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Title 17: Elections

Chapter 055: Local Elections

• Subchapter 001: Scope
•    § 2630. Applicability

•    § 2631. Municipal charters

• Subchapter 002: Town Meetings and Local Elections in General
•    § 2640. Annual meetings

•    § 2640a. Representative annual meetings

•    § 2641. Warning and notice required; publication of warnings

•    § 2642. Warning and notice contents

•    § 2643. Special meetings

•    § 2644. Warnings

•    § 2645. Charters; adoption, repeal, or amendment; procedure

•    § 2645a. Chartered municipalities; vote to suspend charter authority and rely on general municipal law

•    § 2646. Town officers; qualification; election

•    § 2646a. Town officers; town vote to allow election of nonresidents

•    § 2647. Incompatible offices

•    § 2648. Exceptions

•    § 2649. Number of officers

•    § 2650. Additional listers and selectboard members

•    § 2651. Road and water commissioners; appointment, removal

•    § 2651a. Constables; appointment; removal; elimination of office

•    § 2651b. Elimination of office of auditor; appointment of public accountant

•    § 2651c. Lack of elected lister; appointment of lister; elimination of office; hiring assessors

•    § 2651d. Collector of delinquent taxes; appointment; removal

•    § 2651e. Municipal clerk; appointment; removal

•    § 2651f. Municipal treasurer; appointment; removal

•    § 2652. Road and water commissioners

•    § 2653. Acceptance of office

•    § 2654. Refusal to serve

•    § 2655. Time of meeting

•    § 2656. Qualification and registration of voters

•    § 2657. Moderator

•    § 2658. Duties

•    § 2659. Preservation of order

•    § 2660. Conduct of election

•    § 2661. Reconsideration or rescission of vote

•    § 2662. Validation of municipal meetings

•    § 2663. Certificate of vote

•    § 2664. Budget

•    § 2665. Notification to Secretary of State

•    § 2666. Improper influence

•    § 2667. Access to annual meeting

• Subchapter 003: Local Elections Using the Australian Ballot System
•    § 2680. Australian ballot system; general

•    § 2681. Nominations; petitions; consents

•    § 2681a. Local election ballots

•    § 2682. Process of voting; appointments

•    § 2682a. Write-in candidates

•    § 2682b. Tie votes for local office

•    § 2683. Request for a recount; candidates

•    § 2684. Time and place of recount; notice

•    § 2685. Conduct of recount

•    § 2685a. Procedure for recount

•    § 2686. Declaration of result

•    § 2687. Appeal to Superior Court

•    § 2688. Recount on question submitted

•    § 2689. Preservation of ballots

•    § 2690. Repealed. 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 120.

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