Town of Glocester, RI
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2023-07-20
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The Charter
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Chapter C Home Rule Charter
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Article II ELECTIONS
- The Charter
- Ch C Home Rule Charter
- Ch C Art II ELECTIONS
- § C2-1 District.
- § C2-2 Conduct of elections.
- § C2-3 Canvassers, composition.
- The Code
- Part 1: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Courts
- Ch 14 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 27 Meetings
- Ch 35 Police Department
- Ch 40 (Reserved)
- Ch 48 Town Road Map
- Part 2: Boards, Commissions, Committees and Positions
- Ch 56 Budget Board
- Ch 59 Building Code Board of Appeals
- Ch 63 Canvassing Authority, Bipartisan
- Ch 68 Community Resource and Wastewater Advisory Commission
- Ch 70 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 Conservation Commission
- Ch 78 Economic Development Commission
- Ch 82 Housing Board of Review
- Ch 87 Juvenile Hearing Board
- Ch 95 Land Trust Trustees
- Ch 101 (Reserved)
- Ch 106 Planning Board
- Ch 113 Recreation Commission
- Ch 118 Safety Commission, Advisory
- Ch 120 Veterans Advisor
- Part 3: General Legislation
- Ch 130 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 134 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 139 Animals
- Ch 145 Building Permits
- Ch 148 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 151 Camping and Travel Trailer Parks
- Ch 154 Cannabis
- Ch 157 Disorderly Conduct and Indecency
- Ch 162 Drainage
- Ch 166 Earth Removal
- Ch 173 Entertainment Licenses
- Ch 174 Entertainment - Special Events for Liquor Establishments
- Ch 175 Entertainment - Special Events
- Ch 177 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 181 Excavations, Holes and Wells
- Ch 185 Fees and Fines, Payment of
- Ch 190 (Reserved)
- Ch 191 Itinerant or Temporary Vendors
- Ch 195 Historical and Archaeological Burial Sites
- Ch 197 Hydronic Heaters and Wood Boilers, Outdoor
- Ch 199 Licensing
- Ch 203 Lighting, Outdoor
- Ch 208 Mobile Homes and House Trailers
- Ch 212 Motor Boats and Water Craft
- Ch 217 Noise
- Ch 221 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 223 Pascoag Reservoir/Echo Lake Dam Management District
- Ch 226 Poles and Wires
- Ch 230 Private Detectives, Licensing of
- Ch 232 Public Nuisances on Foreclosed Abandoned, Vacant Properties
- Ch 234 Recycling
- Ch 242 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 243 Stormwater Management
- Ch 247 Taxation
- Ch 251 Trees
- Ch 258 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 263 Vehicles, Parking and Storage of
- Ch 266 Victualing
- Ch 272 (Reserved)
- Ch 279 Yard Sales
- Part 4: Land Use
- Ch 286 Affordable Housing
- Ch 300 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 350 Zoning
- Part 5: Policies
- Ch 355 Capital Projects Policy
- Ch 361 Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
- Ch 364 Fair Housing Policy
- Ch 368 Fee Schedule
- Ch 373 Hazardous Materials Response Policy
- Ch 387 Public Records Access
- Ch 392 Rules of Procedure for Boards and Commissions
- Ch 399 Sexual Harassment Policy
- Ch 406 Town Hall, Policy for Use of
- Appendix
- Ch A420 (Reserved)
- Ch A423 Historic District Commission Rules and Regulations
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 7-1997; 11/4/2014]
For Electoral purposes the Town shall consist of one district.
All Council members and other Town Officers (Town Clerk, Director
of Human Services and Town Sergeant) shall be elected at large. However,
the Moderator and Clerk of each Voting District shall be elected by
the qualified electors of that District. All elected officials shall
be qualified electors and residents of the Town.
* NOTE: Per R.I. General Law 2009, Article 17, Voting District
Moderators and Clerks are now appointed.
[Amended 7-1997]
Elections for all Town offices which are filled by the vote
of the electors of the Town shall be held biennially on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even numbered year;
provided, however, that special elections shall be scheduled as provided
by law. All such Town elections shall be conducted pursuant to applicable
provisions of the election laws of the State.
[Amended 7-1997]
There shall be a canvassing authority appointed by the Council,
which shall provide party representation as authorized by the Constitution
and laws of the State. The canvassing authority shall be known as
the Board of Canvassers, and shall be vested with all the powers and
duties now or hereafter vested by law in the canvassing authority
or Board of Canvassers of the Town. All members of said authority
or Board now in office shall continue as members thereof until their
successors have been appointed and qualified. All members shall be
qualified electors and residents of the Town during their term of
office.
