[Amended 11-4-2003]
Nominations and elections of state and federal officers, judge of probate, justices of the peace and registrars of voters shall be conducted as prescribed by the Connecticut General Statutes. The Registrars of Voters shall prepare lists of electors qualified to vote therefor in the manner prescribed in the Constitution and the general laws of the State of Connecticut.
The election of the town officers listed in Article III of this Charter shall take place at the regular town elections on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year.
Minority representation on any elective board or commission of the town shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-167a of the Connecticut General Statutes, except in the case of a five-member board or commission where the maximum number of members of any such board or commission from the same political party shall be three. The maximum number of any elective board or commission who may be members of the same political party shall be as specified in the following table.
Total Membership
Maximum From One Party
3
2
4
3
5
3
6
4
7
5
8
5
9
6
More than 9
2/3 of total membership
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 Connecticut 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; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to questions at referendum which, under the provisions of this Charter or of the Connecticut General Statutes, require a minimum number of electors voting in favor of such questions in the event that the number of electors voting in favor of such question does not equal the said minimum number required by such provision.
A. 
No person shall be eligible for election to any town office who is not at the time of his election a resident elector of said town, and any person ceasing to be a resident and elector of said town shall thereupon cease to hold elective office in the town.
B. 
No employee of the town may serve on any town agency, board or commission if such agency, board or commission exercises direct supervision or has responsibility for direct supervision over the employee. Nor may any town employee serve on the Board of Finance, Planning and Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeal, or Inland Wetlands Commission, except as an ex officio member as a result of membership on the Board of Selectmen.
[Added 11-4-2003]