I. Council Action Requested.
Title
To approve lists of Election Clerks submitted by the Democratic and Republican Town Committees who will serve a term of two years.
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II. Basis for Council Action.
Council approval of this item is required because
a. 21-A M.R.S.A. § 503-A (3) municipal officers shall appoint election clerks by May 1st of each general election year to serve at each voting place during the time the polls are open and as counters after the polls close…a list of the election clerks appointed under this subsection must be posted at each voting place for each election during the 2-year term following appointment, and
b. Pursuant to Article II, Section 1 of the Charter “[t]he Town Council, hereinafter called the ‘Council’, shall be and constitute the municipal officers of the Town.”
III. Issue Summary.