By LISA CAPOBIANCO
STAFF WRITER
Polling places in Bristol are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Candidates for 2015 are:
President:
Democrat: Hillary
Republican: Donald Trump
Libertarian: Gary Johnson
Green: Jill Stein
Vice President:
Democrat: Tim Kaine
Republican: Mike Pence
Libertarian: Bill Weld
Green: Ajamu Baraka
U.S. Senator:
Democrat: Richard Blumenthal
Republican: Dan Carter
Libertarian: Richard Lion
Green: Jeffrey Russell
Representative in Congress:
Democrat: John B. Larson
Republican: Matthew M. Corey
Green: S. Michael DeRosa
State Senator:
Democrat: Michael Nicastro
Republican: Henri Martin
State Representative:
77th District
Democrat: Laura Bartok
Republican: Cara Christine Pavalock
78th District
Democrat: Krystal Myers
Republican: Whit Betts
79th District
Democrat: Christopher Ziogas
Republican: Peter Del Mastro
Registrar of Voters:
Democrat: Kevin C. McCauley
Republican: Sharon M. Krawiecki
Polling places are:
District 77
Edgewood School -01
345 Mix St.
Northeast School-02
530 Stevens St.
Mountain View School-03
71 Vera Rd.
District 78
Chippens Hill Middle School-01
551 Peacedale St.
West Bristol School
500 Clark Ave.
District 79
South Side School
21 Tuttle Rd.
Bristol Elks Lodge
126 South Street
Greene-Hills School
718 Pine Street
Bristol Eastern High School
632 King Street
For a map of the city’s districts, visit www.ci.bristol.ct.us/index.aspx?NID=604.
This year, there are three referendum questions that will appear on the ballot. They are:
Shall elected officials be required to remain residents and electors of the city and council members remain residents of their council district during their elected term of office?
Explanation: The proposed revision to Bristol Charter Sec. 12 states that on or after Nov. 7, 2017, any elected official who no longer remains a resident and elector of the city should stop holding that elective office. In the case of a council member, he or she must remain a Bristol resident and elector of the council district he or she was elected to, or should cease to hold office (and that elective office will be vacant).
Shall changes be made to the recruitment and examination process for the chief of police, and the residency requirement be substituted with residency within a town, any part of which falls within a 20 mile radius of Bristol police headquarters?
Explanation: The proposed amendments to Bristol Charter Sec. 46B would revise the procedures for recruitment and examination for the police chief. Under this revision, the written and oral exams as well as the police board evaluation would be eliminated and replaced with criteria as determined by the personnel director in consultation with the board of police commissioners.
The second part of the question deals with an additional proposed change to Sec. 46B. This change would eliminate the requirement that the police chief become a Bristol resident within six months of being appointed, and would be substituted with a new requirement—that the police chief live within a town, any part of which falls within 20 mile radius of police department headquarters within six months of being appointed to the position.
Shall the residency requirement for the fire chief be substituted with residency within a town, any part of which falls within a 20 mile radius of Bristol fire headquarters?
Explanation: The proposed change to Bristol Charter Sec. 42 (k) would eliminate the requirement that the fire chief become a Bristol resident within six months of being appointed, and would be substituted with a new requirement—that the fire chief live within a town, any part of which falls within a 20 mile radius of fire department headquarters within six months of being appointed.