CAPITOL HEIGHTS                                    2121

23-0 APPEAL. IF ANY PERSON SHALL FEEL AGGRIEVED BY THE
ACTION OF THE CLERK OF THE ELECTION IN REFUSING TO
REGISTER OR ON STRIKING OFF THE NAME OF ANY PERSON, OR
BY ANY OTHER ACTION, SUCH PERSON MAY APPEAL TO THE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ANY DECISION OF THE MAYOR AND
COUNCIL UPON SUCH APPEALS MAY BE APPEALED TO THE
CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE
DECISION OR ACTION OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

24-0 NOMINATIONS. THE MAYOR SHALL AT LEAST FIFTEEN DAYS
BEFORE THE ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN
MAY, AND BIENNIALLY THEREAFTER ISSUE A PROCLAMATION
CALLING THE LEGALLY QUALIFIED VOTER OF THE TOWN IN
CONVENTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOMINATING CANDIDATES
WHOSE NAMES SHALL APPEAR ON THE BALLOTS AND NONE
OTHER. THE NAMES OF ALL CANDIDATES WHO ARE TO APPEAR
ON THE BALLOTS SHALL BE POSTED IN AT LEAST THREE PUBLIC
PLACES IN THE TOWN AT LEAST TEN (10) DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION.

24-1. THE TOWN CLERK SHALL BE THE CLERK OF THE
CONVENTION, AND IT SHALL BE HIS DUTY TO POST PUBLICLY THE
NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES.

24-2. BEFORE THE NAME OF THE CANDIDATE FOR AN ELECTIVE
OFFICE SHALL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT THE CANDIDATE MUST
WITHIN THREE DAYS AFTER THE CONVENTION IN WHICH
NOMINATED, FILE WITH THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OR
CLERK OF THE TOWN HIS CONSENT IN WRITING, TO BE
CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE FOR WHICH NAMED.

25-0 ELECTION OF THE COUNCILMEN. ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN
MAY OF EACH EVEN NUMBERED YEAR, THE QUALIFIED VOTERS
OF THE TOWN SHALL ELECT ONE PERSON AS MAYOR TO SERVE
FOR THE TERM OF TWO YEARS, AND SIX PERSONS AS
COUNCILMEN TO SERVE FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS.

26-0 SPECIAL ELECTIONS. ALL SPECIAL TOWN ELECTIONS SHALL
BE CONDUCTED IN THE SAME MANNER, AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE AS
REGULAR TOWN ELECTIONS.

27-0 VOTE COUNT. WITHIN FIVE HOURS AFTER THE CLOSING OF
THE POLLS, THE TOWN CLERK SHALL DETERMINE THE VOTE CAST
FOR EACH CANDIDATE OR QUESTION AND SHALL CERTIFY THE
RESULTS OF THE ELECTION TO THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE TOWN WHO SHALL RECORD THE RESULTS IN THE MINUTES
OF THE COUNCIL. THE CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR AND SIX
CANDIDATES FOR COUNCIL WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF
VOTES IN THE GENERAL ELECTION SHALL BE DECLARED ELECTED.

28-0 PRESERVATION OF BALLOTS. ALL BALLOTS USED IN THE
TOWN ELECTION SHALL BE PRESERVED FOR AT LEAST SIX
MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE ELECTION.

29-0 VACANCIES. IN CASE OF A VACANCY ON THE COUNCIL OR
THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, FOR ANY REASON, THE COUNCIL
SHALL ELECT SOME QUALIFIED PERSON TO FILL SUCH VACANCY
FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM. ANY VACANCIES ON THE COUNCIL
OR THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR SHALL BE FILLED BY THE