A. Whenever the trustees of a town are to be nominated and elected at large, the notice of election shall state the number of trustees to be elected for four-year terms and the number of trustees to be elected to fill unexpired terms, if any. Candidates for the office of trustee shall state on the declaration of candidacy the term of the office being sought.
B. The ballot shall state the number of offices of trustee to be filled for each designated term and that the voters shall vote for the number of offices to be filled.
C. The candidate who receives a plurality of the votes cast for the office of trustee for the designated term shall be elected for that designated term. If more than one office of trustee is to be filled for a designated term, the candidates receiving the largest pluralities shall be elected to those offices.
Laws 1981, c. 14, § 4.