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.