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Title 24 Appendix : Municipal Charters
Chapter 009 : City of Rutland
Subchapter 002 : City Meetings and Elections
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 9, § 2.09)-
§ 2.9. Duties of ward officers
(a) It shall be the duty of the clerk of each ward to preside at the polling place of the ward, to keep a record of all elections held therein, and immediately after any election in such ward, to return to the City Clerk a statement of the votes cast in such ward signed by two ward officials, which statement shall be recorded in the City record.
(b) It shall be the duty of the inspectors of elections to be present, and preserve order at all elections in their respective wards, to decide all questions relative to the right of any person to vote at the election, and with the ballot clerks, to sort and count the ballots, and to inform the City Clerk immediately after such count is completed of the results of the election.
(c) For all City or ward elections, and all City meetings, the City Clerk shall prepare all official ballots in the same manner and subject to all the provisions of the laws of this State providing for and regulating the preparation and distribution of official ballots in towns and cities.
