The Colebrook Town Clerk will accept applications for qualified Unaffiliated and Minor Party electors for the office of Justice of the Peace beginning August 1, 2024 ending November 1, 2024. The term of the office will be January 6, 2025 to January 2, 2029. No one who is, or has been, on the Democratic or Republican enrollment list in Colebrook on or after May 1, 2024 and before the appointment in November may apply for one of these appointive Justice of the Peace slots.
If there are more such applicants than there are remaining appointive slots, the town clerk must, after five days public notice, hold a lottery on or before November 21, 2024 pursuant to state statute 9-184c.
For an application or more information regarding the office as a Justice of the Peace please stop by the Town Clerk’s office at 562 Colebrook Road, Colebrook or call 860-379-3359 x203. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon on Friday.
