(a)
Nomination and election of federal and state officers, including
Registrars of Voters and Justices of the Peace, and of such elective
Town 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, in the manner prescribed
in the Constitution and the general law of the State of Connecticut,
any Special Act relating to the Town and this Charter.
(b)
The election of Town officers and the election of members of elective boards and commissions recited in Chapter 5 of this Charter, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Charter, shall be held at the regular biennial municipal election on, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year.
(c)
The terms of all elected Town officials and members of elective boards
and commissions, unless specifically provided in this Charter, shall
commence on the second Tuesday following their election and they shall
hold office until their successors have been chosen and qualified.
(d)
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, all elective Town officers,
boards and commissions shall have the powers and duties prescribed
by law.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Charter, the
maximum representation from one party on any elective board, commission,
committee, or similar body of the Town, shall be as follows:
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MAJORITY REPRESENTATION
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Column I
Total Membership
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Column II
Maximum from One Party
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3
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2
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4
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3
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5
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4
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6
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4
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7
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5
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8
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5
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9
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6
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More than 9
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Two-thirds of total membership
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Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit
any unaffiliated elector from being a candidate for or from serving
on any elective board, commission, committee or similar body.
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There shall exist such voting districts as maybe established
pursuant to General Statutes § 9-169. All action taken with
respect to voting districts and polling places shall be in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 146 of the General Statutes of Connecticut,
as amended.
When any regular or special municipal election, primary election
or referendum conducted pursuant to the provisions of this Charter
results in. a tie, an adjourned election shall be conducted in accordance
with the provisions of Section 9-332 of the General Statutes, as amended,
to determine who shall be elected, or in the case of a question at
referendum, whether it shall be accepted or rejected. Said adjourned
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.
No person shall be eligible for election to any Town Office
who is not at the time of his election an elector of the Town and
any person ceasing to be an elector of said Town shall thereupon cease
to hold elective office in the Town.
It shall be the responsibility of any person elected to any
Town office promptly to provide written notification to the Town Clerk
upon ceasing to be an elector of the Town.
(a)
In the event that there are not sufficient spaces on the voting machines
of the Town to conduct the election of all offices required to be
elected at a regular biennial municipal election, then those offices
which cannot be included on said machines shall be subject to election
at the Annual Town Meeting following the biennial election.
(b)
In the event that such election at the Annual Town Meeting becomes
necessary, the terms of such offices shall commence immediately upon
the election at the Annual Town Meeting.
(c)
In the event that such election at the Annual Town Meeting becomes
necessary, the term of office of the incumbent holder of that office
shall be extended until his successor is elected at the Annual Town
Meeting.
(d)
In the event that there are not sufficient spaces on the voting machine
of the Town to conduct the election of all offices required to be
elected, offices shall be withdrawn to the extent necessary from said
voting machines for election at the Annual Town Meeting in the following
order:
