Election Board

Members of the Election Board are:

Elections are held on the first Tuesday in May of each year to elect members of the Town Council.  Three Council members are elected to even-numbered years and two Council members in the odd-numbered years.

 

The duties of the Election Board are, in general, to provide for the conduct of all elections, special or general, including, but not limited to, making appropriate provisions for nominations, the printing of ballots, the appointing of tellers and/or judges, the supervision of the polls, and the maintenance of an up-to-date list of qualified town voters.

 

The Election Board works with, and under the guidance of, the Town Council, submitting for its prior approval the form of printed ballot it intends to use and the form and text of all notices or other communciations it intends to forward to the citizens.

 

Following the holding of an election, the Election Board submits to the Town Council its written repoirt including the voting results and, together with its recommendations for the future.