a. 
Nomination of candidates. Nomination of state and federal officers, and all elective officers of the Town of Plainville, shall be conducted, and the Registrars of Voters shall prepare lists of electors qualified to vote therefor, in the manner prescribed by the Constitution and general and special laws of this state applicable to the Town of Plainville.
b. 
Municipal elections. The terms of all officers hitherto elected and hereafter elected in the Town of Plainville shall continue until their successors have been elected and duly qualified as provided herein. A meeting of the electors of the Town of Plainville for the election of Town officers shall be held biennially on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in the odd-numbered years.
c. 
Minority representation. No political party may nominate more than one candidate for any Town office to be filled by a vote of the electors of said Town, nor may any political party nominate more than a bare majority of persons for boards, commissions or other offices of said Town, consisting of more than one person, with the exception of the Town Council and the Board of Education. No board or commission elected or appointed in said Town, with the exception of the Town Council and the Board of Education, shall consist of more than a bare majority of the members of one political party.
d. 
Town Council. At each regular biennial Town election, each political party shall nominate five candidates to the Town Council; each elector shall have the right to vote for seven Council members; and the seven candidates obtaining the highest number of votes shall take office for terms of two years. The Town Council shall consist of seven members, not more than five of whom shall be members of the same political party.
e. 
Board of Education. At each regular biennial Town election, each political party shall nominate three candidates to the Board of Education; each elector shall have the right to vote for the number of candidates to be elected; and the number of members elected to the Board of Education shall be equal to the number of members whose terms will have expired on the date of said election, to serve for terms of four years from the date of their election. The Board of Education shall consist of nine members, not more than six of whom shall be members of the same political party.
f. 
Board of Library Trustees. Each political party shall nominate candidates to the Board of Library Trustees equal to 1/2 the number of members whose terms will expire on the date of said election; each elector shall have the right to vote for the number of offices to be filled at each election; and members shall be elected at each regular biennial Town election to succeed those members whose terms will have expired on the date of said election, to serve for terms of six years from the date of their election. The Board of Library Trustees shall consist of six members, not more than three of whom shall be members of the same political party.
g. 
Other offices. At each regular biennial Town election, seven Constables shall be elected for terms of two years. The Registrars of Voters and Justices of the Peace shall be elected at such times and for such terms as provided by statute and ordinance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 83, Officers and Employee, Art. II, Registrars of Voters, and Art. V, Justices of the Peace.
Any voter not a member of a political party may qualify as a candidate for any elective office in the Town of Plainville by complying with the requirements as to unaffiliated voters as set out in the state statutes of the State of Connecticut, as may be from time to time amended.
When, as the result of any general or special municipal election held under the provisions of this Charter, it is necessary to break a tie, a special election confined to the tied candidates or issues shall be held on the seventh day after said election to determine who shall be elected, or in the case of a question whether it shall be accepted or rejected. In the event the persons so tied shall consent to it said tie may be resolved by the outgoing Town Council and said persons so chosen shall be declared duly elected to said office. All voting machines concerning the returns from which there is no disagreement may be unlocked and paper ballots may be used in such special election if voting machines are not available in sufficient numbers. The opening of the voting machines shall be governed by state statutes.
Each person, to be eligible for election or appointment to any Town office, board or commission, other than a Town office subject to the merit system, must be a resident and elector of the Town at the time of that person's election or appointment. Such person ceasing to be resident or elector of said Town shall cease to hold elective office or appointive office in the Town. This section shall not apply to the Town Manager or Town Attorney.
Any vacancy in any elective Town office from whatever cause arising shall be filled by appointment by the Town Council for the unexpired portion of the term or until the next biennial election, whichever shall be sooner, provided that when the person vacating the office shall have been elected as a member of a political party, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of a member of the same political party. If the person vacating office shall have been affiliated with no political party, said vacancy shall be filled by appointment of another voter who is affiliated with no political party.
All officers of the Town of Plainville who are chosen by election shall be elected at large. The voting districts shall be established by the Town Council, by ordinance, which shall divide the Town into voting districts for the establishment of polling places therein.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 23, Elections, Art. I, Voting Districts.