Regular municipal elections shall be held on the first Tuesday in May of alternate years commencing as hereinabove provided and conducted in all respects as provided by law for conducting general nonpartisan elections in the State of West Virginia. The common council shall perform all of the duties in regard to the election which are imposed upon a county commission in conducting a general election in the state, and the recorder shall perform all of the duties which are imposed upon the clerks of the circuit court and county commission. The common council, in selecting officers to conduct the election and in choosing ballot commissioners, shall be bound by all of the laws obligating a county commission to select commissioners and clerks.
(6-9-81; 1-9-90)