[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Winneconne as Title 2, Ch. 1, of the 2012 compilation of ordinances,
as amended through 5-22-2013.
Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
The Village of Winneconne is a body corporate and politic with
the powers of a municipality at common law and governed by the provisions
of Chapters 61 and 66, Wis. Stats., laws amending those chapters,
other acts of the Legislature and the Constitution of the State of
Wisconsin.
A.Â
Candidates for elective office; nomination papers.
(1)Â
Nomination papers for elective offices shall be signed by not fewer
than 20 nor more than 100 electors of the Village.
(2)Â
Nomination papers for elective offices shall be circulated not sooner
than the 1st day of December preceding the election, and shall be
filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer not later than 5:00 p.m. the
first Tuesday in January; or the next day if Tuesday is a holiday.
B.Â
Primary elections. Candidates for all elective Village offices shall
be nominated by nonpartisan primary election conducted as directed
by Ch. 8, Wis. Stats., so far as applicable and specifically in accordance
with § 8.05(4)(b), Wis. Stats.
A.Â
Wards established. There is hereby established pursuant to law four
election wards in the Village of Winneconne, defined and described
as follows:
(1)Â
Election Ward No. 1 shall be all that portion of the Village of Winneconne
lying north and west of the point of intersection of the center line
of State Highway 116 and the west bank of the Wolf River, thence north
along the contour and bank of the Wolf River to the north corporate
limits of the Village, thence west along the north line of the corporate
limits extended, thence south along the west corporate limits to the
center line of State Highway 116, thence east along the center line
of State Highway 116 to the place of beginning.
(2)Â
Election Ward No. 2 shall be all that portion of the Village of Winneconne
lying north and east of the point of intersection of the center line
of State Highway 116 and the east bank of the Wolf River, thence north
along the contour and bank of the Wolf River to the north corporate
limits of the Village, thence east along the north line of the corporate
limits extended, thence south along the east corporate limits to the
center line of State Highway 116 to the place of beginning.
(3)Â
Election Ward No. 3 shall be all that portion of the Village of Winneconne
lying south and east of the point of intersection of the center line
of State Highway 116 and the east bank of the Wolf River, thence south
along the contour and bank of the Wolf River to the south corporate
limits of the Village, thence east along the south line of the corporate
limits extended, thence north along the east corporate limits to the
center line of State Highway 116, thence west along the center line
of State Highway 116 to the place of beginning.
(4)Â
Election Ward No. 4 shall be all that portion of the Village of Winneconne
lying south and west of the point of intersection of the center line
of State Highway 116 and the west bank of the Wolf River to the south
corporate limits of the Village, thence west along the south line
of the corporate limits extended, thence north along the west corporate
limits to the center line of State Highway 116, thence east along
the center line of State Highway 116 to the place of beginning.
B.Â
Polls, places and time. The polls in the election Wards 1 through
4 shall be held in the Winneconne Municipal Center of the Village
of Winneconne, which shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for
all elections.
C.Â
Elected officials selected at large. All Village officials shall
be elected on an at-large basis.
A.Â
Pursuant to the Wisconsin Statutes, there is hereby established one
set of election officials to conduct all elections of the Village,
which shall consist of not more than seven election inspectors. However,
pursuant to § 7.32, Wis. Stats., the Village Clerk-Treasurer
is authorized to reduce the number of election officials, provided
that no such action may reduce the number of officials at a polling
place to fewer than three. The Clerk-Treasurer shall determine in
advance of each election whether the number of election officials
for such election should be reduced from the number prescribed by
the Wisconsin Statutes, and if such a reduction is so determined,
the Clerk-Treasurer shall further redistribute duties among the remaining
officials. Pursuant to § 7.32, Wis. Stats., the Village
Clerk-Treasurer is hereby authorized to reduce the number of election
officials for all elections to three officials.
B.Â
Because Ch. 7.30(1), Wis. Stats., allows for the creation of alternate
or two sets of election officials to work at different times on Election
Day, the Village Board authorizes the selection of alternate and/or
two sets of election officials to staff the polls on election day.
The Clerk-Treasurer is hereby authorized to schedule election officials
in shifts on any said Election Day. The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall
redistribute the duties of such election officials.
A.Â
Publication. When publication is used instead of legal posting, the
official newspaper of the Village of Winneconne shall be as annually
designated by the Village Board.
B.Â
Legal posting. When legal posting is used instead of publication,
the Village shall post notices in the following four designated posting
locations:
