2.
Nomination and election of federal and state officers, including
the Registrars of Voters, Probate Judges, and of such elective municipal
officers, boards and commissions as are provided for in the Charter
shall be conducted, and the Registrars of Voters shall prepare lists
of electors qualified to vote in the manner prescribed in the constitution
and general laws of the State of Connecticut.
3.
A meeting of the electors of the Town of Putnam for the election
of municipal officers shall be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year. Commencing with
the 2019 municipal election, there shall be elected one Mayor, and
six Selectmen for a term of two years. At each municipal election
there shall be elected five members and then four members of the Board
of Education for terms of four years to succeed those whose terms
expire. At each municipal election there shall be elected three members
and then two members of the Board of Finance for terms of four years
to succeed those whose terms expire. At each municipal election, there
shall be elected two members and then one member of the Board of Assessment
Appeals for terms of four years to succeed those whose terms expire.
At each municipal election there shall be elected three members of
the Library Board of Trustees for terms of six years to succeed those
whose terms expire. The terms of all municipal officers shall commence
on the fourth Tuesday following their election and they shall hold
office until their successors have been chosen and qualified. All
elective municipal officers and agencies shall have the powers and
duties prescribed by the General Statutes, as amended, unless otherwise
provided for in this Charter.
Minority representation on any elective or appointive agency
or similar body of the municipality shall be as specified in the following
table:
|
Total Membership
|
Maximum From One Party
|
|---|---|
|
3
|
2
|
|
4
|
3
|
|
5 Elected
|
4
|
|
5 Appointed
|
3
|
|
6
|
4
|
|
7
|
5
|
|
8
|
5
|
|
9
|
6
|
|
More than 9
|
2/3 of membership
|
There shall continue to be two voting districts as the same
existed on the effective date of this Charter. The number of voting
districts shall not be increased, nor the boundaries altered except
by ordinance of the Town Meeting. No change in the boundaries of voting
districts shall be made within 90 days prior to an election. A suitable
polling place in each voting district shall be provided as required
by the General Statutes, as amended. All action taken under the provisions
of this section shall be in accordance with the General Statutes,
as amended.
When any regular or special municipal election, primary election
or referendum conducted pursuant to this Charter results in a tie,
an adjourned election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions
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.
Any vacancy in any elective Town office, from whatever cause
arising, shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor, with the advice
and consent of the Board of Selectmen, for the unexpired portion of
the term or until the next municipal election, whichever is sooner.
When the person vacating the office has 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 a vacancy in any office
is not filled within 30 days of its occurrence, the Town Clerk shall,
within 10 days thereafter, notify the elective municipal officers
enrolled in the same political party as the person who vacated the
office, or all elective municipal officers. If such person who vacated
the office was not enrolled with a political party, it shall be filled
by such elective municipal officers within 60 days after its occurrence.
If there is a municipal election before the expiration of the term
of any office in which a vacancy occurs, the office will be filled
until said election by appointment as provided herein. The election
of a person to fill that office for the remaining portion of the term
shall take office on the fourth Tuesday following the election.
Unless otherwise specified in the Charter, no person shall be
eligible for election or appointment to any municipal office who is
not at the time of the election or appointment an elector of the Town
of Putnam. Any person ceasing to be an elector of the municipality
shall cease to hold elective or appointive office in the municipality.
