27. The returning officer, the election clerk, the assistants, the members and the secretary of a board of revisors, the revising officers, the persons required by the returning officer and polling officers are election officers.
Before taking office, every election officer, except the returning officer, must swear before the returning officer or a person designated by the latter that he will perform the duties of his office faithfully and to the best of his judgment and ability.
1989, c. 36, s. 27; 2002, c. 10, s. 9.