[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 1-3-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
All terms not defined herein shall have the meanings as set forth in
the New York State Election Law.
Except as otherwise provided by law, to be elected to a local public
office, a candidate must receive more votes than any other candidate for the
office.
A.
In an election requiring a plurality vote, in the event
that more eligible candidates than the number remaining to be elected receive
for the same office or offices an equal number of votes, a runoff election
to fill the office shall be held.
B.
Such runoff election shall be held on the first Tuesday
at least 10 days after the final certification of the tie result; provided,
however, that the only persons who shall be eligible for the runoff election
shall be those persons who received such equal number of votes.
C.
The order of the candidates' names on the ballot
shall be determined by a drawing conducted by the Village Clerk in the presence
of all those persons who received such equal number of votes or a representative
of such persons.
D.
A runoff election may be waived and the selection of
the public officer made by lot if each person who has received an equal number
of votes files with the Village Clerk, no later than two days after the final
certification of such tie results, a written notice of consent that the selection
be made by lot.
E.
If a runoff election is waived, the Village Clerk, no
later than two days after receiving written notice of consent that such selection
be made by lot, shall certify such facts in writing and within three days
summon the candidates to the office of the Village Clerk, and shall, by lot,
determine which of them shall be elected.
This local law shall take effect January 13, 2006.
