(a) The general laws of the State of West Virginia shall apply to and control, as near as may be, all procedures relating to elections, except as such laws relate to political parties or partisan procedure. Council shall be the Municipal Election Authority, and may prescribe other rules for the conduct of other elections not inconsistent with general law or the provisions of this article.
(b) The powers and duties prescribed by state law for county commissions shall devolve upon Council, and the powers and duties prescribed by state law for clerks of circuit courts and for clerks of county commissions shall devolve upon the Recorder, insofar as the state law may be made applicable to municipal elections and subject to the provisions of this article.