5-1-1 
The regular biennial election for all town offices and Town Council members shall be by official ballot held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each odd numbered year. All elections of town officers and Town Council members shall be nonpartisan, and all election ballots shall be printed without any party mark or other political emblem.
5-1-2 
The order of candidate names on the official ballot shall be such that incumbents are listed first, followed by other candidates in alphabetical order.
5-1-3 
Any person elected to any office, board or the Council shall take up the duties thereof immediately upon taking the oath or affirmation of office.
5-1-4 
Except as otherwise provided by this Charter, the provisions of general law with respect to nominations and elections to town offices shall apply.
5-1-5 
The nomination of candidates for election and reelection as Town Council members shall be made by nomination papers filed with the Town Clerk not later than the last day on which nomination papers of candidates for other town offices must be filed. For the office of Town Councillor, such papers shall be signed by at least one hundred (100) qualified voters of the Town. Nomination papers shall not be valid for any candidate whose written acceptance is not attached thereto when filed.
5-2-1 
The voters of the Town shall have the power to propose and act upon any legislative matter falling within the authority of the Town Council so to act, except emergency measures as provided in Sections 2-6-3 and 6-8-1 of this Charter.
5-2-2 
Initiative legislation may be proposed by submission to the Town Clerk of a petition signed by the qualified voters of the Town equal in number to not fewer than five percent (5%) of those registered at the last regular town election. Each copy of the petition shall clearly state the question or questions to be voted on.
5-2-3 
If, within seven days following receipt of the petition the Town Clerk shall determine it to contain a sufficient number of valid signatures, provision shall be made for a special initiative election to be conducted within thirty-five (35) days thereafter for the sole purpose of voting on the petitioned question or questions.
5-2-4 
Each question to be voted on the special initiative election shall be in the same form and language as stated on the initiative petition.
5-2-5 
No special initiative election shall be valid unless at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified voters of the Town shall cast a ballot on each question submitted.
5-3-1 
No bylaw, order or other measure adopted by the Town Council, except a vote: (a) to appropriate a sum of money less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.) or (b) to enact an emergency measure as detailed in Sections 2-6-3 and 6-8-1 of this Charter, shall become operative until the expiration of fourteen (14) days following the Council's final vote thereon.
5-3-2 
If within such fourteen-day period a petition signed by the qualified voters of the Town equal in number to not fewer than five percent (5%) of those registered at the last regular town election is filed with the Town Clerk, asking that any question involved in such a vote be submitted to the voters, then a referendum shall be held for the sole purpose of presenting the question or questions to the voters of the Town.
5-3-3 
If, within seven days following receipt of the petition the Town Clerk shall determine it to contain a sufficient number of valid signatures, provision shall be made for a referendum to beheld within thirty-five (35) days thereafter.
5-3-4 
Each question to be voted on in the referendum shall be submitted to the voters in the same form and language as when finally voted on by the Town Council.
5-3-5 
All procedures for voting upon referendum questions shall be in the same manner as provided by general law for the conduct of town elections.
5-3-6 
No referendum against any action of the Town Council shall be valid unless at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified voters of the Town shall cast a ballot on each question submitted.
5-4-1 
Any elective officer of the Town may be recalled and removed from office by the voters as herein provided. Any voter may file with the Town Clerk a petition containing the name and title of the elective officer whose removal is sought. For all elective officers such petition shall be signed by the qualified voters of the Town equal in number to at least five percent (5%) of those registered at the last regular Town election. Such recall petition must be filed within fourteen (14) days following its initial date of issuance.
5-4-2 
If within seven (7) days following receipt of the petition the Town Clerk shall determine it to contain a sufficient number of valid signatures, provisions shall be made for a recall election to be held within sixty (60) days but not sooner than forty-five (45) days thereafter, provided that no such election shall take place if the regular Town election or another special election shall be held within ninety (90) days. All procedures for voting upon the recall question and filling any vacancy caused by the recall of an officer shall be in the same manner as provided by general law for the conduct of Town elections.
5-4-3 
Any officer sought to be removed may be a candidate to succeed to the same office, and unless the officer requests otherwise in writing, the town clerk shall place the name of the officer on the ballot without nomination. The nomination of other candidates, the publication of the warrant for the removal election, and the conduct of the same, shall all be in accordance with the provisions of law relating to elections. Ballots used in a recall election shall ask if the officer sought to be recalled shall be recalled; and shall provide for the names of candidates seeking the office of the officer recalled.
5-4-4 
If the votes cast upon the question of recall is in the affirmative, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected provided that at least twenty-five percent (25%) of all those qualified to vote shall have voted.