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File #: 26168    Version: 1 Name: Polling locations
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/25/2012 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: 5/1/2012 Final action: 5/1/2012
Enactment date: 5/10/2012 Enactment #: ORD-12-00057
Title: Amending Sections 15.02(54), (56), and (59) of the Madison General Ordinances to change the polling locations for Wards 54, 56 and 59.
Sponsors: Scott J. Resnick
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsWatch
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Fiscal Note
Minor savings are anticipated for each summer election.
Title
Amending Sections 15.02(54), (56), and (59) of the Madison General Ordinances to change the polling locations for Wards 54, 56 and 59.
Body
DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance will change the following polling place designations for all elections held between June 1 and August 31 of any year: Ward 54 moving from the Student Services Center to the Doyle Administration Building; Ward 56 moving from Gordon Commons to UW Memorial Library; and Ward 59 moving from Holt Commons to UW Memorial Union. For elections held in any month other than June, July, or August, the polling places currently listed in the ordinance will be used.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subsection (54) entitled "Ward 54" of Section 15.02 entitled "Wards and Ward Boundaries" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended by amending therein the following:
“Polling place at Student Services Center, 21 North Park Street, except for all elections held between June 1 and August 31 of any year, the polling place will be at the Doyle Administration Building, 545 West Dayton Street.”
2. Subsection (56) entitle...

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