This chapter is enacted pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law § 10,
Subdivision 1(ii)a(1) and the New York State Constitution, Art. 9 § 2(c)(1),
both of which vest the Town Council with the power to adopt and amend local
laws concerning the mode of selection of its officers. The Town Council has
determined that under the current method of biennially electing two of its
four officers — whereby voters are required to ordinarily
vote for any two candidates and both positions are filled by the candidates
who receive the two highest vote totals of all candidates running — a
significant number of voters fail to vote for a second candidate out of concerns
that a vote cast for any such candidate will detract from the voter's
top selection. The purpose and intent of this chapter is to diminish the above-noted
concerns and to encourage better voter participation in elections for Town
Council officers.
This chapter shall be submitted for approval to the electors of the
Town of Inlet at the next general election to be held on November 4, 2003,
in the Town of Inlet.