[Adopted 11-12-1991 by Ord. No. 9-91-0181 as Ch. 2, Art. IV, Div. 3, of the 1991 Code]
The following words, terms and phrases, when
used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different
meaning:
The Board of Canvassers and Registration of the Town as created
by this article.
There is hereby created a Board of Canvassers
and Registration of the Town.
The Board shall consist of three qualified electors
of the Town, not more than two of whom shall be adherents of the same
political party.
The Town Council shall elect the original members
and all subsequent members of the Board from a list of not less than
five qualified electors for each office submitted to the Town Council
by the Chairman of each of the two political parties whose candidate
for governor received the greatest number of votes in the Town in
the next preceding general election. If the Chairman of either political
party fails or refuses to submit such list for a period of 30 days
after the expiration of any term or the happening of any vacancy,
the Town Council may elect any qualified elector known to the Town
Council to be an adherent of such political party.
No person shall be appointed or serve as a member
of the Board who is an officer or employee of the United States, or
of the state, or of any city or town in the state. Any member of the
Board who becomes a candidate for election to any public office and
who fails to file a declination of such candidacy within the time
allowed by law shall be disqualified from holding membership on the
Board, and the Town Council shall elect his successor forthwith.
The terms of the original members of the Board
shall be staggered. Thereafter, the term of office shall be for six
years beginning on the first Monday of March succeeding the date of
appointment. Each member shall serve until his successor is elected
and qualifies. In case any person elected as a member of the Board
shall decline to serve or neglect to qualify, or if a vacancy shall
occur in the Board for any cause, such office or vacancy shall be
filled by the Town Council in like manner for the term of office or
for the unexpired term.
Every person elected to the Board shall, before
entering upon his duties, be sworn to the faithful performance thereof,
and a record of such oath shall be kept by the Clerk of the Board.
The compensation of the members of the Board
shall be fixed by the Town Council from time to time.
The Board shall elect one of its members as
its presiding officer.
The Town Clerk shall be ex officio the Clerk
of the Board.
The Town Council hereby transfers to and vests
in the Board all rights, powers and duties now vested or which in
the future may be vested in the Town Council by virtue of the provisions
of the Constitution or of any and all acts of the General Assembly
concerning nominations, elections, registration of voters, and preparing,
canvassing and correcting the lists of voters in the Town, and all
matters relating thereto.
Nothing contained in this article shall be deemed
to affect the powers and duties of the Town Clerk concerning nominations,
elections, registration of voters, preparing and correcting the lists
of voters and other matters relating thereto, as they are now exercised
by the Town Clerk pursuant to state law.
