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CT Gen Stat § 9-428 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-428 - Vacancy in party-endorsed candidacy.

 If a party-endorsed candidate for nomination to an office or for election to the position of town committee member, prior to twenty-four hours before the opening of the polls at the primary, dies or, prior to ten days before the day of such primary, withdraws his name from nomination or for any reason becomes disqualified to hold the office or position for which he is a candidate, the state central committee, the town committee or other authority of the party which endorsed such candidate may make an endorsement to fill such vacancy or provide for the making of such endorsement, in such manner as is prescribed in the rules of such party, and certify to the registrar and municipal clerk or to the Secretary of the State, as the case may be, the name of the person so endorsed. If such certification is made at least twenty-four hours prior to the opening of the polls at the primary, in the case of such an endorsement to replace a candidate who has died, or at least seven days before the day of such primary, in the case of such an endorsement to replace a candidate who has withdrawn or become disqualified, such person so endorsed shall run in the primary as the party-endorsed candidate, except as provided in sections 9-416 and 9-417. If such certification of another party-endorsed candidate has been made within the time specified in this section, and if the ballots have already been printed and the names of the candidates for such office or position appear on the ballots, the Secretary of the State or the registrar, as the case may be, shall direct the clerk of each municipality holding such primary to have the ballots reprinted with the name of the person so certified included thereon; provided, in the case of such an endorsement to replace a candidate who has died, if such certification has been made less than ninety-six hours but at least twenty-four hours prior to the opening of the polls at the primary, such Secretary or registrar shall direct such clerk to have stickers printed and inserted upon the ballots, having the name of the person so certified appearing thereon, and the moderator in each polling place shall cause such stickers to be pasted on the ballots before the opening of the polls at such primary.(June, 1955, S. 599d; November, 1955, S. N82; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 28; 1958 Rev., S. 9-110; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 54; 1969, P.A. 694, S. 15; P.A. 77-245, S. 12; P.A. 03-241, S. 39; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; 1969 act provided for certification to the registrar and town clerk instead of the registrar; P.A. 77-245 substituted “municipal” for “town” clerk; P.A. 03-241 removed convention delegate candidates from application of section, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date; pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “ballot labels” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “ballots”, effective May 24, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-429 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-429 - Cancellation of primary for office or town committee when vacancies in candidacies result in no contest.

 If, prior to the opening of the polls at a primary for nomination to an office or for election of town committee members, such a number of candidates have died, withdrawn their names or become ineligible, and have not been replaced as permitted in sections 9-426 and 9-428, as to render the total number of candidates for such office or position no greater than the number to be nominated to such office or elected to such positions, the primary shall not be held, and each of the party-endorsed and other candidates shall be deemed to have been lawfully nominated to such office or elected to such positions.(June, 1955, S. 599d; November, 1955, S. N82; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 28; 1958 Rev., S. 9-110; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 55; 310, S. 3; P.A. 83-475, S. 29, 43.)History: 1963 acts restated previous provisions and deleted convention delegates; P.A. 83-475 amended section to apply to withdrawal from nomination at any time prior to opening of polls at primary.
CT Gen Stat § 9-430 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-430 - Withdrawal procedure.

 No candidate shall be deemed to have withdrawn under the provisions of section 9-426, 9-428 or 9-429 until a letter of withdrawal signed by such candidate is filed with the municipal clerk in the case of municipal office or town committee member, or with the Secretary of the State in the case of state or district office.(June, 1955, S. 599d; November, 1955, S. N82; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 28; 1958 Rev., S. 9-110; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 56; P.A. 03-241, S. 40.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 03-241 removed delegate candidates from application of section, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
CT Gen Stat § 9-431a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-431a - Eligibility to vote at caucus, primary or town convention.

 A person whose name does not appear on the registry list of any town or district shall not be eligible to vote in any caucus, primary or town convention within such town.(1967, P.A. 533, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-431b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-431b - Eligibility to vote on removal from one town in state or district to another.

 Section 9-431b is repealed.(1971, P.A. 756, S. 1, 2; P.A. 73-630, S. 18, 19.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-432 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-432 - Verification of names on filing with secretary.

 Section 9-432 is repealed.(1957, P.A. 518, S. 37; 1958 Rev., S. 9-130; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 58; P.A. 87-382, S. 54, 55.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-433 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-433 - Notice of primary; state and district office.

 (a) After the deadline set forth in section 9-400 for filing candidacies, and upon the completion of the tabulation of petition signatures, if any, if one or more candidacies for nomination by a political party to a state or district office have been filed in accordance with the provisions of section 9-400, the Secretary of the State shall notify the clerk of each town within the state or within the district, as the case may be, that a primary is to be held by such party for the nomination of such party to such office. Such notice shall include a list of all the proposed candidates, those endorsed by the convention as well as those filing candidacies, together with their addresses and the titles of the office for which they are candidates and, if applicable, a statement that unaffiliated electors may vote in the primary. The clerk of each such town shall thereupon cause such notice to be published forthwith in a newspaper having a general circulation in such town, or towns in the case of a joint publication under subsection (b) of this section, together with a statement of the date upon which the primary is to be held, the hours during which the polls shall be open and the location of the polls.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any charter or home rule ordinance, the warning under subsection (a) of this section may be published jointly by two or more towns in a newspaper, provided all other requirements of this section with respect to such warning are met.(June, 1955, S. 597d; November, 1955, S. N80; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 26; 1958 Rev., S. 9-108; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 59; 393, S. 5; P.A. 79-616, S. 22; P.A. 87-509, S. 14, 24; P.A. 03-241, S. 41; P.A. 11-173, S. 58.)History: 1963 acts restated previous provisions and deleted requirement that notice be posted on public signpost; P.A. 79-616 deleted reference to petition signatures under Sec. 9-403 and substituted reference to expiration of the fourteen-day period under Sec. 9-400 and further provided for notification of primary where one or more candidacies have been filed; P.A. 87-509 required notice to include, if applicable, statement that unaffiliated electors may vote in primary; P.A. 03-241 substituted “After the deadline set forth in section 9-400 for filing candidacies, and upon the completion of the tabulation of petition signatures, if any,” for “Upon the expiration of the fourteen-day period prescribed by section 9-400, and” and made a technical change, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date; P.A. 11-173 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to add language re joint publication, and added Subsec. (b) re joint publication, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-434 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-434 - Verification of names on filing with municipal clerk. Exception.

 Upon the filing with the clerk of a municipality of the names of party-endorsed candidates pursuant to section 9-390 or upon the filing with such clerk of petitions for contesting candidates pursuant to section 9-412, such clerk shall verify and correct the names of any such candidate as the candidate authorizes the candidate's name to appear on the ballot, pursuant to the certificate filed in accordance with subsection (c) of section 9-391 or the statement of consent filed in accordance with section 9-409, as applicable, endorse the same as having been so verified and corrected and use the same in the preparation of the ballots for the primary. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the municipal offices of state senator and state representative.(November, 1955, S. N107; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 35; 1958 Rev., S. 9-129; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 60; P.A. 87-382, S. 44, 55; P.A. 11-20, S. 1; 11-173, S. 66.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 87-382 added sentence making section inapplicable to municipal offices of state senator and state representative; P.A. 11-173 replaced language re candidates' names in accordance with the registry list with language re candidate's name as authorized by the candidate and replaced “ballot labels” with “ballots”, effective July 13, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-436a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-436a - Candidate checkers.

 Each group of candidates whose names appear in one single row on the official ballot in a voting district for a primary to be held by a political party may designate, for each line of electors voting in such primary at such voting district, not more than two electors enrolled in such party in the town in which such voting district is located, to serve as candidate checkers on behalf of the candidates whose names appear in such row, provided a registrar may establish two or more shifts for candidate checkers, in which case each such group of candidates may designate the candidate checkers for each shift. No primary official shall perform the functions of a candidate checker pursuant to this section. The candidates shall submit a list of the names of such designees to the registrar of voters for such party not later than forty-eight hours before the primary. The registrar shall notify the candidates of this obligation. Such registrar of voters shall verify that each such designee is enrolled in such party in such town and shall appoint in each voting district not more than two such designees, for each line, to serve each such row for each shift. The registrar shall, at the request of such a group of candidates, change such designations at any time before the closing of the polls on the day of a primary. No candidate for nomination in such primary may be a candidate checker at such primary. The registrar of voters shall furnish each candidate checker one copy of the list or lists of electors eligible to vote in such primary. Candidate checkers may remain within the polling place for the purpose of checking their own copy of such list to indicate the names of electors who have voted. Such checkers may enter and leave the restricted area surrounding the polling place during the hours of voting for the purpose of taking such information outside said area. If any such candidate checker interferes with the orderly process of voting or attempts to influence any elector, he shall be evicted by the moderator. A candidate checker appointed pursuant to this section may receive compensation from the municipality in which the primary is held.(1967, P.A. 513, S. 1; P.A. 83-391, S. 20, 24; P.A. 84-319, S. 48, 49; P.A. 87-509, S. 16, 24; P.A. 93-384, S. 5, 28.)History: P.A. 83-391 amended section to prohibit primary officials from performing functions of candidate checkers and to permit municipalities to compensate candidate checkers; P.A. 84-319 added requirement that registrar notify candidates of obligation to designate candidate checkers; P.A. 87-509 substituted “candidates” for “electors” and added “each line of electors voting in such primary at” in first sentence and changed references to enrollment lists to lists of electors eligible to vote in primary; P.A. 93-384 authorized registrar to establish two or more shifts for candidate checkers and to require registrar, at request of a group of candidates, to change designations of checkers, effective June 29, 1993.
CT Gen Stat § 9-438 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-438 - Hours and places of voting.

 In each municipality or voting district, the polling places for primaries held under sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, shall be the same as those used for the election to be held. When unaffiliated electors are authorized under section 9-431 to vote in the primary of either of two parties, both parties shall hold their primaries in the same room of each such polling place. On the day of the primary, the polls shall remain open for voting from six o'clock a.m. until eight o'clock p.m.(June, 1955, S. 603d; November, 1955, S. N87; September, 1957, P.A. 1, S. 5; 1958 Rev., S. 9-115; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 64; 297; P.A. 83-370, S. 1, 2; 83-475, S. 31, 43; P.A. 87-509, S. 18, 24; P.A. 88-162, S. 2, 4.)History: 1963 acts restated previous provisions and changed opening of polls from 2 p.m. to noon; P.A. 83-370 prohibited the hours of voting in any municipality or part of a municipality in a district that includes two or more municipalities or parts of municipalities from commencing prior to twelve o'clock noon, unless all municipalities or parts of municipalities within the district establish the same hours of voting; P.A. 83-475 amended section to require uniform voting hours for primaries; P.A. 87-509 required, when unaffiliated electors authorized to vote in primary of either of two parties, both parties to hold primaries in same room of each polling place; P.A. 88-162 required polls to open for voting in all primaries at six o'clock a.m., instead of at twelve o'clock noon, effective July 1, 1989.See Sec. 9-174b re notification concerning extension of polling place hours.
CT Gen Stat § 9-439 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-439 - Duties of officials.

 The moderator in each polling place shall have charge of the primary held therein. The other officials shall have, as nearly as may be, the same duties as at a regular election. The checkers at each polling place shall check the name of each elector on the list or lists of eligible electors of the municipality or the voting district, as the case may be, when the elector offers himself to vote. All officials serving at any primary shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties.(June, 1955, S. 602d; November, 1955, S. N85; 1958 Rev., S. 9-113; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 65; P.A. 87-509, S. 19, 24.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 87-509 substituted “list or lists of eligible electors” for “enrollment list”.
CT Gen Stat § 9-439a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-439a - Remedy for denial of right to vote.

 Any elector qualified to vote at any primary and offering so to vote who is denied the right to vote because his name has been checked off on the check list in use at his polling place, but who claims that he has not in fact voted or offered himself to vote, shall be permitted to vote upon signing and furnishing to the moderator a statement, under penalties of false statement, that he has neither offered himself to vote nor voted at said primary. Such statement shall be in form substantially as follows:To the Moderator of .... (Polling Place) of .... (Party)I, .... (Name), of .... (Street Address), of the (City) (Town) (Borough) of ...., do hereby state, under penalties of false statement, that (1) I am an elector in said municipality, (2) I am qualified to vote in the primary of said Party being held in said municipality on this date and (3) I have not prior to this time offered myself to vote or voted at said primary..... (a.m.) (p.m.) (Exact Time of Day)Dated at ...., Connecticut, this .... day of ...., 20....... (Signature).... (Address)Received at .... (a.m.) (p.m.) on this .... day of ...., 20.., by .... (Signature), Moderator of .... (Polling Place)(February, 1965, P.A. 255, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 77; P.A. 87-509, S. 20, 24.)History: 1971 act changed “perjury” to “false statement”; P.A. 87-509 amended statement form to add space for party name and to delete, under (1) “and an enrolled member of the .... Party”; (Revisor's note: In 2001 the references in this section to the date “19..” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “20..” to reflect the new millennium).
CT Gen Stat § 9-439b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-439b - Penalty for false statement.

 Any person wilfully making a false statement in a statement which he signs and furnishes to a moderator of a primary under section 9-439a shall be guilty of false statement, as provided in section 9-8, and shall be subject to the penalties provided for false statement.(February, 1965, P.A. 255, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 78; 1972, P.A. 294, S. 6.)History: 1971 act changed “perjury” to “false statement”; 1972 act deleted “election” from application of section.See Sec. 9-232b re penalty for false statement to moderator under Sec. 9-232a.
CT Gen Stat § 9-440 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-440 - Moderators to make returns.

 Upon the closing of the polls at any primary held under sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, the moderator, in the presence of the other officials, shall immediately lock the voting tabulators against voting and shall then proceed to ascertain, record and announce the result in the manner provided by law for ascertaining, recording and announcing the result in regular elections. The election officials shall execute certificates and returns similar to those required in regular elections. The moderator in each town not divided into voting districts, and the head moderator in each town divided into voting districts, shall transmit the results of the vote for each office contested at any such primary in the same manner and within the same time as provided under section 9-314 in an election for such office. The late filing fee provided under section 9-314 shall apply to late filing of results of primaries for state or district office. In the case of primaries for state or district offices, the Secretary of the State shall forthwith cause to be tabulated the result of the votes cast in the several municipalities in which such primaries have been held and shall publicly declare the result thereof, and a certificate attesting thereto shall be entered in the Secretary's records.(June, 1955, S. 604d; November, 1955, S. N89; 1958 Rev., S. 9-117; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 66; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 20; 1971, P.A. 542, S. 4; 836, S. 6; P.A. 73-657, S. 12, 13; P.A. 84-319, S. 39, 49; P.A. 85-577, S. 13; P.A. 03-241, S. 46; P.A. 11-20, S. 1; 11-173, S. 67.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; 1967 act added clarifying language pertaining to split voting districts, added “or assembly” to “senatorial” before the word “district”; 1971 acts changed time limit for mailing or delivering list to “not later than twenty-four hours after the closing of the polls” and deleted reference to the moderator of the first district as alternative to the head moderator with reference to causing the vote to be tabulated; P.A. 73-657 added further clarifying language pertaining to split voting districts and assembly districts; P.A. 84-319 amended section to provide uniformity in procedures for filing head moderator's returns after primaries and elections; P.A. 85-577 imposed time limit for transmittal of vote results and late filing fee; P.A. 03-241 removed primaries for “district delegates” from application of provision re tabulation of voting results, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date; P.A. 11-173 replaced “machines” with “tabulators” and made a technical change, effective July 13, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-441 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-441 - Compensation of registrars and municipal clerks.

 For the performance of the duties imposed by this chapter, each registrar and deputy registrar actually engaged therein and each municipal clerk shall receive such reasonable compensation from the municipality as is approved by the selectmen of the town, the warden and burgesses of the borough or the common council of the city or the consolidated town and city, as the case may be; and all necessary expenses incurred by registrars and municipal clerks under the provisions of said sections shall be paid by the municipality.(June, 1955, S. 611d; November, 1955, S. N96; 1958 Rev., S. 9-124; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 67.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions.
CT Gen Stat § 9-442 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-442 - When party has no registrar.

 In any municipality where there is no registrar affiliated with a political party holding a primary under the provisions of sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, all the powers and duties conferred by said sections upon registrars shall be exercised by both registrars of voters acting jointly. In any borough where there is no registrar affiliated with a political party holding a primary under the provisions of said sections, all the powers and duties conferred upon registrars shall be exercised by the borough clerk.(June, 1955, S. 612d; November, 1955, S. N97; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 33; 1958 Rev., S. 9-125; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 68.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions.
CT Gen Stat § 9-443 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-443 - Votes for justices of the peace.

 The vote for the party-endorsed slate or for any contesting slate of justices of the peace shall operate as a vote for all of the candidates on such slate and shall be counted as such, and there shall be no split-ticket voting for justices of the peace.(November, 1955, S. N88; 1958 Rev., S. 9-116; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 69; P.A. 03-241, S. 47.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 03-241 substituted “justices of the peace” for “delegates to conventions”, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.