The board members, managers, and clerks at their first meeting, respectively, must proceed to organize as a board. The county board of voter registration and elections must appoint the chairman of the board of managers. The chairman, in each instance, may administer oaths.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-400.1; 1952 Code Section 23-307; 1950 (46) 2059; 1961 (52) 48; 1966 (54) 2340; 1990 Act No. 357, Section 3, eff March 19, 1990; 1996 Act No. 434, Section 7, eff June 4, 1996.

Code Commissioner's Note

Pursuant to the directive in 2014 Act No. 196, Section 8, at the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to county election commissions or commissioners or county boards of voter registration were changed to the "Board of Voter Registration and Elections" and board members as appropriate.

Effect of Amendment

The 1990 amendment deleted the authority to appoint a clerk and added references to clerks.

The 1996 amendment substituted "must" for "shall" following "respectively,", and substituted ". The county election commission must appoint the chairman of the board of managers. The" for "by appointing one of their number chairman of the board. And the".