Section 7.21. Election commissioners, duties and regulations.

 

(1)  All powers and duties assigned to the municipal or county clerk or the municipal or county board of canvassers under chs. 5 to 12 shall be carried out by the municipal or county board of election commissioners or its executive director, unless specifically retained or assigned in this section or s. 7.22 .

(2)  The county clerk shall serve as executive director of the county board of election commissioners. The clerk shall perform whatever duties the board of election commissioners assigns to him or her. An executive director of the city board of election commissioners shall be appointed under s. 62.51 .

(3)  The board of election commissioners is authorized to employ additional clerical assistants to carry out its necessary duties. The assistants' salaries shall be fixed by the governing body of the municipality or county.

(4)  The board of election commissioners may procure a seal to authenticate official papers and documents.

(5)  The city council and county board shall provide office space in the city hall and county courthouse, respectively, pay all the necessary expenses, cooperate with the board of election commissioners, provide storage space for the election equipment and supplies and assist with the moving and conducting of the elections as necessary.

1973 c. 334 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1983 a. 36 ; 1983 a. 484 s. 172 (1) , (2); 1985 a. 304 ss. 81 , 155 ; 1987 a. 382 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 1999 a. 182 ; 2007 a. 1 ; 2013 a. 373 .