[Amended by Town Council item 93-106; amendment passed by Act of Legislature August 6, 1993; amended 11-7-2017]
The regular town election shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year. There shall be no preliminary town elections.
(a) 
Signature Requirements. The number of signatures of voters required to place the name of a candidate on the official ballot to be used at an election shall be:
(i) 
for an office that is to be filled by a vote of the whole town, not less than 150; and
(ii) 
for an office that is elected by vote of a precinct, not less than 50 signatures from the precinct.
(b) 
Information to Voters. If the candidate in a regular town election is an incumbent of the office to which the candidate seeks election, the phrase "candidate for re-election" shall appear against the candidate's name.
(c) 
Ballot Position. The order in which names of candidates appear on the ballot for each office in a regular town election shall be determined by a drawing by lot conducted by the town clerk in the presence of the candidates or their representatives as may choose to attend.
The territory of the town shall be divided into precincts so established to consist of as nearly equal a number of inhabitants as is possible in compact and contiguous territory; provided, however, that the precincts shall be bounded insofar as possible by the center line of known streets or ways or by other well-defined limits.
Except as expressly provided in this charter and authorized by law, all town elections shall be governed by the laws of the commonwealth relating to the right to vote, the registration of voters, the nomination of candidates, the conduct of preliminary and regular elections, the submission of charter amendments and other propositions, the counting of votes and the declaration of results.