§ 7-3. Election board—Appointment.

At least twenty (20) days before the day on which any municipal election shall be held within the city, the city commission shall, by resolution, name and designate an election board consisting of a clerk, a sheriff's deputy and inspectors of such election, to serve at each polling place within the city, who shall be known as the "election board." In the event that any person so named and designated shall refuse or be unable to serve in the election, a replacement will be appointed in accordance with the State Election Code, F.S. section 102.012 (8) and (9). The supervisor of elections shall conduct training classes for the election board for the purpose of instructing such persons in their duties and responsibilities. Each person named and designed [designated] as a member of the election board shall possess the following qualifications:

(a)

Shall be an elector within the city;

(b)

Shall not be a candidate for any office to be voted on in such election;

(c)

Shall not be the parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, first cousin, husband or wife, either by blood or marriage, of any candidate for any office to be voted on in such election;

(d)

Shall not be an officer or employee of the city; and

(e)

Shall have a certificate of training issued by the supervisor of elections within two (2) years of the election.

(Ord. No. 107, § 2, 3-2-1961; Ord. No. 220, § 1, 2-17-1966; Ord. No. 245, § 1, 2-2-1967; Ord. No. 388, §§ 2, 4, 2-3-1972; Ord. No. 879, § 3, 8-18-1988)

Note— See the editor's note following § 7-1.