Chapter IV, Section I - Elections

Sec. 4-1-1.    Write-in candidate - affidavit.

No write-in vote for any municipal office shall be counted unless an affidavit of intent indicating the name of the person who will be a write-in candidate, the office for which the person will be a candidate and a statement that the person desires the office and is qualified to assume the duties of that office, if elected, has been filed with the Town Clerk at least twenty (20) days prior to the day of election.  (Ord. 374 §1, 1984; Ord. 446 §1, 1994)

Sec. 4-1-2.    Election may be canceled - when.

If the only matter before the voters is the election of persons to office and if, at the close of business on the nineteenth day before the election, there are not more candidates than offices to be filled at such election, including candidates filing affidavits of intent as set forth in Section 4-1-1 of this Chapter, the Town Clerk, if instructed by resolution of the Town Board, shall cancel the election and declare the candidates elected.  Upon adoption of such resolution and declaration, the candidates shall be deemed elected.
Notice of such cancellation shall be published, if possible, and notice of such cancellation shall be posted at each polling place and in not less than one (1) other public place.  (Ord. 374 §2, 1984; Ord. 446 §1, 1994)