TITLE Vl:
PROPERTY AND LAND USE
CHAPTER 8
ELECTION PRECINTS
6-8-1 Purpose
6-8-2
Election Precincts
6-8-3
Township Boundaries
6-8-4
City or Township Elections
6-8-1 Purpose. Certain civil townships and
election precincts be combined for the purpose of election precincts as a
convenience to voters, a potential cost savings and for the ease of
conducting such elections at combined polling places. Additionally, there are certain imbedded
census tracts as island in the City of Fort Madison that the Secretary of
State directs be incorporated into an election precinct. Redefined voting precincts must comply
with Supervisors Redistricting plan adopted on August 29, 2003.
6-8-2 Election
Precincts. For purpose of
election precincts, the following civil townships and incorporated cities
shall be combined. Each grouping
shall constitute an election precinct:
a)
Fort Madison Ward 1 and Census Tract
Numbers 1017 and 1018
b)
Fort Madison Ward 5 and Madison Township
and Census Tract Numbers 1075, 1981, 1988 and 1989
c)
Cedar, Marion, and Franklin Townships
and the Cities of Houghton, St. Paul, Franklin and Donnellson
d)
Denmark, Washington and Green Bay
Townships
e)
Des Moines, Charleston and Van Buren
Townships
f)
Harrison Township
g)
Jackson Township
h)
Jefferson Township
i)
Montrose Township and the City of
Montrose
j)
West Point and Pleasant Ridge Townships
and the City of West Point
6-8-3
TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES. All township boundaries shall remain as
prior fixed and each
township shall retain
its own elected officials. The
boundary changes are for election precincts only.
6-8-4
CITY OR TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS. Residents within established townships
and incorporated
cities shall continue
to vote for their respective elected officials. There is no combination of townships or townships and cities
for this purpose.
First Reading: July 26, 2005
Second Reading: August 2, 2005
Third Reading: August 9,
2005
Published: August 11,
2005
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