11-1-1:
The regular election for all town offices shall be by official ballot
held on the second Tuesday in June.
11-1-2:
Any person duly elected to any office or board shall take up the
duties of his or her office on the first weekday of July, provided
that he or she first shall have been sworn in to the faithful performance
of his or her duties.
11-1-3:
All provisions of the General Law with regard to town elections shall
apply except as may herein be provided by this charter.
11-2-1:
Any registered voter of the town shall be eligible for election to
any elective office or board of the town except as otherwise limited
by this charter.
11-3-1:
A vacancy in the office of town councilor whether caused by death,
resignation, removal or recall shall be filled by a special election
to be called within thirty days of said vacancy unless a regular town
election will occur within one hundred and eighty days.
Filling of vacancies in town boards other than the town council
shall be by joint convention of the council and the remaining members
of said board.
11-4-1:
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 town clerk a petition containing the
name and title together with a statement of the grounds for his or
her removal. Said petition shall be signed in ink or indelible pencil
by qualified voters of the town equal to at least ten percent of the
voters registered at the last municipal election, provided that no
recall petition may be filed against any officer until he or she shall
have held office for at least six months. Said petition shall be accompanied
by affidavits as to the authenticity of signatures, signed and sworn
to by each circulator. Said petition shall then be filed with the
board of registrars of voters for certification. Within ten days from
such filing, the board of registrars of voters shall check each name
to be certified, and shall certify thereon the number of signatures
so checked, and shall report the results to the persons filing the
petition, the town clerk and the town council.
11-4-2:
Upon presentation of the certified petition to the town council,
it shall become the duty of the town council within thirty days after
the receipt thereof to order a special election, which shall take
place within ninety days but no sooner than sixty-five days after
presentation of the certified petition to the council. No such election
shall be ordered if the term of office of such elective official shall
expire within one hundred twenty days from the date of the original
filing or if such elective officer shall resign from such office before
the election. Said recall election shall be called and conducted in
the same manner as is provided in the General Laws for the call and
conduct of a special election.
11-4-3:
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 fifteen percent 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.
11-4-4:
No person, having been recalled or having resigned from office while
recall proceedings were pending against him or her, shall be appointed
to any town office within two years following said recall or resignation.
11-5-1:
Election to all town offices established by this charter shall be
by plurality of those voting on each office.
