A.
Nomination and election of state and federal officers,
state senators and representatives and Judge of Probate and of such
elective municipal officers, boards and commissions as are provided
for in this Charter shall be conducted, and the registrars of voters
shall prepare lists of electors qualified to vote therefor, all in
the manner prescribed in the Constitution and the general and special
laws of the state applicable to the Town of North Branford, except
as hereinafter provided.
B.
A meeting of the electors of the Town of North Branford
for the election of municipal officers shall be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1995 and biennially thereafter,
as is provided for by the provisions of this Charter, and the polls
shall remain open for voting for the same hours as are prescribed
for state elections.
There shall continue to be two (2) voting districts
as the same existed on the effective date of this Charter, and the
number of such districts shall not be increased or diminished, nor
their boundaries altered, except by ordinance.
No person who is not at the time of his or her
election a qualified resident voter of the Town of North Branford
shall be eligible for election to any Town office, and any person
ceasing to be a qualified resident voter of said Town shall thereupon
automatically cease to hold elective office in the Town.
When any general or special municipal election
conducted pursuant to the provisions of this Charter results in a
tie, a special election shall be conducted to determine who shall
be elected, or in the case of a question at referendum, whether it
shall be accepted or rejected. Said special election shall be held
on the seventh day after the election which resulted in a tie and
shall be confined to the tied candidates or issues. Any voting machine,
the returns from which are not subject to disagreement, may be unlocked
and used in said special election. If voting machines are not available
in sufficient number, paper ballots may be used in place of or in
conjunction with voting machines.
[Amended 11-6-2012]
Minority representation on the Town Council
and any other elective board shall be determined as follows:
Any vacancy in any elective Town office, from
whatever cause arising, shall be filled within sixty (60) days after
the date of its occurrence by appointment by the Council for the unexpired
portion of the term or until the next regular Town election, whichever
shall be sooner, provided that when the person vacating the office
shall have been elected as a member of a political party, such vacancy
shall be filled by the appointment of a member of the same political
party. If there is a regular Town election before the expiration of
the term of office of any person appointed to an elective office under
the provisions of this section, such an office shall be filled by
the election of a person to fill that office for the unexpired portion
of the term.
[Amended 11-5-1996]
The holder of any elective office or member
of any elected board may be removed therefrom by the Council; provided,
however, that such removal proceedings shall not be initiated until
and unless:
A.
The office holder or member was previously found guilty,
by a court of competent jurisdiction, of a crime involving moral turpitude;
or
B.
The office holder or member had become physically
incapacitated to the extent that he or she is unable to perform the
normal and usual functions of this office in a reasonable manner;
or
C.
The office holder or member has been judged legally
incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction or has been judged
legally insane; and
D.
The office holder or member had received a statement
in writing setting forth the reason for such removal; and
E.
The office holder or member has, not less than 15
days after the delivery of the statement of reasons, been afforded
an opportunity for a hearing before the Council, at which time the
member may appear with counsel.
