The West Warwick Board of Canvassers ("Board") violated the OMA during its October 27, 2014 meeting when it discussed an item not listed on the agenda. More specifically, the Board discussed and voted on procedures regarding poll worker contact, yet that item was not listed on the agenda. During the Board's October 27, 2014 meeting, under the agenda item "General Discussion," the Board began a rather lengthy discussion on poll worker contact. The Board decided, through a motion and a vote, to send the Complainant correspondence indicating that the clerk of the Board would not be contacting poll workers for either the Democratic or Republican Party - it was the responsibility of both the Democratic and Republican Parties to contact their respective poll workers. As such, the Board violated the OMA when it took a vote during the public forum portion of the meeting, yet that item was not advertised.
