A.
Nomination and election of State and Federal Officers and of such
elected Town officers, boards, agencies and commissions as are provided
for in this chapter shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by
law.
B.
The Registrars of Voters shall prepare lists of electors qualified
to vote therein, in the manner prescribed by law.
C.
A meeting of the electors of the Town of Middlefield for the election
of municipal officers shall be held on the Tuesday following the first
Monday of November of each odd-numbered year.
D.
Unless otherwise established by ordinance or state law, there shall
be one voting district in the Town.
No person shall be eligible for election to any Town office
who is not at the time of this election an elector of said Town. Any
person ceasing to be an elector of said Town shall thereupon cease
to hold elective office in the Town.
The maximum number of members of any board, commission, committee
or similar body of the Town, whether elected or appointed, who may
be members of the same political party shall be as specified in the
following table:
|
Column I
Total Membership
|
Column II
Maximum From One Party
|
|---|---|
|
3
|
2
|
|
4
|
3
|
|
5
|
4
|
|
6
|
4
|
|
7
|
5
|
|
8
|
5
|
|
9
|
6
|
|
More than 9
|
2/3 of total membership
|
When, as a result of any general municipal or special election
conducted under the provisions of this Charter, it is necessary to
break a tie, the provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes shall
prevail. The provisions of this section shall not apply to questions
at referendum which, under the provisions of this Charter or of the
Connecticut General Statutes, require a minimum number of electors
voting in favor of such questions for approval, and the number of
votes for approval at such referendum is less than the minimum number
of electors required for passage.
A.
Any vacancy in any elective Town office, from whatever cause arising,
shall be filled within 30 days of such vacancy by appointment by the
Board of Selectmen for the unexpired portion of the term or until
the next regular biennial election, whichever shall be sooner; provided
that, when the persons vacating the office shall have been elected
as a member of a political party, such vacancy shall be filled by
the appointment of a member of the same political party or by the
appointment of an unaffiliated voter if the office shall be vacated
by an unaffiliated voter.
B.
If there shall be a regular biennial election before the expiration
of the term of any office in which a vacancy occurs, such office shall
be filled until said election by appointment as provided herein and
subsequently be[1] the election of a person to fill that office for the remaining
portion of the term, and such person shall take office immediately
following his election.
[1]
Editor's Note: So in original; apparently should be "by."
The Town Clerk, or any Assistants, and the Registrars of Voters,
or any Deputies, shall constitute the Board of Admission of Electors.
