The duties of the elections commission are to:

1. (1) Hold public hearings;
2. (2) Investigate and hold hearings for receiving evidence of any violations and complaints;
3. (3) Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91;
4. (4) Employ, without regard to chapter 76, a full-time chief election officer, pursuant to section 11-1.6;
5. (5) Conduct a performance evaluation of the chief election officer within two months after the date a general election is certified;
6. (6) Hold a public hearing on the performance of the chief election officer and consider the information gathered at the hearing in deliberations on the chief election officer's reappointment; and
7. (7) Advise the chief election officer on matters relating to elections.

[L 2004, c 57, pt of §6; am L 2015, c 173, §2]