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Page 7. Article 22 (cont'd. ) The Town Clerk shall, within one (1) work day following the day of such • filing with the office of the Town Clerk, submit the recall petition forms to the .Board of Registrars of Voters which shall, within five (5) work days after the day of receipt, certify in-writing thereon the number of signatures which are those of qualified voters as of the date of the most recent Town election. Signatures of persons who qualified to vote after the date of the most recent Town election, shall not be certified. The Board of Registrars of Voters, upon the completion of their certification, shall return the recall petition forms to the Town Clerk. Section 3 - If the recall petition forms shall be certified by the Board o.. registrars of Voters to contain at least twenty percent (20%) of the qualified persons registered to vote as of the date of the most recent Town election, the Town Clerk shall immediately give notice, in writing, to the elected officer whose recall is sought by sending to said officer a copy of the affidavit and the recall petition form together with notice of the number of qualified voters certified by the Board of Registrars of Voters who signed the recall petition forms and the total number of qualified voters in the Town as of the most recent Town election. If the officer to whom notice is directed by the Town Clerk does not resign the office within five (5) days following receipt of the aforesaid notice from the Town Clerk, the Town Clerk shall give notice in writing to the Board of Selectmen not later than one (1) work day following the expiration of the foregoing five (5) days. The Board:of Selectmen shall order a special election to be held not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than sixty-five (65) days after the receipt of notice from the Town Clerk as aforesaid. If, however, a regular Town election is to be held within ninety (90) days of receipt by the Board of Selectmen of notice from the Town Clerk, the recall election shall be held at such time and in conjunction with such regular election. If a vacancy occurs in the office for any reason after a recall election has been ordered by the Board of Selectmen, the recall election shall nevertheless proceed as provided for herein, but only the ballots for candidates need be counted. .Section 4 - An officer whose. recall is sought may be a candidate to succeed mse in the event the question of recall is voted in the affirmative. . The number of signatures of qualified voters required to place the name of a candidate on the official ballot for use at a recall election shall not be less than twenty-five (25). The publicaiton of the warrant for the recall election and the conduct of the recall election shall be in accordance with the Massachusetts General Laws regulating election. Section 5 - the ballots used at the recall election shall submit the fo ..owing proposition in the order indicated: For the recall of (name of officer). Against the recall of (name of officer). Imrediately at the right of each proposition there shall be a square in which the voter, by making a cross mark W may vote for either of such propositions. Under the propositions shall appear the word "candidates" and the directions of the voters required by the Massachusetts General laws regulating elections, and beneath the word "candidates" shall be the names of candidates nominated in accordance with the provisions of Law relating to elections.