§ 168.23Board of county election commissioners; membership; quorum; officers; absence

or disqualification of member; appointment of county officer; board member involved in
 recall of officer.
 Sec. 23.
    (1) The chief or only judge of probate of the county or probate court district, the county
 clerk, and the county treasurer shall constitute a board of county election commissioners for
 each county. The chief or only judge of probate of the county or probate court district and the
 county clerk shall act respectively as chairperson and secretary of the board. In the absence or
 disqualification of the county clerk from any meeting of the board of county election
 commissioners, the board may select 1 of the county clerk's deputies to act in the county
 clerk's place. In the absence or disqualification of any member of the board of county election
 commissioners other than the county clerk, the members of the board who are present shall
 appoint the county prosecuting attorney, county sheriff, or register of deeds in the absent or
 disqualified member's place, and the appointed county officer, on being notified, shall attend
 without delay and act as a member of the board.
    (2) If a member of the board is involved in the recall of an officer, either by assisting in the
 preparation of the petition for recall or by being an officer whose recall is sought, then the
 member of the board is disqualified with respect to any determination under section 952 and
 must be replaced as provided in this section.