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 Bristol
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER

  § 12. City officers; elective.  

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  • (a)

    The general officers of said City of Bristol, to be elected by the electors thereof shall be a mayor, six council members, a treasurer and a board of assessment appeals of three members. All of such officers shall be elected at each municipal election for a term of two years from the first Monday following their election and until their successors are elected and have qualified. Each elector shall be entitled to cast one vote for mayor, one vote for treasurer, two votes for the candidates of their choice for city council of the council district wherein the elector resides, and two votes for members of the board of assessment appeals of said city.

    (b)

    No political parties shall nominate more than two residents of each council district as candidates for the city council. The two candidates from each council district receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected to the city council.

    (c)

    No political party shall nominate more than two candidates for the board of assessment appeals of the city and the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the board of assessment appeals shall be declared elected.

    (d)

    No person shall be qualified to be a candidate for any elective municipal office in the City of Bristol unless such person shall be an elector of said city.

    (e)

    Any official elected on or after November 7, 2017, who ceases to be a resident and elector of the City of Bristol, or in the case of a council member who ceases to be a resident and elector of the council district from which he or she was elected, shall thereupon cease to hold such elective office and the elective office shall be vacant. Vacancies shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 or Section 39 as may be applicable.

    (Amend. eff. 11-5-75; Amend. eff. 11-4-81; Amend. eff. 11-9-83; Amend eff. 11-7-89; Amend. eff. 12-4-97; Amend. eff. 12-2-10; Amend. eff. 12-8-11; Amend. eff. 12-5-13; Amend. eff. 12-8-16)

    Legislative history— Sp. No. 352, § 12, 1911; Sp. No. 434, § 23, 1931; Sp. No. 387, 1933; Sp. No. 489, § 12, 1939; Sp. No. 456, § 1, 1941; Sp. No. 132, 1957.