Residents seeking election to the Representative Town Meeting this fall can now pick up petitions at the Town Clerk’s office in Town Hall.

Would-be candidates must gather 25 signatures from residents in their respective voting districts to be listed on the Nov. 2 election ballot. Completed petitions must be returned to the clerk’s office by Sept. 14.

Town Clerk Jeffrey Dunkerton said that his office will review procedures for collecting signatures with petitioners. A district map and a list of district voters will be supplied to each petitioner for guidance in gathering the required signatures.

Members of the 36-member RTM are elected on a nonpartisan basis, with four delegates from each of the town’s nine voting districts. Members are elected for two-year terms.

RTM members vote on town appropriation requests of more than $20,000; approve town ordinances; vote on final approval of the town budget; serve on two or more committees that review and make recommendations regarding appropriations and ordinances, and review certain decisions of town boards and commissions.

For more information about RTM candidacy and other election issues, contact Dunkerton at 203-341-1105 or email jdunkerton@westportct.gov.