SECTION 1. The charter of the town of Walpole as on file with the archivist of the commonwealth shall hereby be amended to set the date of the annual town election as the third Tuesday in May, and, for such purposes, to strike in subsection (C) of section 1 of article III the words “first Saturday in June” and to insert in place thereof the following:- third Tuesday in May.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of article III of the charter of the town of Walpole is hereby further amended by inserting a new sentence at the end of subsection (C) as follows:- Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, the select board may delay the date of the annual town election during a state of emergency declared by the governor of the commonwealth in accord with any state legislation or executive orders addressing the delay of local elections.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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