Nomination and election of federal and state officers and of
such Town officers, boards, commissions and similar bodies as are
provided for in this Charter shall be conducted and the Registrars
of Voters shall prepare lists of electors qualified to vote theretofore,
in the manner prescribed in the Constitution and the General Statutes
and Special Acts of the State of Connecticut applicable to the Town.
A meeting of the electors of the Town of Windsor Locks for the election
of municipal officers shall be held on the first Tuesday of November
in 1981 and biennially thereafter.
No person shall be eligible for election to any Town office
who is not at the time of that person's election an elector of
said Town, and any person ceasing to be an elector of said Town shall
thereupon cease to hold elective office in the Town.
Minority representation on any elective or appointive board,
commission or similar body of the Town, except the Board of Selectmen
and the Board of Education, and except as outlined in this Charter,
shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-167a
of the General Statutes. Minority representation on the Board of Selectmen
and the Board of Education shall be determined in accordance with
the provisions of Sections 9-188 and 9-204, respectively, of the General
Statutes.
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 the General Statutes.
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, vacancies in elected
offices shall be filled within 60 days by majority vote of the Board
of Selectmen by appointment of a member of the same political party
in which was enrolled the person whose discontinuance in office caused
such vacancy, until the next succeeding biennial election, at which
time a person shall be elected to fill the unexpired term of such
office. Vacancies in any board, commission or similar body, except
the alternate members of the Zoning Board of Appeals, shall be filled
within 60 days by a majority vote of the remaining members of such
board, commission or similar body, by the appointment of a member
of the same political party in which was enrolled the person whose
discontinuance in office caused such vacancy, until the next succeeding
biennial election at which time a person shall be elected to fill
the unexpired term of such board, commission or similar body. Vacancies
in the alternates of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall be filled within
60 days by the members of the Zoning Board of Appeals as herein specified
except that the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired portion
of such term. In case of a tie vote in the vote of such board, commission
or similar body in carrying out the provisions of this section, such
tie vote may be dissolved by vote of the First Selectman.
The Town Clerk and the Registrars of Voters shall constitute
the Board for Admission of Electors in accordance with the provisions
of Section 9-15a of the General Statutes.
