We have two selectboard positions (a 1 yr. and a 3
yr.) and three schoolboard positions (1,2,& 3 year) up for election at Town
Meeting. We elect officers by Australian ballot. Can candidates
circulate more than one petition (one for the 1 yr. term and another for the 3
yr. term) for the same office and then decide when they bring back the signed
petitions which one they will be running for (based on who else happens to have
submitted a petition for that seat)? I think this is a disservice to those
being asked to sign the petitions since it would prevent them from being able to
sign any other petitions for those seats, but I can't find anything in the
statutes about it.
Thanks,
Lisa Barrett
Town of Lyndon
