[Amended by Sp. Act, Jan. Sess., 1949, Sp.
No. 475, 6, 25 C.S.A. 1195, effective 7-1-1949; amended by referendum 4-30-1958]
The Town election shall be held on the first
Tuesday after the Monday in November, 1969, and biennially thereafter.
Voting machines shall be used at such elections in accordance with
the provisions of the General Statutes relating to the use of voting
machines. At each Town election, the polls shall be open at six o'clock
in the forenoon and shall close at eight p.m. in the afternoon. Each
Town election shall be conducted in accordance with the General Statutes,
and at such Town election such officials shall be elected as are provided
for in this Charter.
[Amended by referendum11-8-2022]
The Town may by ordinance establish voting districts.
Whenever voting districts are established, each elector of the Town
shall vote in the district in which such elector resides. The Registrars
of Voters of the Town shall prepare a list of the electors in each
voting district, listing the name of each such elector and their residence
by street and number, if possible. The Registrar of Voters shall prepare
similar lists of electors who are registered with each political party,
or may combine such registration list with the list of the electors
by indicating on the list of electors the political party affiliation,
if any, of such elector. Any elector who shall move their residence
from one voting district to another voting district in the Town shall
notify the Registrars of Voters of such removal, giving the street
and number from which they moved, the street and number of their new
residence, and the date of such removal.
Whenever voting districts are established, in
addition to the Deputy Registrars of Voters provided for by the General
Statutes, each Registrar may appoint a Deputy Registrar of Voters
for each voting district.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also C.G.S. § 9-192.
The provisions of the General Statutes concerning
the enrollment of voters in political primaries and caucuses are hereby
made part of this Charter except that the provisions of the General
Statutes relating to the "to be made" list for Town, state and national
elections shall not apply to the Town of Manchester.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See also C.G.S. § 9-12
et seq.
