[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Woodruff at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The Town of Woodruff, Oneida County, Wisconsin, is
a body corporate and politic with those powers granted by law. The
Town shall be designated in all actions and proceedings by its name
as the "Town of Woodruff."
The Town Meeting having, by resolution, directed
the Town Board to exercise all powers relating to villages and conferred
on village boards by Ch. 61, Wis. Stats., the Town of Woodruff shall
have said powers through its Board. This is a continuing grant of
powers first granted on April 24, 1975.
The polling place serving all wards in the Town
of Woodruff shall be the Town of Woodruff Community Center Building.
A.
Poll hours. The voting polls in the Town of Woodruff,
Oneida County, Wisconsin, shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
for all elections.
B.
Number of election officials.
(1)
The Town Clerk shall be authorized to employ election
officials (poll workers and tabulators) for each election sufficient
to conduct said election effectively, the minimum number of election
officials necessary at any one time for any one election being three.
It is further authorized that two sets of election officials may be
used at different times at any one election, with the total number
of election officials working at one time to be an odd number.
(2)
The Town Clerk shall have the power to limit or reduce
the number of election officials. The Town Clerk 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 Town Clerk shall further redistribute duties among the remaining
officials.
C.
Tabulators. The Town Clerk may deem it necessary from
time to time to select and employ tabulators for certain elections
due to the high projected voter turnout. Tabulators shall assist and
be under the direction of the election officials after the close of
the polls. The Town Clerk shall select and employ tabulators, if needed,
for any election.
D.
Wards.
(1)
Wards have been established in the Town of Woodruff
for election purposes. However, there are various elections where
Town electors from more than one ward vote for offices that are identical
to those in other wards, and the Town Board has determined that tabulating
vote totals by ward requires more time by election officials and occasionally
requires more inspectors to work at elections. Thus, the Town Board
has determined that there is no administrative advantage to having
vote totals by ward when voting for common offices.
(2)
For the reasons stated above, the Town Board has determined
that wards will be combined for vote reporting purposes for those
wards voting for common offices.
The Town of Woodruff shall use posting pursuant
to the Wisconsin Statutes as its means of giving notice. When publication
is required by the Wisconsin Statutes or when directed by the Town
Board as a substitute to posting, the official newspaper of the Town
of Woodruff shall be the Lakeland Times.
