§ 2. Town meetings (a) An annual Town meeting for the consideration of the budget and other Town business shall be held according to State law except as hereinafter provided. (b) A special Town meeting: (1) may be called by a majority of the Selectboard; or (2) shall be called by the Town Clerk upon […]
§ 3. Postponement and combining of Town meetings (a) The Selectboard may postpone the vote on any question to be voted at a special meeting to the annual meeting or November federal elections if the special meeting would fall within 75 days of the annual meeting or November federal elections. (b) If a special Town […]
§ 4. Australian ballots At any annual or special Town meeting, the Selectboard may cause any question to be decided by Australian ballot, provided that the warning for the meeting specifies the questions to be decided in that manner. A meeting at which any question is to be decided by Australian ballot shall be preceded […]
§ 6. Conduct (a) The Moderator shall preside at all Town meetings, but in the Moderator’s absence, the Town Clerk shall call the meeting to order, and the first order of business shall be the election of a Moderator Pro Tempore to preside for the duration of the meeting. The Moderator shall conduct every meeting […]
§ 7. Reconsideration of actions taken A question considered at any Town meeting or election may not be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission except at a subsequent annual or special meeting or election, specifically warned for the purpose and called by the Selectboard by resolution or by the Town Clerk pursuant to […]
§ 9. Nomination of candidates All Town elections shall be nonpartisan and no party designation or slogan shall be printed on any Town ballot or petition. (Amended 2005, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. May 17, 2006.)
