The town election shall take place on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, in each odd-numbered year.
At each town election, there shall be chosen nine (9) members
of the Town Council and members of the Board of Education, as hereinafter
provided. Two (2) Registrars of Voters shall be elected as provided
by the General Statutes.
The terms of all officers elected at the town election, except
members of the Board of Education and Registrars of Voters, shall
be two (2) years from the first Monday following local elections in
November, in each odd-numbered year. In no case shall the term of
any elective officer expire until the election and qualification of
his successor.
At the town election, no political party shall nominate and
no elector shall vote for more than six (6) members of the Council.
No political party shall nominate and no elector shall vote for more
members of the Board of Education than is provided for under the provisions
of the General Statutes.
Vacancies in elective offices, except in the Board of Education,
from whatever cause arising, shall be filled by the Council. In filling
any vacancy, the Town Council shall select an elector of the same
political party as that of the former incumbent, unless the incumbent
was not an enrolled member of a political party, in which case a successor
shall not be an enrolled member of a political party. Vacancies in
the Board of Education shall be filled by the Board of Education for
any remaining unexpired portion of a term. In making appointments
to fill such a vacancy, the Board of Education shall select an elector
of the same political party as that of the former incumbent, unless
the incumbent was not an enrolled member of a political party, in
which case a successor shall not be an enrolled member of a political
party.
There shall be a Board of Education of nine (9) members. Three
(3) members shall serve for terms of two (2) years from the first
Tuesday following local elections in November, in each odd-numbered
year, and six (6) members shall serve for terms of four (4) years
from the first Tuesday following local elections in November in the
odd-numbered year in which they are elected. Biennially, three (3)
members shall be elected for terms of four (4) years, and three (3)
members shall be elected for terms of two (2) years.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, candidates
for elective office shall be nominated and all regular and special
town elections conducted as provided by the General Statutes of the
state for the nomination and election of town officers and Board of
Education members, respectively. Whenever under the provisions of
this Charter any proposition is to be submitted to the electors, such
election or referendum shall be conducted as provided in the General
Statutes for the conduct of such elections or referenda. The Council
shall have authority to provide by ordinance such regulations concerning
nominations and elections, not inconsistent with the General Statutes
and the provisions of this Charter, as may be necessary to give effect
to the intent of such Charter provisions.
All elective officers and, unless otherwise provided by Council,
all appointed members of any board, commission or committee shall
be electors of the town, and, if any such officer or member, where
the Council has not otherwise provided, at any time shall cease to
be an elector of the town, that office shall be ipso facto vacated.
There shall be such voting districts as the Town Council may
establish.
