Nomination and election of federal and state officers and of
such 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 therefor, in the manner
prescribed in the Constitution and the CT General Statutes and special
laws of the State of Connecticut applicable to the Town. A meeting
of the electors of the Town of Brookfield for the election of municipal
officers shall be held biennially on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday of November in the odd-numbered years.
No person shall be eligible for election to any Town office
who is not at the time of his election an elector of the Town. Any
such person ceasing to be an elector of the Town shall thereupon cease
to hold elective office in the Town.
Nomination of candidates for election to any Town office shall
be made pursuant to the provisions of Title 9 of the CT General Statutes.
Minority representation on any elective or appointive board,
commission, committee or similar body of the Town, except the Board
of Selectmen and the Board of Education, shall be determined in accordance
with the provisions of Section 9-167a of the CT General Statutes.
Minority representation on the Board of Selectmen shall be determined
in accordance with the provisions of § C3-2A of this Charter.
Minority representation on the Board of Education shall be determined
in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-204a of the CT 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 Section 9-332 of the CT General Statutes to
determine who shall be elected or, in the case of a question at a
referendum, whether it shall be accepted or rejected; provided, however,
that this provision shall not apply to questions at referendum that,
under the provisions of this Charter or of the CT 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 question
does not equal said minimum number required by such provision.
A.
Vacancies in the Board of Selectmen shall be filled in accordance
with the provisions of Section 9-222 of the CT General Statutes.
B.
A vacancy occurring on the Board of Education, the Planning Commission
and the Board of Finance shall be filled by vote of the remaining
members; but if the vacancy is not filled within sixty (60) days from
the time that the office becomes vacant, the Board of Selectmen shall
fill the vacancy by appointment.
C.
Subject to the limitations of Subsections A and B of this section, the Board of Selectmen shall fill by appointment a vacancy in any elective Town office as soon as practicable from the time the office becomes vacant in accordance with the provisions of § C4-12 of this Charter, unless specifically provided otherwise by the CT General Statutes.
D.
An appointee to a vacancy in an elective office shall serve until
a successor elected at a special election or at the next regular Town
election qualifies. A person elected at either a special or a regular
Town election to fill an unexpired term shall serve the remainder
of the term.
There shall be such voting districts in the Town as are adopted
at a Town Meeting pursuant to Section 9-169 of the CT General Statutes.
The Town Clerk and the Registrars of Voters shall constitute
the Board for Admissions of Electors to perform the duties prescribed
in the CT General Statutes, subject to change of membership in accordance
with the provisions of the CT General Statutes.
