Each qualified elector of the Town qualified to vote upon a proposition
to impose a tax or for the expenditure of money shall be entitled and shall
be instructed to vote upon the question, and regardless of the manner of his
vote thereon, to vote for nine members of a Charter Commission who shall serve
if the question is determined in the affirmative.
Candidates for a Charter Commission, nominated as herein provided, shall
be voted upon at the same time as the question is submitted.
If any elector shall vote for more than nine candidates for the Charter
Commission at an election at which paper ballots are used, all of his votes
for candidates shall be invalid.
The election for a Charter Commission may be by voting machines or it
may be by printed paper ballot at the expense of the Town, in the discretion
of the Town Council. The question to be submitted and the names of candidates
may be placed upon a single ballot. The local Board of Canvassers is authorized
to consolidate the voting districts within the Town with the approval of the
Town Council.
Candidates for the Charter Commission shall be elected at large without
party or political designation and shall be listed alphabetically on the ballot
used for the election.
The nine candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be
declared elected and shall constitute the Charter Commission, but if the question
is determined in the negative, none of the candidates shall be elected.
The votes shall be counted and the results of the election declared
by the canvassing authority in the manner provided for other elections.
