Upcoming Election is May 2, 2023 for Mayor, Ward 1 and Ward 3.
Section 1. Eligibility to vote.
Every resident of the Town of Easton who:
(a) is eighteen (18) years of age or older;
(b) is a citizen of the United States;
(c) has resided in the corporate limits of the Town for thirty (30) days next proceeding any Town election;
(d) is registered with the Talbot County Election Board; and
(e) is registered in accordance with the provisions of this charter is entitled to vote at a Town election. (Res. 53, passed 12/15/86, Resolution No. 6005, November 20, 2012.)
Section 5. Election of Mayor, President of the Council, and Members of the Council.
The voters of the Town shall, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May (May 2, 2023) in the year 1987 and on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May in each fourth year thereafter, elect a Mayor whose term of office shall be for four (4) years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The Mayor shall be elected at large from the entirety of the Town. On the first Tuesday after the first Monday of May in the year 1987 and on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May in each fourth year thereafter, the voters of the first ward and the third ward, respectively, shall elect a Council Member from each ward, whose term of office shall be for four (4) years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May of the year 1989, the voters of the Town shall elect a President of the Town Council, and Council Members from the second and fourth wards. The Town Council President shall be elected at large from the Town of Easton, and his or her term shall be for four (4) years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May in the year 1989 and every four (4) years thereafter, the voters of the Town who are residents of the second and fourth wards, respectively, shall each elect a Council Member to represent their ward, whose terms shall be for four (4) years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. (Res. 53, passed 12/15/86, Resolution No. 6005, November 20, 2012.)
Section 6. Nominations.
Only the names of persons nominated in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be placed on the ballots as candidates for public elective offices of the Town of Easton. No person shall accept nomination to more than one elective public office or hold more than one elective public office at any one time. (Res. 53, passed 12/15/86.)
Section 7. Method of nomination.
All nominations for public office must be filed with the Supervisor of Elections on or before the first Monday of April in the year of an election. The manner of nominating candidates shall be as follows: every aspirant for the office of Mayor or President of the Council, or someone acting on his or her behalf, shall, on or before the last day of receiving nominations, file with the Supervisor of Elections a nomination petition for said office signed by a least thirty of the qualified voters of the Town; and, in like manner, every aspirant for the office of Council Member, who shall be a representative of a ward, or someone acting on his or her behalf, shall on or before the last day in which nominations may be filed as aforesaid, file with the Supervisor of Elections his or her nominating petition for the said office signed by at least fifteen of the qualified voters of the ward from which he or she is nominated. If it appears that a name appears more than once on a petition, it shall be counted but once; however, no name shall be disqualified or stricken from nominating petition because it appears on a petition for more than one candidate for the same office. No name shall be counted if it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Supervisor of Elections that the signature was not signed by the person designated, or that the person designated did not actually live in the ward designated at the time of the filing of the petition. (Res. 53, passed 12/15/86, Resolution No. 6005, November 20, 2012.)
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Citizens interested in obtaining a Petition for Election can pick up a petition at the Town Hall. Candidates for Ward 1 and Ward 3 must have 15 registered citizens from their respective ward sign their petition. Mayoral candidates must have 30 registered voters from the town limits. The deadline for petitions and financial disclosures is April 3, 2023.
The Tuesday May 2 2023 election polling location will be held at Easton Volunteer Firehouse (315 Leonard Rieck Drive) from 7:00 am - 8:00 pm. The Board of Canvassers will meet Wednesday May 3, 2023 in the Town Hall Council Chambers to count absentee ballots and certify the election.