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MUNICIPAL CHAPTERS
(b), and Section 23 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of
the Charter of the Town of Berwyn Heights (February 1,
1964 Edition) be repealed in their entirety and the
following provisions be substituted therein:
SECTION 22: REGISTRATION, NOMINATION AND ELECTION
(C) VOTERS:
EVERY PERSON WHO (1) IS A CITIZEN OF THE
UNITED STATES, (2) IS AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE
AT TIME OF ELECTION, (3) HAS RESIDED WITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF THE TOWN FOR THIRTY DAYS NEXT PRECEDING ANY
TOWN ELECTION, AND (4) IS REGISTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHARTER, IS A QUALIFIED VOTER OF
THE TOWN. EVERY QUALIFIED VOTER OF THE TOWN IS ENTITLED
TO VOTE AT ALL TOWN ELECTIONS.
(D) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS.
THERE SHALL BE A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
ELECTIONS, CONSISTING OF FIVE MEMBERS, THREE JUDGES AND
TWO CLERKS WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL OF SAID
TOWN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS
SHALL BE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE TOWN AND SHALL NOT HOLD
OR BE CANDIDATES FOR ANY ELECTIVE OFFICE DURING THEIR
TERM OF OFFICE. VACANCIES ON THE BOARD SHALL BE FILLED
BY THE COUNCIL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE UNEXPIRED TERM.
THE COMPENSATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHALL BE
DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL.
(E) REMOVAL
ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
ELECTIONS MAY BE REMOVED FOR GOOD CAUSE BY THE COUNCIL,
IF IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE OF THE COUNCIL THE MEMBER IS
NOT PROPERLY PERFORMING OR WILL NOT PROPERLY PERFORM THE
DUTIES OF THE POSITION. BEFORE REMOVAL, THE MEMBER OF
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS TO BE REMOVED SHALL
BE GIVEN A WRITTEN COPY OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM AND
SHALL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THEM BEFORE THE COUNCIL IF
HE SO REQUESTS WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE
WRITTEN COPY OF THE CHARGES.
(F) NOTICE
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS SHALL
GIVE AT LEAST TWO WEEKS' NOTICE OF EVERY ELECTION BY AN
ADVERTISEMENT PUBLISHED IN AT LEAST ONE NEWSPAPER OF
GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE TOWN AND BY POSTING A NOTICE
THEREOF IN AT LEAST THREE PUBLIC PLACES IN THE TOWN.
(G) REGISTRATION
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