(a) 
Nomination and election of state and federal officers, state senators and representatives, and of such elective municipal officers, boards and commissions as are provided for in this Charter shall be conducted, and the registrars of voters shall prepare lists of electors qualified to vote therefore, in the manner prescribed in the Constitution and the general and special laws of the state applicable to the Town of Somers except as hereinafter provided.
(b) 
A meeting of the electors of the Town of Somers, for the election of municipal officers shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday of November, 1981 and biennially thereafter unless changed by vote of the Town Meeting or by referendum. The number of members of any one political party who may be elected to any elective board shall not exceed the number prescribed by the General Statutes. If a person vacating an elective board, excluding the Board of Selectmen, was elected as a member of a political party, the vacancy shall be filled by a member of the same political party, or if the vacancy is not filled within 30 days, the vacancy may be filled by any eligible person so long as the number of any one political party on the board does not exceed the number prescribed by the General Statutes.
[Amended 11-7-2006, effective 12-7-2006]
[Amended 11-7-2006, effective 12-7-2006]
The Town may be divided into voting districts as deemed necessary by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with the provisions of CGS 9-169.
No person who is not at the time of his election a qualified resident voter of the Town of Somers, shall be eligible for election to any town office, and any person ceasing to be a qualified resident voter of said town shall thereupon automatically cease to hold elective office in the town, and the office shall be deemed vacant.
When any regular or special municipal election conducted pursuant to the provisions of this Charter results in a tie, a special election shall be conducted to determine who shall be elected, or in the case of a question at referendum, whether it shall be accepted or rejected. Said special election shall be held by the Selectmen 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 elections. If voting machines are not available in sufficient number, paper ballots may be used in place of or in conjunction with voting machines.
[Amended 11-7-2006, effective 12-7-2006; amended 11-4-2025, effective 11-4-2025]
(a) 
Vacancies in the Board of Selectmen shall be filled in the manner prescribed by the General Statutes.
(b) 
A vacancy occurring on the Board of Education, Board of Finance, Board of Assessors, or Library Board shall be filled by a vote of the remaining members. If the vacancy is not filled within sixty days from the time the office becomes vacant, the Board of Selectmen within thirty additional days shall fill the vacancy by appointment.
(c) 
Subject to the limitations of Subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Board of Selectmen shall fill by appointment a vacancy in any elective town office within sixty days from the time that the office becomes vacant.
(d) 
An appointee to a vacancy in an elective office shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.