Nomination and election of federal and state officials and of
such Town officers and Town agencies as are provided for in this Charter
shall be conducted, and the Registrars of Voters shall prepare lists
of electors qualified to vote therein, in the manner prescribed by
law.
Nominations and elections of federal and state officers, Registrars
of Voters and Justices of the Peace shall be conducted as prescribed
in the Connecticut General Statutes.
A. At the
regular state election held on November 8, 1992, and every four years
thereafter, there shall be elected two Registrars of Voters, whose
terms of office shall commence on the Wednesday after the first Monday
in January following their election.
B. Justices of the Peace shall be selected in the manner prescribed
for in the General Statutes and by Town Ordinance.
Members of the Regional Board of Education shall be elected
concurrent with municipal elections. Said members shall serve four-year
overlapping terms, commencing December 1 of the year in which elected.
The Town shall elect members of the Regional District #8 Board of
Education in the manner provided for by C.G.S. § 10-46 (a)
and (c) as amended from time to time.
No person shall be eligible for election to any Town office
who is not, at the time of his election, an elector of said Town.
Any person ceasing to be an elector of said Town shall thereupon cease
to hold elective office in the Town. The resulting vacancy shall be
filled pursuant to Section 208.
When any municipal election conducted pursuant to the provisions
of this Charter results in a tie, with the consent of the tied candidates,
the tie may be broken by the single toss of a coin by a third party
agreeable to tied candidates. Otherwise, when any 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 C.G.S. § 9-332
to determine who shall be elected, or in the case of a question at
referendum whether it shall be accepted or rejected. The provisions
of this section shall not apply to questions at referendum under which
the provisions of this Charter or the General Statutes require a minimum
number of electors voting in favor of such questions for approval.
There shall continue to be one voting district as existed on
the effective date of this Charter. The Board of Selectmen shall have
the authority to create additional voting districts as the needs of
the Town may require, subject to the approval of the Town Meeting.
The Town Clerk, or any assistants, and the Registrars of Voters,
or any deputies, shall constitute the Board of Admission for Electors
in accordance with applicable General Statutes.