The date for election of officers is hereby
changed from the third Tuesday of March to the first Tuesday of March.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
In the event that more eligible persons than
the number remaining to be elected receive for the same office or
offices an equal number of votes there shall be a runoff election,
which election shall be held on the first Tuesday at least 10 days
after the final certification of such tie result, subject to the provisions
of Subdivision 3b of § 15-104 of the Election Law; provided,
however, that the only persons who shall be deemed nominated shall
be those persons who shall have received such equal number of votes.
A runoff election may be waived and the selection
made by lot as otherwise provided by § 15-126 of the Election
Law if each such person who shall have received such equal number
of votes shall file with the Village Clerk no later than two days
after such final certification of such result a written notice of
consent that such selection be made by lot.
This chapter is enacted pursuant to §§ 15-104
and 15-126 of the Election Law.
This chapter is subject to a mandatory referendum
as provided in § 23, Subdivision 2e, of the Municipal Home
Rule Law and shall be submitted for the approval of the electors at
a general election to be held not less than 60 days after the adoption
of this chapter.
This chapter shall become operative only if
approved at such general election by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the qualified electors of the Village of Kinderhook voting upon
the proposition.