6-1-1
The regular election for all Town offices shall be by official ballot
held on the second Tuesday in April of each year.
[Amended 1-3-2018 by
Ch. 173, Acts of 2017]
6-1-2
Any person duly elected to any office or board shall take up the
duties of that office immediately; provided, however, that such person
shall have first been sworn to the faithful performance of the duties
of that office.
[Amended 1-13-2021 by
Ch. 343, Acts of 2020]
6-1-3
All general law provisions with regard to Town Elections shall apply,
except as may herein be provided by this Charter.
6-2-1
All elections of Town officers shall be nonpartisan, and election
ballots for Town offices shall be printed without any party mark,
emblem, vignette or designation whatsoever.
6-3-1
Any registered voter of the Town shall be eligible for election to
any elective office or board of the Town.
6-4-1
An elective officer of the town may be recalled and removed from
public office by the voters of the town as herein provided. Any voter
of the town may file with the director of finance and administrative
services a petition containing the name and title of the elective
officer whose removal is sought, together with a statement of the
grounds for such elective officer’s removal. The petition shall
be filed with the director and shall be signed in ink or indelible
pencil by qualified voters of the town equal in number to at least
20 per cent of the voters registered at the last regular municipal
election; provided, however, that no recall petition may be filed
against an elective officer until such person shall have held office
for at least 6 months. The petition shall be accompanied by affidavits
as to authenticity of signatures, signed and sworn to by each circulator.
[Amended 1-13-2021 by
Ch. 343, Acts of 2020]
6-4-2
If, within five days after receipt of the petition the Director of
the Division of Finance and Services shall determine the petition
and affidavits to be a sufficient, a recall vote shall be taken within
one hundred and ten days but no sooner than ninety days after such
final determination, provided that no such vote shall be taken if
the term of office of such elective official shall expire within one
hundred and fifty days after such determination, or if such elective
officer shall resign from such office before the taking of such vote.
Said recall vote shall be called and conducted in the same manner
as is provided by General Law for the call and conduct of a Special
Election.
6-4-3
The form of the question to be voted upon shall be substantially
as follows: "Shall (here insert the name and title of the elective
officer whose recall is sought) be recalled?" A majority vote of the
voters to recall such elective officer shall not be effective unless
a total of at least thirty per cent of the electorate entitled to
vote on the question shall have voted. Recall of such elective officer
shall become effective upon certification of the results of the voting
thereon, regardless of any technical deficiency in the recall petition.
If any elective officer shall be recalled, the vacancy created thereby
shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of this Charter
and of General Law.
6-4-4
No person, having been recalled or having resigned from office while
recall proceedings were pending against such person, shall be appointed
to any Town office within two years following said recall or resignation.
[Amended 1-13-2021 by
Ch. 343, Acts of 2020]
6-5-1
The Registrars of Voters and the Town Clerk shall divide the Town
into voting precincts, which shall be compact, contiguous, and substantially
equal in population.
