§ 168.24eBoard of county canvassers; meetings; election of officers; quorum, action;

clerk; assistants, compensation.
 Sec. 24e.
    (1) The board shall meet as necessary to transact their business, and during the month of
 January in each even numbered year elect 1 of their members chairperson and 1 as vice-
 chairperson. Any 3 members constitute a quorum, but no action becomes effective unless 1
 member from each political party represented concurs in the action.
    (2) The county clerk is the clerk of the board of county canvassers. The county clerk may
 employ any assistants as are necessary to adequately perform the duties of the board. The
 payment for the assistants must be in amounts authorized by the county clerk and must be paid
 from an appropriation made for that purpose by the county board of commissioners before the
 canvass.