1. 
The elected officials of the Town shall be:
a. 
Mayor (1).
b. 
Selectmen (6).
c. 
Board of Education (9).
d. 
Board of Finance (5).
e. 
Board of Finance Alternates (3).
f. 
Board of Tax Review (3).
g. 
Library Board of Trustees (9).
2. 
Nomination and election of federal and state officers, including the Registrars of Voters, Probate Judges, and of such elective municipal officers, boards and commissions as are provided for in the Charter shall be conducted, and the Registrars of Voters shall prepare lists of electors qualified to vote in the manner prescribed in the constitution and general laws of the State of Connecticut.
3. 
A meeting of the electors of the Town of Putnam for the election of municipal officers shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year. Commencing with the 2019 municipal election, there shall be elected one Mayor, and six Selectmen for a term of two years. At each municipal election there shall be elected five members and then four members of the Board of Education for terms of four years to succeed those whose terms expire. At each municipal election there shall be elected three members and then two members of the Board of Finance for terms of four years to succeed those whose terms expire. At each municipal election, there shall be elected two members and then one member of the Board of Assessment Appeals for terms of four years to succeed those whose terms expire. At each municipal election there shall be elected three members of the Library Board of Trustees for terms of six years to succeed those whose terms expire. The terms of all municipal officers shall commence on the fourth Tuesday following their election and they shall hold office until their successors have been chosen and qualified. All elective municipal officers and agencies shall have the powers and duties prescribed by the General Statutes, as amended, unless otherwise provided for in this Charter.
Minority representation on any elective or appointive agency or similar body of the municipality shall be as specified in the following table:
Total Membership
Maximum From One Party
3
2
4
3
5 Elected
4
5 Appointed
3
6
4
7
5
8
5
9
6
More than 9
2/3 of membership
There shall continue to be two voting districts as the same existed on the effective date of this Charter. The number of voting districts shall not be increased, nor the boundaries altered except by ordinance of the Town Meeting. No change in the boundaries of voting districts shall be made within 90 days prior to an election. A suitable polling place in each voting district shall be provided as required by the General Statutes, as amended. All action taken under the provisions of this section shall be in accordance with the General Statutes, as amended.
When any regular or special municipal election, primary election or referendum conducted pursuant to this Charter results in a tie, an adjourned election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the General Statutes, as amended, to determine who shall be elected, or in the case of a question at referendum, whether it shall be accepted or rejected. Said adjourned election shall be held 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 election. If voting machines are not available in sufficient number, paper ballots may be used in place of or in conjunction with voting machines.
Any vacancy in any elective Town office, from whatever cause arising, shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Board of Selectmen, for the unexpired portion of the term or until the next municipal election, whichever is sooner. When the person vacating the office has been elected as a member of a political party, such vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of a member of the same political party. If a vacancy in any office is not filled within 30 days of its occurrence, the Town Clerk shall, within 10 days thereafter, notify the elective municipal officers enrolled in the same political party as the person who vacated the office, or all elective municipal officers. If such person who vacated the office was not enrolled with a political party, it shall be filled by such elective municipal officers within 60 days after its occurrence. If there is a municipal election before the expiration of the term of any office in which a vacancy occurs, the office will be filled until said election by appointment as provided herein. The election of a person to fill that office for the remaining portion of the term shall take office on the fourth Tuesday following the election.
Unless otherwise specified in the Charter, no person shall be eligible for election or appointment to any municipal office who is not at the time of the election or appointment an elector of the Town of Putnam. Any person ceasing to be an elector of the municipality shall cease to hold elective or appointive office in the municipality.