ARTICLE 105
Elections

105.01   Registration of voters.

105.02   Council nominating petitions; circulation time.

105.03   Compensation of election officials.

105.04   Establishment of precincts.

105.05   Territorial limits of precincts.

105.06   Precinct designation.

CROSS REFERENCES

Wards - see CHTR. Sec. 5

Conduct of Councilperson elections - see CHTR. Sec. 6 et seq

Municipal elections - see W. Va. Code 3-1-2a

Municipal voting precincts - see W. Va. Code 3-1-6

Municipal precinct registration records - see W. Va. Code 3-1-27

Absentee voting in municipal elections - see W. Va. Code 3-3-13

Integration of municipal elections with systems of permanent registration - see W. Va. Code 8-15-13

105.01 REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

   Only persons who are bona-fide residents of the City and are registered to vote as provided by law shall be entitled to vote in any Municipal election, and the provisions of West Virginia Code 8-5-13 (Permanent Registration Law), so far as applicable to municipalities, is hereby adopted to govern any election in the City.

   The Municipal registration records for the Ohio County precincts which are within the City, as they are kept and maintained by the County Commission, shall be the official registration of voters for any Municipal election, and only those persons so registered shall be eligible to vote.

   The duties imposed by law upon county clerks and circuit clerks shall devolve the upon the City Clerk, and the duties imposed by law upon the county courts shall devolve upon the Mayor and Council.

(Ord. 7412. Passed 11-4-81.)

105.02 COUNCIL NOMINATING PETITIONS; CIRCULATION TIME.

   No person shall circulate or sign any nominating petition for himself, or for any other person, as a Council candidate before January 31 of the year in which the election is held.

(Amended January 21, 1986.)

105.03 COMPENSATION OF ELECTION OFFICIALS.

   Each Commissioner of Election, Poll Clerk and Ballot Commissioner shall be paid the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) for each day he shall serve as such. The election official in each precinct who procures the ballots, ballot boxes, poll books, tally sheets and other supplies from the City Clerk shall be paid an additional sum of two dollars ($2.00) for the service, and the election official in each precinct who returns the ballots, ballot boxes, poll books, tally sheets and other supplies to the City Clerk shall be paid an additional sum of two dollars ($2.00) for such service.

(Ord. 1763. Passed 2-13-51.)