Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Charter, the
maximum representation from one party on any elective board, commission,
committee, or similar body of the Town, shall be as follows:
MAJORITY REPRESENTATION
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Column I
Total Membership
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Column II
Maximum from One Party
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3
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2
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4
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3
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5
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4
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6
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4
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7
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5
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8
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5
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9
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6
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More than 9
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Two-thirds of total membership
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Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit
any unaffiliated elector from being a candidate for or from serving
on any elective board, commission, committee or similar body.
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There shall exist such voting districts as maybe established
pursuant to General Statutes § 9-169. All action taken with
respect to voting districts and polling places shall be in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 146 of the General Statutes of Connecticut,
as amended.
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 Section 9-332 of the General Statutes, as amended,
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 which
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.
No person shall be eligible for election to any Town Office
who is not at the time of his election an elector of the Town and
any person ceasing to be an elector of said Town shall thereupon cease
to hold elective office in the Town.
It shall be the responsibility of any person elected to any
Town office promptly to provide written notification to the Town Clerk
upon ceasing to be an elector of the Town.