Nomination and election of municipal and state officers and
of such elected town 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, in the manner prescribed
in the Constitution and the General Statutes and special laws of the
State of Connecticut applicable to the Town of New Milford.
A meeting of the electors of the Town of New Milford for the
election of municipal officers shall be held biennially in odd-numbered
years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November.
Minority representation on all elective or appointive boards,
commissions, committees or similar bodies of the Town, except the
Board of Education, shall be in accordance with Section 9-167a of
the Connecticut General Statutes; minority representation on the Board
of Education shall be determined in accordance with the provisions
of Section 9-204b of the Connecticut General Statutes.
No person shall be eligible for election to any Town office
who if, at the time of said election is not an elector of the Town,
as defined by Chapter 141 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and
any person ceasing to be an elector of the Town shall immediately
thereupon cease to hold elective office in the Town.
When a regular or special municipal election, primary election
or referendum conducted pursuant to the provisions of this Charter
results in a tie, an adjourned election shall be conducted in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 149 of the Connecticut General Statutes
to determine who shall be elected or, in the case of a question of
referendum, whether it shall be accepted or rejected, provided, however,
that this provisions shall not apply to questions at referendum which,
under the provisions of this Charter or of the Connecticut General
Statutes, require a minimum number of electors voting in favor of
such questions in the event that the number of electors voting in
favor of such questions does not equal the said minimum number required
by such provisions.
Any vacancy, from whatever cause arising, in any elective Town
office for which more than half the full term has elapsed except in
the case of the Mayor as provided for in Section 603 of this Charter
or in the case of Town Council as set forth below, shall be filled
within sixty (60) days of such vacancy by appointment, by the Town
Council, for the unexpired portion of the term.
Any such vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of a member
of the same political party, said party affiliation determined as
of the date of the most recent election, as the person vacating the
office in the event said person was affiliated with a political party.
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, if there shall
be a regular Town election, as defined in Chapter 141 of the Connecticut
General Statutes, before the expiration of the term of any office
in which a vacancy occurs, such office shall be filled until the said
election by appointment as provided for herein and subsequently by
the election of a person to fill that office for the remaining portion
of the term, such person to take office immediately upon his election.
All vacancies on the Town Council shall be filled by vote of
the remaining members of the Town Council; the member appointed to
fill the vacancy shall serve for the unexpired portion of the term.
The Town Clerk and the Registrars of Voters shall constitute
the Board for admission of electors in accordance with the provisions
of Chapter 143 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
