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A Town Meeting Moderator shall be elected for a four (4) year term at the regular municipal election to be held in April of 1978 and at each regular municipal election where a Mayor is elected held in an odd-numbered year thereafter. Any qualified elector may become a candidate for Moderator by presenting the Town Clerk with a petition bearing the signatures of at least twenty-five (25) registered electors of the Town.

The Moderator shall chair and determine the procedure of each Town Meeting called during his or her term of office, and shall serve without pay. If the Moderator is physically unable to chair a meeting, the Moderator shall name a substitute. If the Moderator is unable to name a substitute the Town Meeting shall, as a first order of business not included in the meeting agenda, elect a Moderator for the meeting, and the Town Clerk shall preside over the meeting until a Moderator is chosen. (Amended 11/5/91; 11/4/97; 11/2/21)