[Amended 1-17-1977 STM, approved 1977 Annual Town Election]
The Registrars of Voters shall divide the Town
into convenient voting precincts, in accordance with the laws of the
commonwealth, so established as to consist of as nearly equal number
of inhabitants as is possible in compact and contiguous territory;
bounded insofar as it is possible by the center line of known streets
or ways or by other well defined limits.
These boundaries shall be reviewed and, if need
be, wholly or partly revised by the Registrars in September once in
five years, or in September of any year when directed to do so by
vote of the Town Meeting held not later than the twentieth day of
August in such year.
The Board of Registrars shall, not later than
September fifteenth in the year in which it must make a division,
file its report with the Town Clerk setting forth the descriptions
of the precincts so established and the names and addresses of the
registered voters known to reside therein. A copy of their report
shall be posted in the Town hall for public inspection. The Board
of Registrars shall also prepare maps which graphically show the precincts
which they have established, and these maps shall be posted in the
Town shall for public inspection. The Board of Registrars shall also
prepare maps which graphically show the precincts which they have
established, and these maps shall be published in one or more newspapers
having general circulation in the Town, within seven days following
the filing of their report. Whenever precincts are established or
revised, the Town Clerk shall forthwith give written notice thereof
to the State Secretary, stating the number and designation of such
precincts.
