[Amended 11-3-1992]
A.Â
Nomination and election of federal and state officers,
including, without limitation, two Registrars of Voters, Justices
of the Peace and such elective municipal officers, boards and commissions
as are provided for in this Charter or the General Statutes, as amended,
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 general laws of the State of Connecticut.
B.Â
The election of
municipal officers for the City of Meriden shall be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1979 and biennially thereafter.
At such election there shall be elected the following:
1.Â
Mayor: A Mayor shall be elected in conformance with the provisions stated in Chapter IV, § C4-1.
2.Â
City Council: Members shall be elected in conformance with the provisions stated in Chapter III, § C3-2.
3.Â
City Clerk: A City Clerk shall be elected in conformance with the provisions stated in Chapter VII, § C7-6.
4.Â
Board of Education: Members shall be elected in conformance with the provisions stated in Chapter VI, § C6-1.
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The terms of all municipal officers, unless
otherwise provided, shall commence on the first Monday of December
immediately following their election, and they shall hold office until
their successors have been chosen and qualified. Except as otherwise
provided in this Charter, all elective City officers shall have the
powers and duties prescribed by law.
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Minority representation on any elective or appointive
board, commission, committee or similar body of the City shall be
determined, except as hereinafter provided, in accordance with the
provisions of § 9-167a of the General Statutes, as amended.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § C2-3, pertaining
to voting districts, was repealed 11-8-1988.
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 § 9-332 of the General
Statutes, as amended, to determine who shall be elected or, in a 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.
Any vacancy in any elective City office from
whatever cause arising shall be filled by appointment by the City
Council for the unexpired portion of the term or until the next biennial
election, whichever shall be sooner, provided that when the person
vacating in 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. If there shall be a biennial election
before the expiration of the term of any office in which a vacancy
occurs, such office shall be filled until said election by appointment
as provided herein and subsequently by the election of a person to
fill that office for the remaining portion of the term, and such person
shall take office on the first Monday following his/her election.
[Amended 11-3-1987]
No person shall be eligible for election to
any City office who is not at the time of his/her election an elector
of said City, and any person ceasing to be an elector of said City
shall thereupon cease to hold elective office in the City. No person
shall be eligible for election to any City Council area office who
is not at the time of his/her election a resident of said Council
area.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § C2-7, pertaining
to recall of elective officers, was deleted 6-26-1996.
