Charter Ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.11(1)(b), Wisconsin Statutes.
SECTION 3: Any ordinances or parts of ordinances not in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: This Charter Ordinance shall take effect sixty (60) days after passage and publication unless within such sixty (60) days of passage and publication a referendum as provided by Section 66.01 of the Wisconsin Statutes shall be filed, in which event this Ordinance shall not take effect until it shall have been submitted to a referendum of the electors and approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon.
Date of Clerk's Signing: 9-18-01
Editor's note:
Wisconsin Statutes § 66.01 was renumbered § 66.0101 by 1999 Wis. Act 150 § 18.