Town of Westerly, RI
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2024-02-12
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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ARTICLE V ELECTIONS
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Chapter II Board of Canvassers
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art V Ch II Board of Canvassers
- § C-5-2-1 Canvassing authority.
- § C-5-2-2 Organization.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 10 Comprehensive Plan
- Ch 15 Court, Municipal
- Ch 17 Development Services Department
- Ch 20 Eminent Domain
- Ch 21 (Reserved)
- Ch 22 Finance and Fiscal Affairs
- Ch 30 Municipal Land Trust
- Ch 34 Officers and Employees
- Ch 37 Ordinances
- Ch 41 Personnel Regulations
- Ch 45 Police Department
- Ch 49 Procurements
- Ch 53 Seal and Logos
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 64 Alarms
- Ch 68 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 72 Amusements
- Ch 76 Animals
- Ch 81 Beaches
- Ch 86 Boats, Waterways and Harbor Management
- Ch 90 Building Construction
- Ch 94 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 95 Commercial and Residential Properties, Real Estate Nonutilization Tax for
- Ch 115 Entertainment
- Ch 121 Fee Schedule
- Ch 125 Fire Lanes
- Ch 126 Flea Markets
- Ch 127 Floodplain Management
- Ch 137 Historic Site Preservation
- Ch 141 Hotels, Motels and Guesthouses
- Ch 145 Housing Standards
- Ch 150 Junkyards
- Ch 158 Licensing
- Ch 162 Littering
- Ch 167 Mobile Home and Trailer Parks
- Ch 171 Noise
- Ch 177 Parking
- Ch 179 Parks and Public Areas
- Ch 182 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 186 Peddlers and Street Vendors
- Ch 190 Pool Tables
- Ch 198 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 202 Retail Sales
- Ch 206 Sewers
- Ch 210 Signs
- Ch 212 Single-Use Plastic Bag Regulations
- Ch 217 Solid Waste
- Ch 221 Special One-Time Events
- Ch 223 Storm Sewers
- Ch 224 Stormwater Management
- Ch 225 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 229 Taxation
- Ch 238 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 242 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 247 Victualing Houses
- Ch 251 Water
- Ch 256 Yard Sales
- Ch 260 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A261 Land Development and Subdivision Regulations
- Ch A262 Home Rule Act
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
There shall be a bi-partisan canvassing authority appointed
by the Council as provided by the constitution and Laws of the State.
This 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 of the Town. All members
of said authority or board now in office shall continue in their respective
positions as members thereof until the expiration of the terms for
which they were appointed.
The Board of Canvassers shall be composed of three members appointed
for terms of six years with one term expiring in each of even numbered
years. The Board shall elect one of its members as Chairman and another
as Clerk of the Board.
There shall be two bipartisan auxiliary members of the Board
of Canvassers who shall be appointed by the Town Council for a six-year
term, expiring on even numbered years, except for the initial appointments
which shall be made for the term of six years and four years respectively.
The auxiliary members shall sit as active members in the absence of
a Board member of their respective party and shall have the same voting
rights, powers and duties of the absent member.
