[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.