(a) 
Nomination and election of federal and state officers, including Registrars of Voters, 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, in the manner prescribed in the Constitution and Connecticut General Statutes, except as hereinafter provided.
(b) 
A meeting of the electors of the Town of Monroe for the election of municipal officers, boards, agencies and commissions shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year.
Minority representation on any elective or appointive board, commission, committee or similar body of the Town shall be determined in accordance with the Connecticut General Statutes. The maximum number of any such board, commission, committee or similar body who may be members of the same political party shall be as specified in the following table:
Column I
Total Membership
Column II
Maximum from 1 party
3
2
4
3
5
4
6
4
7
5
8
5
9
6
More than 9
2/3 of total membership
The minority representation on the Board of Education shall be determined in accordance with § 9-204b of the Connecticut General Statutes.
The number of voting districts shall not be increased nor the boundaries altered, except by ordinance. Voting district lines shall not be drawn so as to conflict with the lines of Senate districts as established by the Connecticut General Assembly. No change in the boundaries of voting districts shall be made within 90 days prior to an election. The Council shall provide suitable polling places in the district or districts and shall define the boundaries of the area to be served by each polling place. The Town Clerk, Registrars of Voters and all other officers of the Town shall perform the duties required of them by law with respect to elections in the voting district or districts. All action taken under the provisions of this section shall be in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes.
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 the Connecticut General Statutes 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 that 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.
Except in the case of the First Selectman, any vacancy in any elective Town office, from whatever cause arising, shall be filled by appointment by the Council in a timely manner, except where in conflict with the Connecticut General Statutes. 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. The appointee's term shall be the unexpired portion of the elected term or until the next municipal election and swearing in of a duly elected successor, whichever is sooner. Said elected successor shall be sworn in on the fourth Monday of November following said election.
No person shall be eligible for election to any Town office who is not at the time of 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.