A moderator is an official of an incorporated town who presides over the town meeting , and in some cases, other municipal meetings. In the United States, the New England town is best known for the town meeting form of government. The office of moderator exists in at least Connecticut (Mandell c. 2007), Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Rhode Island (Advisory Opinion No. 2009-5 2009) and Vermont .
14-540: [REDACTED] Look up moderator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Moderator may refer to: Government [ edit ] Moderator (town official) , elected official who presides over the Town Meeting form of government in various American states. Internet [ edit ] Internet forum moderator , a person given special authority to enforce
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56-429: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Moderator (town official) The moderator serves for the duration of the meeting at which he or she is elected. The election of the moderator is presided over by the town clerk. (Maine Moderators Manual 1989) Massachusetts moderators serve a term of one or three years, depending on the choice of each town. Vacancies in
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84-562: The conclusion of the meeting at which they are elected (or when they qualify, if later). (Government of town meeting: moderator 1996) In addition to presiding at town meeting, moderators are the chief election officials. ( Exercising a Public Trust: Voting October 2008)' In cities, moderators are in charge of polling places. Before there were selectboards, clerks or treasurers in Vermont, even before there were established towns, there were moderators. When Governor Benning Wentworth chartered
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112-505: The first Vermont town in 1749, he appointed Col. William Williams to be the moderator of Bennington's first meeting, "which he is to Notify and Govern according to the Laws & Custom of our Said Province." (Colbert 2008) Vermont town meetings usually include two phases. The open discussion and voting by voice vote (with occasional paper ballots) occurs the first day, and is presided over by the moderator. The Australian ballot generally occurs
126-408: The free dictionary. Moderator may refer to: Government [ edit ] Moderator (town official) , elected official who presides over the Town Meeting form of government in various American states. Internet [ edit ] Internet forum moderator , a person given special authority to enforce the rules on a forum or social media platforms Game moderator Moderator of
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154-412: The next day, and is presided over by the town clerk. In addition to town meetings, "moderators are needed by town school districts, union school districts, villages, and fire districts."(Colbert 2008) Town moderators are elected at the annual meeting and serve a one-year term. Usually towns have only one town meeting per year; this is the annual meeting. The moderator of a meeting will have been elected at
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#1732772565720168-415: The office of moderator are filled by the voters. If the moderator is absent from a meeting, the voters elect a temporary moderator. (Moderators; election; tenure; vacancies; assistant moderators n.d.) Some town moderators have the ability to directly appoint the town's finance committee ; and in other towns, appoint a committee to appoint the finance committee. Moderators serve for two years, beginning at
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