Nomination papers and Election schedules for the Annual Town Election are available at the Greenfield Town Clerk’s Office in early January of each year. Contact the Town Clerk at (413) 772-1555 ext. 112 or by email: townclerk@townofgreenfield.org
Annual Town Elections are held in accordance with the Town of Greenfield Home Rule Charter, Article 7.
SECTION 7-1: TOWN ELECTIONS
The regular Town election shall be held on the second Tuesday in June. All Town elections shall be nonpartisan and no party mark, emblem or other designation shall appear on any ballot used at a preliminary or general election for Town offices.
SECTION 7-2: PRELIMINARY ELECTION
(a) A Preliminary Election shall be held not less than six (6) weeks prior to the general election on a Tuesday chosen by the Town Clerk, with the approval of the Town Council, so as to not conflict with any civil or religious holidays.
(b) Signature Requirements - The number of signatures of voters required to place the name of a candidate on the official ballot to be used at a preliminary election shall be as follows: for the office of Mayor not less than one hundred (100) such signatures, provided, however, that not more than twenty-five (25) signatures from any one precinct shall be counted in the minimum number of required signatures; for the office of Councilor-at-Councilor-at-Large or School Committee member, not less than one hundred (100) such signatures, provided, however, that not more than twenty-five (25) signatures from any one (1) precinct shall be counted in the minimum number of required signatures; for the office of Precinct Councilor not less than fifty (50) such signatures, all of which shall be
from the precinct from which the nomination is sought. All other elected officials shall be required to conform to this section.
(c) Ballot Position - The order in which names of candidates appear on the ballot for each office shall be determined by a drawing, by lot, conducted by the Town Clerk, which shall be open to the public.
(d) Determination of Candidates - The two (2) persons receiving at a preliminary election the highest number of votes for nomination for any office shall be the sole candidates for that office whose names shall be printed on the official ballots to be used at the regular general Town election at which such office is to be voted upon, and no acceptance of a nomination shall be necessary to validate same. If two (2) or more persons are to be elected to the same office at such regular election, the several persons, in number equal to twice the number so to be elected, receiving at such preliminary election the highest number of votes for nomination for that office shall be the sole candidates for that office whose names shall be printed on the official ballots.
If the preliminary election results in a tie vote among candidates for nomination receiving the lowest number of votes which, but for said tie vote, would entitle a person receiving the same to have their name printed on the official ballots for the election, all candidates participating in said tie vote shall have their names printed on the official ballots, although in consequence thereof there be printed on such ballots the names of candidates exceeding twice the number to be elected.
(e) Condition Making Preliminary Unnecessary - If at the expiration of time for filing statements of candidates to be voted upon at any preliminary election not more than twice as many such statements have been filed with the Town Clerk for an office as candidates are to be elected to such office, the candidates whose statements have been filed with the Town Clerk shall be deemed to have been nominated to such office, and their names shall be voted upon for such office at the succeeding general election, and the Town Clerk shall not print their names on the ballots to be used at said preliminary election and no other nomination to such office shall be made. If in consequence it shall appear that no names are to be printed upon the official ballots to be used in any particular precinct or
precincts of the Town, no preliminary election shall be held in such precinct or precincts.
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