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ELECTIONS SHALL BE ORDERED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION, TO KEEP THE SAME FOR ANY LONGER PERIOD.

(C)     VOTER DYING BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
WHENEVER ANY BOARD SHALL DETERMINE FROM PROOF OR
INVESTIGATION THAT ANY PERSON WHO HAS MARKED AND
TRANSMITTED OR DEPOSITED IN PERSON WITH THE BOARD AN
ABSENTEE BALLOT HAS DIED BEFORE ELECTION DAY, SAID BOARD
SHALL NOT COUNT THE BALLOT OF THE SAID DECEASED VOTER,
BUT IT SHALL BE PRESERVED BY THE BOARD FOR SIX (6) MONTHS
AND MAY THEN BE DESTROYED, UNLESS PRIOR TO THAT TIME THE
BOARD IS ORDERED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO
KEEP THE SAME FOR ANY LONGER PERIOD. IF AT OR PRIOR TO
THE TIME OF SUCH COUNTING AND CANVASSING THE BOARD SHALL
NOT HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE ABSENTEE RESIDENT WHO MARKED
A BALLOT HAD DIED BEFORE ELECTION DAY, SAID BALLOT SHALL
BE COUNTED, AND THE FACT THAT SAID ABSENTEE RESIDENT MAY
LATER BE SHOWN TO HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY DEAD ON ELECTION DAY
SHALL NOT INVALIDATE SAID BALLOT OR SAID ELECTION,

(D)    MORE THAN ONE BALLOT RECEIVED FROM SAME
PERSON. IF THE BOARD RECEIVES FROM THE SAME PERSON PRIOR
TO THE CLOSING OF THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY MORE THAN ONE
ABSENTEE BALLOT, IT SHALL COUNT, CERTIFY AND CANVASS ONLY
THE ABSENTEE BALLOT CONTAINED IN THE BALLOT ENVELOPE ON
WHICH THE VOTER'S OATH WAS FIRST EXECUTED, AND IF THE
OATH ON TWO OR MORE OF THE BALLOT ENVELOPES CONTAINING
ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE DATED THE SAME OR IF BOTH ARE
UNDATED, NONE OF THE BALLOTS RECEIVED FROM SUCH PERSON
SHALL BE COUNTED.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the
date of adoption of this Resolution is January 20, 1975,
and the amendment of the Charter of the Town of Easton
hereby enacted shall become effective on March 11, 1975
unless a proper petition for a referendum hereon shall be
filed as permitted by law, provided a complete and exact
copy of this Resolution shall be continuously posted on
the bulletin board in the Town Office until March 1,
1975, and provided further that a copy of the title of
this Resolution shall be published in any newspaper of
general circulation in the Town of Easton once in each of
the weeks of January 29th, February 5th, February 12th,
and February 19th.

SECTION U. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the
Mayor of Easton is hereby specifically enjoined to carry
out the provisions of Section 3 hereof and, as evidence
of said compliance, the Mayor of Easton shall cause to be
affixed to the minutes of this meeting appropriate
certificates of publication of the newspaper or
newspapers in which the title of this Resolution shall