(A) The town desires to transfer all authority for conducting municipal elections to the County Voter Registration and Election Commission apart from the following: that the town will continue to accept candidate filings, including but not limited to notices of candidacy, candidacy pledges and nomination petitions.
(B) All authority for the conducting of municipal elections is hereby transferred to the Voter Registration and Election Commission for the county in the following particulars:
(1) The County Voter Registration and Election Commission shall advertise municipal elections, prepare and distribute ballots and election materials, appoint managers of election for each polling place, and otherwise supervise and conduct all municipal elections within the town;
(2) Immediately upon the closing of the polls at any municipal election in the town, the County Voter Registration and Elections Commission shall begin to count and continuously count the votes cast and make a statement of the whole number of votes cast in the election together with the number of votes cast for each candidate for Mayor and Council member, canvass the vote and publicly display the unofficial results;
(3) The Voter Registration and Election Commission shall thereafter certify the results of the elections and transmit the certified results to the Town Council or an appointed authority representing the city government as soon as practical following the certification;
(4) Hear and decide protests and certify the results of municipal elections; and
(5) Utilize an automated election system and computer counting with the count publicly conducted.
(C) This section shall take effect upon the successful completion of the following necessary actions prerequisite under federal and state law to effect the changes called for hereunder:
(1) Adoption of an appropriate ordinance by the governing body of the county accepting the authority being transferred hereunder; and
(2) Submission to the United States Justice Department and subsequent receipt of preclearance and positive response to the transfer of authority for conducting municipal elections which would be effected hereunder.
(1995 Code, § 1-8003) (Ord. 06-15-10-C, passed 6-15-2010)