The Elections Services Division:

1. (a) Resolves questions of statutory interpretation involving State election and primary law; provides general advice to local officials in matters concerning home rule, charter revision, and local referenda.
2. (b) Prescribes the content of all election and primary forms, prints and distributes absentee ballot envelopes and instructions to municipalities.
3. (c) Verifies each municipality's printed absentee and sample ballots for accuracy and, where serious errors exist, orders the reprinting of such materials.
4. (d) Educates and trains registrars of voters and municipal clerks by conducting schools, convening conferences and distributing educational information.
5. (e) Coordinates elections and primaries by counting petition signatures; providing Town Clerks and the general public with the official lists of candidates to be printed on the ballot; tabulating, certifying, and distributing the official vote totals.
6. (f) Receives, reviews, records and maintains campaign financing files.
7. (g) Performs such other functions and duties as required.

(Effective September 26, 1988)