[Amended 11-4-2008]
A Town election shall be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday of November of each odd numbered year, which
shall be known as the regular Town election, at which one candidate
from each district hereinafter established shall be elected to membership
on the Council. The Mayor, Members of the Board of Education, Zoning
Commission, Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, and Constables
in numbers prescribed by the General Statutes shall also be elected
at regular town elections as set forth in this Charter.
[Amended 11-4-2008]
The nomination and election of candidates for
Mayor, the Council, Board of Education, Zoning Commission, Planning
Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, and Constables shall be in accordance
with the General Statutes.
[Amended 11-4-2008]
For the purpose of the regular town elections, the town is divided into ten districts. The boundaries of the election districts, as set forth in Section 11-12 of the Stratford Town Code, shall continue to be the boundaries of election districts in the town until different boundaries are adopted in the manner set forth pursuant to the provisions of Connecticut state law and §§ 7.1.4, 7.1.5 and 7.1.6 of this Charter.
[Amended 11-4-2008]
The Council shall reapportion the Election Districts
as provided in Section 9-169f of the Connecticut General Statutes,
as may from time to time be amended.
[Amended 11-4-2008]
The Council shall appoint an Election District
Revision Commission which shall consist of three (3) Council Members,
with not more than two being members of the same political party,
and two (2) registrars of voters. The Election District Revision Commission
shall rearrange the boundaries of the existing ten (10) election districts
of the Town where necessary, each of which shall encompass not more
than ten (10%) per centum and not less than eight (8%) per centum
of the total population based on population data for the Town from
the most recent decennial census of the United States.
The recommendations of the Commission shall
be presented to the Council within ninety (90) days after the appointment
of said Commission.
The Council shall by ordinance establish revised
election district boundaries in accordance with the recommendations
of the Election District Revision Commission, said ordinance to take
effect at least ninety (90) days prior to the next regular Town election.
No elected official shall have his or her office vacated by reason
of a district boundary change until completion of his or her term
of office.
Nomination and election of state and federal
officers and of representatives and judges of probate and registrars
of voters shall be conducted, and the registrars of voters shall prepare
lists of electors qualified to vote therefor, in the manner prescribed
by the Constitution and the General Statutes.
There shall be two registrars of voters elected
in accordance with the General Statutes. At the time of their election
and during their respective terms of office said registrars shall
be residents and electors of the Town.
No elector shall vote for more than one registrar.
The candidate having the highest number of votes
and the candidate having the next highest number of votes for the
office of registrar of voters, who does not belong to the same political
party as the candidate having the highest number of votes, shall be
the registrars of voters for the Town.
The registrars of voters shall have all the
powers and perform all of the duties imposed upon them by the General
Statutes and the provisions of this charter, and shall perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by ordinances not inconsistent with
the General Statutes or this Charter. Amended 11-4-2008]
