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New Business <br /> 1. Town Election LPOS!Ponement <br /> Chapter 45 of the Acts of 2020, adopted on March 23, 2020, allows municipalities which have <br /> annual or special elections scheduled between March 23rd and May 30, 2020 to postpone such <br /> elections. The Board of Selectmen may vote on any day prior to the scheduled election to <br /> postpone it to a date certain on or before June 30, 2020. Such a vote must follow consultation <br /> with Town election officials (Board of Registrars and Town Clerk) and the Town Manager relative <br /> to the logistics and feasibility of holding the election on the rescheduled date. A copy of Chapter <br /> 45 of the Acts of 2020, the vote of the Selectmen and a sample ballot must be placed on the <br /> official Town website no later than 20 days before the rescheduled election date. Notice to the <br /> public must also be provided in ways "reasonably calculated to enable eligible voters to learn of <br /> the rescheduled election date and to cast ballots therein". <br /> A motion for Board of Selectmen action to reschedule the Annual Election would read as follows: <br /> "I move that the Board vote pursuant to and in accordance with chapter <br /> 45 of the Acts of 2020 to postpone the Annual Town Election from May <br /> 19, 2020 to � 2020'and that the time for the opening and <br /> closing of the polls for said Annual Town Election he and- <br /> respectively." <br /> , <br />