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CT Gen Stat § 9-453u. (Formerly Sec. 9-378m) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453u. (Formerly Sec. 9-378m) - Reservation of party designation.

 (a) An application to reserve a party designation with the Secretary of the State and to form a party designation committee may be made at any time after November 3, 1981, by filing in the office of the secretary a written statement signed by at least twenty-five electors who desire to be members of such committee.(b) The statement shall include the offices for which candidates may petition for nomination under the party designation to be reserved but shall not include an office if no elector who has signed the application is entitled to vote at an election for such office.(c) The statement shall include the party designation to be reserved which (1) shall consist of not more than three words and not more than twenty-five letters; (2) shall not incorporate the name of any major party; (3) shall not incorporate the name of any minor party which is entitled to nominate candidates for any office which will appear on the same ballot with any office included in the statement; (4) shall not be the same as any party designation for which a reservation with the secretary is currently in effect for any office included in the statement; and (5) shall not be the word “none”, or incorporate the words “unaffiliated” or “unenrolled” or any similarly antonymous form of the words “affiliated” or “enrolled”.(d) The statement shall include the names of two persons who are authorized by the party designation committee to execute and file with the secretary statements of endorsement required by section 9-453o and certificates of nomination as required by section 9-460.(e) The secretary shall examine the statement, and if it complies with the requirements of this section, the secretary shall reserve the party designation for the offices included in the statement and record such reservation in the office of the secretary. The reservation shall continue in effect from the date it is recorded until the day following any regular election at which no candidate appears on the appropriate ballot for that office under that party designation.(P.A. 81-447, S. 1; P.A. 83-475, S. 24, 43; P.A. 87-472, S. 1, 14; P.A. 02-89, S. 12.)History: P.A. 83-475 amended Subsec. (e) to provide for termination of party designation on day following first election at which no candidate appears on the appropriate ballot for a particular office under the party designation; Sec. 9-378m transferred to Sec. 9-453u in 1985; P.A. 87-472, in Subsec. (c) increased maximum number of letters in a reserved party designation, from 20 to 25, and added Subdiv. (5) re prohibition on use of antonymous form of words “affiliated” or “unenrolled”, and added Subsec. (f) re cancellation of reserved party designations prohibited under Subsec. (c)(5) of this section; P.A. 02-89 amended Subsec. (e) to delete an exception re Subsec. (f) and deleted as obsolete Subsec. (f) re the cancellation of party designations reserved prior to June 24, 1987, that are prohibited by Subsec. (c)(5).
CT Gen Stat § 9-459 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-459 - Vacancy elections.

 Nominations for any state, district or municipal office to be filled under the provisions of any law relating to elections to fill vacancies, unless otherwise provided therein, shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.(June, 1955, S. 610d; November, 1955, S. N95; 1957, P.A. 119, S. 1; 518, S. 32; 1958 Rev., S. 9-123; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 82.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions.
CT Gen Stat § 9-462 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-462 - Lists of candidates for state and district offices.

 On September fifteenth in each year when a state election, as defined in section 9-1, is held or not later than September twenty-second in any year in which the date of a primary for nomination to a state or district office is advanced pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 9-376, the Secretary of the State shall mail to each town clerk a list of the names of all duly nominated candidates for state and district offices to be filled at such election, filed in his office prior to such date, for whom an elector may vote, with the respective party designation of each of such candidates. Forthwith after the results of the primaries for state and district offices are tabulated, the Secretary of the State shall mail to each town clerk in the district the names of all duly nominated candidates for such offices, with the respective party designation of each of such candidates.(February, 1965, P.A. 59, S. 3; P.A. 74-25, S. 9, 13; P.A. 75-206, S. 6, 7; P.A. 83-544, S. 3, 4.)History: P.A. 74-25 provided for notification to town clerks following tabulation of primary votes for state and district offices; P.A. 75-206 added “state and district” to offices for which notification to be made by the secretary of the state on September fifteenth in year of state election; P.A. 83-544 subjected any primary election advanced pursuant to Sec. 9-376 to the provisions of this section.
CT Gen Stat § 9-463 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary|Section 9-463 - Definitions.

 As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:(1) “At large” means selected on a basis other than from a district;(2) “Candidate” means any person whose name is placed, or proposed to be placed, as the case may be, on the primary ballot of a party;(3) “Chairman” means the chairman of the state central committee of a party;(4) “Delegate” means a person selected by a party to vote at its national convention held for the purpose of nominating such party's candidate for President;(5) “District” means a congressional district or other political subdivision of the state;(6) “Party” means a political party having the largest or second largest number of enrolled members in this state according to the most recent enrollment records on file in the office of the secretary;(7) “President” means the office of President of the United States;(8) “Primary” means a presidential preference primary in which any enrolled member of a party is eligible to vote for a candidate for such party's nomination for President;(9) “Rules” mean the national rules or regulations governing a party;(10) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the State.(P.A. 77-535, S. 1; P.A. 79-481, S. 1; P.A. 83-475, S. 36, 43.)History: P.A. 79-481 changed Subsec. (b) definition to the effect that any enrolled member of a party is eligible to vote for a candidate for the party's nomination for president rather than to express a preference, substituted in Subsec. (d) the definition for “chairman” as being the “chairman of the state central committee of a party” in place of definition for “candidate caucus”, substituted in Subsec. (e) the definition for “delegate” in place of definition for “uncommitted caucus”, substituted in Subsec. (f) definition for “district” as meaning “a congressional district” in place of definition for “delegate slate”, deleted in Subsec. (g) definition for “national convention” and substituted definition for “president”, and added new Subsecs. (h) and (i) containing definitions for “rules” and “secretary” respectively; P.A. 83-475 rearranged order of definitions, replacing alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators, added definition of term “at large” and changed definition of “district” to include other political subdivisions.
CT Gen Stat § 9-464 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary|Section 9-464 - Primary date.

 On the last Tuesday in April of each year in which the President of the United States is to be elected, each party shall conduct a primary in each town if the names of two or more candidates are to be placed on such party's ballot in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.(P.A. 77-535, S. 2; P.A. 79-481, S. 2; P.A. 83-475, S. 37, 43; P.A. 90-156, S. 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 50, 168; P.A. 95-95, S. 1; P.A. 07-132, S. 1; P.A. 11-143, S. 1.)History: P.A. 79-481 changed the day for the primary to the Tuesday after the fourth Monday instead of the first Monday in March if the name of one or more candidates is to be placed on the ballot and further provided for the costs of conducting primary to be paid as prescribed in new Subsecs. (b) and (c); P.A. 83-475 amended section to require primary only if there are at least two qualifying candidates and to refer to number of voting districts used by towns in last preceding state election; P.A. 90-156 repealed former Subsec. (b) re limitations on reimbursement, relettered Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b) and amended new Subsec. (b) by basing reimbursement on town's 1984 or 1988 reimbursement, whichever is applicable, plus 3% annually; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 removed Subsecs. (a) and (b) designators, deleted provision in Subsec. (a) requiring costs of conducting primary in each town to be paid by state in the manner and to the extent prescribed in Subsec. (b), and deleted Subsec. (b) in its entirety; P.A. 95-95 changed primary date from the Tuesday after the fourth Monday in March to first Tuesday in March; P.A. 07-132 changed presidential primary month from March to February, effective June 25, 2007; P.A. 11-143 changed primary date from the first Tuesday in February to the last Tuesday in April, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-465 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary|Section 9-465 - Placement of candidate names on ballot.

 The name of a candidate shall be placed on the ballot at a primary of a party either: (a) By direction of the secretary when he determines, within the time specified in section 9-466, that the candidacy of such person for such party's nomination for President is generally and seriously advocated or recognized according to reports in the national or state news media, unless such candidate files a request as provided in section 9-466; or (b) by petition to the secretary as provided in sections 9-467, 9-468 and 9-469.(P.A. 77-535, S. 3; P.A. 79-481, S. 3.)History: P.A. 79-481 clarified that the candidacy is “for such party's nomination for president”.
CT Gen Stat § 9-466 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary|Section 9-466 - Announcement of candidate list.

 The Secretary shall, at ten o'clock a.m. on the seventy-fourth day preceding the day of the primary, publicly announce a list of candidates whose names are to be placed on the ballot of each party at such primary pursuant to subsection (a) of section 9-465. Forthwith upon announcing such list, said Secretary shall notify each such candidate, by registered mail with return receipt requested, that his name will be included on the ballot unless he files with the Secretary, not later than twelve o'clock p.m. of the thirty-sixth day before the primary, a written request, signed by the candidate, to the following effect: “I request that my name be omitted from the ballot at Connecticut's forthcoming .... (name of party) presidential preference primary”. The name of any candidate who files a request as provided by this section, within the time specified, shall be omitted from the ballot, but no such withdrawal shall be honored if it is received later than the time specified by this section.(P.A. 77-535, S. 4; P.A. 79-481, S. 4; P.A. 94-209, S. 1; P.A. 07-132, S. 2; P.A. 11-143, S. 2.)History: P.A. 79-481 deleted provision for announcement of additional candidates to be placed on the ballot prior to four o'clock p.m. of the forty-sixth day before the primary; P.A. 94-209 changed day of announcement from sixtieth to seventy-fourth day preceding the primary; P.A. 07-132 changed “seventy-fourth day” to “seventy-eighth day”, “four o'clock” to “twelve o'clock”, and “thirty-sixth day” to “fortieth day”, effective June 25, 2007; P.A. 11-143 changed “seventy-eighth day” to “seventy-fourth day” and “fortieth day” to “thirty-sixth day”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-467 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary|Section 9-467 - Issuance of petition.

 On or after twelve o'clock noon of the seventy-fourth day preceding the day of the primary, any person seeking the nomination of a party for President, whose name is not included in the list of candidates announced by the Secretary pursuant to section 9-466, or any person advocating the nomination of such person, by such party, may obtain petition pages from the Secretary in the manner provided by this section. Such pages shall be in a form prescribed by the Secretary and shall conform, as nearly as may be, to the requirements for primary petition forms provided in section 9-410. Any person requesting the petition pages shall give to the Secretary, in writing, his name and address, the name and address of the candidate for whom the petition is to be circulated and the party holding the primary, and shall also file, or cause to be filed, with said Secretary a written statement, signed by such candidate, to the effect that he consents to the inclusion of his name on the primary ballot of such party. Upon completion of these requirements, the Secretary shall give to the person so requesting such petition pages one petition page, suitable for duplication. If the person is requesting the form on behalf of an indigent candidate, the Secretary shall give the person the number of original pages that such person requests or the number of original pages that the Secretary deems to be sufficient. The Secretary shall also fill in on each petition page the name and address of the candidate, the words “nomination for President of the United States” as the designation of the office sought, and the name of the party conducting the primary.(P.A. 77-535, S. 5; P.A. 79-481, S. 5; P.A. 83-475, S. 38, 43; P.A. 94-209, S. 2; P.A. 07-132, S. 3; P.A. 11-143, S. 3.)History: P.A. 79-481 added to the information to be furnished the secretary of the state, “the party holding the primary”; P.A. 83-475 amended section to reduce number of petition pages given by secretary from three times to twice the number necessary; P.A. 94-209 changed first day of issuing petitions from sixtieth to seventy-fourth day preceding the primary; P.A. 07-132 changed “seventy-fourth day” to “seventy-eighth day” and changed number of petition pages given to a person from a sufficient number of pages to one page, suitable for duplication, unless requested on behalf of an indigent candidate, effective June 25, 2007; P.A. 11-143 changed “seventy-eighth day” to “seventy-fourth day”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-468 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary|Section 9-468 - Circulation, filing and verification of petition.

 Except as hereinafter provided, such petitions shall be circulated, filed with the registrars of voters, and verified by said registrars, as nearly as may be, in accordance with the provisions of sections 9-410 and 9-412. Each page of such a petition shall be filed with the registrar of voters of the party holding the primary in the town of voting residence of the signers thereof, not later than four o'clock p.m. of the fifty-third day preceding the day of the primary; and such registrar shall verify the signatures on each such page and forward it to the Secretary not later than four o'clock p.m. of the forty-ninth day preceding the day of the primary. If, prior to such last day for filing such pages with the registrar, such a petition was issued under section 9-467, the office or office facilities of each registrar of such party in each town shall open not later than one o'clock p.m. and remain open until at least four o'clock p.m., and each such registrar or his deputy assistant registrar shall be present therein.(P.A. 77-535, S. 6; P.A. 79-481, S. 6; P.A. 83-475, S. 39, 43; P.A. 85-577, S. 19; P.A. 07-132, S. 4; P.A. 11-143, S. 4.)History: P.A. 79-481 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes; P.A. 83-475 amended section to refer to Secs. 9-410 and 9-412 instead of Secs. 9-402 and 9-403; P.A. 85-577 amended section to provide open office hours at the registrar of voters, if prior to the last day for filing petition pages, a petition was issued under Sec. 9-467; P.A. 07-132 changed “forty-sixth day” to “fiftieth day” and “forty-second day” to “forty-sixth day”, effective June 25, 2007; P.A. 11-143 changed “fiftieth day” to “fifty-third day” and “forty-sixth day” to “forty-ninth day”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-469 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary|Section 9-469 - Tabulation of signatures.

 The Secretary shall complete tabulation of the signatures on such petitions not later than the forty-sixth day preceding the day of the primary. The Secretary shall place on the ballot of each party at the primary the name of each candidate whose petition has been signed by a number of enrolled members of such party equal to at least one per cent of the total number of enrolled members of such party in the state, according to the most recent enrollment records on file in the office of the Secretary. No candidate who has filed a statement of consent pursuant to the provisions of section 9-467 and whose name is placed on the ballot pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be permitted to withdraw his name from such ballot.(P.A. 77-535, S. 7; P.A. 79-481, S. 7; P.A. 11-143, S. 5.)History: P.A. 79-481 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes; P.A. 11-143 changed “thirty-sixth day” to “forty-sixth day”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-470 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary|Section 9-470 - Order of candidate names on ballot.

 The Secretary shall determine by lot, in a public ceremony held on the thirty-fifth day preceding the day of the primary, the order in which the names of the candidates will appear on the ballot of each party at such primary; provided that the category “uncommitted” shall appear last on such ballots. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, no candidate shall be designated on the ballot as the party-endorsed candidate. The names of such candidates shall appear, in the order so determined by the Secretary, in the first vertical column of the ballot. Such column shall be designated “Nomination for President of the United States”; provided if the number of candidates is such that there is an insufficient number of places in such column, the Secretary shall determine whether the names of the candidates shall also extend, in the order so determined, to the second and succeeding columns as may be necessary, or shall appear on the first and succeeding horizontal rows as may be necessary. Such columns or rows shall be designated as hereinabove provided. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the form of the ballot shall be prescribed by the Secretary and shall conform, as nearly as may be, to the provisions of section 9-437.(P.A. 77-535, S. 8; P.A. 79-481, S. 8; P.A. 11-20, S. 33.)History: P.A. 79-481 substituted “uncommitted” for the category “none of those listed”, deleted provisions concerning delegate slates and further deleted provision concerning ballot label when primary for town committee is held on the same day; P.A. 11-20 replaced “voting machine” with “ballot”, effective May 24, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-471 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary|Section 9-471 - Notice of primary.

 Forthwith upon determination of the order of candidates on the ballot, the secretary shall send a notice of primary for each party to each town clerk. Such notice shall include the names of the candidates in the order so determined and their addresses. Such notice shall conform, as nearly as may be, to the provisions of section 9-433 concerning notice of primary for nomination to a state office. The town clerk shall, forthwith upon receipt of such notice, cause it to be published in the manner provided in said section.(P.A. 77-535, S. 9; P.A. 79-481, S. 9.)History: P.A. 79-481 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes.
CT Gen Stat § 9-472 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary|Section 9-472 - Vacancy on ballot due to candidate death.

 If, after determination of the order of candidates on the ballot, a candidate dies, his name shall not appear on such ballot; provided that the position of each remaining candidate on the ballot shall not be altered by the deletion of such name. The secretary may authorize the use of blank stickers on the ballot by town clerks in order to comply with the provisions of this section.(P.A. 77-535, S. 10; P.A. 79-481, S. 10; P.A. 07-132, S. 5.)History: P.A. 79-481 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes; P.A. 07-132 deleted provision re locking of voting machine candidate pointer over any blank space on ballot, effective June 25, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 9-473 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary|Section 9-473 - Notification by party chairmen of delegates allotted.

 Not later than the fourteenth day before the day of the primary, the chairman of each party shall certify in writing to the secretary the number of delegates to which such party is entitled pursuant to its rules. If such rules provide that such delegates are to be chosen from districts, the chairman shall also certify the number of delegates allocated to each district and the number to be selected at large, if any. Such rules may (1) prescribe a formula for the allocation of delegates to candidates based upon the percentages of the total votes cast for such candidates at the primary, or (2) require all delegates shall be allocated to the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes notwithstanding such candidate's percentage of the total votes cast for all candidates. If such rules prescribe a formula for the allocation of delegates to candidates based upon the percentages of the total votes cast for such candidates at the primary, the chairman shall also certify such formula and all information necessary for the application of such formula to the results of the primary. The chairman shall furnish to the secretary, upon request, a written interpretation or explanation of any application of such formula.(P.A. 77-535, S. 11; P.A. 79-481, S. 11; P.A. 95-95, S. 2.)History: P.A. 79-481 provided for information submitted to include the number to be selected at large, if any, and also if the rules prescribe a formula for allocation of delegates based on the votes of the primary, the formula and necessary information pertaining to its application are to be submitted and further provided that on request chairman to furnish a written interpretation or explanation of the latter; P.A. 95-95 allowed rules to require allocation of delegates to candidate receiving greatest number of votes.
CT Gen Stat § 9-482 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary|Section 9-482 - “Candidate” includes “uncommitted”. Determination of total votes cast.

 As used in this section and in sections 9-483, 9-484 and 9-485, “candidate” includes the category “uncommitted”. The secretary shall determine the number of votes cast for each candidate and the total number of votes cast for all candidates at each party's primary. If delegates are to be selected to represent districts, the secretary shall also make such determination for each such district.(P.A. 79-481, S. 13.)