reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
CT Gen Stat § 9-368 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 151 - Elections: Prohibited Acts and Penalties|Section 9-368 - Arrest of accused.

 Upon the written complaint of any three electors of a town in which a violation of any law relating to elections has occurred to any judge of the superior court for the judicial district within which the offense has been committed, supported by oath or affirmation that the complainants have good reason to believe and do believe that the allegations therein contained are true and can be proved, such judge shall issue a warrant for the arrest of the accused.(1953, S. 845d; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 167; P.A. 74-183, S. 187, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 163, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127.)History: 1959 act transferred jurisdiction to issue warrant from trial justice to circuit court judge; P.A. 74-183 changed “circuit court for the circuit” to “court of common pleas for the county or judicial district”, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 changed “court of common pleas” to “superior court”, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted “county or”.Cited. 21 CS 445.
CT Gen Stat § 9-368c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 151 - Elections: Prohibited Acts and Penalties|Section 9-368c - Misrepresentation of contents of a petition.

 (a) No person shall intentionally misrepresent the contents of a petition circulated under title 9.(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class D felony.(P.A. 87-530.)Section does not mandate registrar must invalidate a petition sheet circulated with a candidate's incorrect address. 329 C. 293.
CT Gen Stat § 9-369d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 152 - Referenda|Section 9-369d - Submission of local question to voters who are not electors. Vote by electors and voters held in conjunction with an election.

 (a) Whenever by law a question may be submitted to voters who are not electors of a municipality, the municipality may submit the question to a vote by electors and voters held in conjunction with an election. Except as otherwise provided, the general statutes shall apply to such vote.(b) (1) The procedures set forth in this subsection shall only apply if a municipality so chooses and only upon approval of such procedure by its legislative body or in any town in which the legislative body is a town meeting, by the board of selectmen.(2) Voters who are not electors shall vote by separate voting tabulator or paper ballot, containing solely the question, at one separate location which may be a separate room in the location at which electors vote. Such separate location shall be treated as a separate voting district and polling place for such voters, except that the registrars of voters shall appoint a moderator who shall be the head moderator for the purpose of this question only, and such other officials as the registrars deem necessary. The moderator of such separate location shall add the results of the vote by electors on the question to the results of the vote by voters who are not electors, and shall file such results in the office of the municipal clerk. The moderator of such separate location shall be the moderator for the purposes of a recanvass of a close vote on such question under section 9-370a. The head moderator of the town shall indicate on the return of vote of such question filed with the Secretary of the State that such return does not include the return of vote of voters who are not electors.(c) Voters who are not electors and who are entitled by law to vote by absentee ballot shall be entitled to vote by separate absentee ballot containing solely such question. Such absentee ballot shall be issued beginning on the thirty-first day before the election, or, if such day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, beginning on the next preceding day.(d) The warning of the election shall include the location where voters who are not electors may vote.(P.A. 97-192, S. 1; P.A. 00-66, S. 24; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)History: P.A. 00-66 made a technical change in Subsec. (c); pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “machine” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “tabulator” in Subsec. (b)(2), effective May 24, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-370 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 152 - Referenda|Section 9-370 - Submission of local questions at elections.

 Any provision of any special act to the contrary notwithstanding, no local question approved for submission to the electors of a municipality within the period of sixty days prior to an election as defined in section 9-1 may be voted upon at such election unless otherwise specifically provided by the general statutes.(1959, P.A. 156, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 396.)History: 1961 act increased time limitation from 35 to 60 days prior to an election.
CT Gen Stat § 9-370a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 152 - Referenda|Section 9-370a - Recanvass on close question vote.

 In the case of an election or referendum wherein the difference between the “Yes” and “No” vote on a question was less than one-half of one per cent of the total number of votes cast for the question but not more than two thousand votes, the moderator shall proceed forthwith to cause a recanvass of such returns to be made as nearly as may be in the manner provided in section 9-311. In the case of a regional school district referendum where there is a tabulation of the vote as a whole, the moderators in the district shall proceed forthwith to cause such recanvass to be made upon such tabulation.(1971, P.A. 438; P.A. 98-96.)History: P.A. 98-96 added provision re recanvass in regional school district referendum; (Revisor's note: During the preparation of the 1999 revision the words “shall proceed forthwith to cause a recanvass of such returns to be made as” were omitted from the first sentence of this section following the word “moderator,” due to a computer or clerical error. The omitted wording was reinstated editorially by the Revisors).
CT Gen Stat § 9-371 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 152 - Referenda|Section 9-371 - Report of referendum result to secretary.

 Whenever any town, city or borough has conducted a referendum in accordance with the provisions of any special act, or on the question of the acceptance of such act, or on the question of the adoption of any home rule charter or charter revision or amendment thereto, the clerk of such municipality shall, within fifteen days, notify the Secretary of the State, in writing, of the result of such referendum.(1959, P.A. 615, S. 21; 1971, P.A. 507, S. 2.)History: 1971 act added application of section to “on the question of adoption of any home rule charter or charter revision or amendment thereto”.
CT Gen Stat § 9-371a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 152 - Referenda|Section 9-371a - Nonbinding referendum re selection of legislative body.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes or any public act, special act or charter, a municipality may conduct a nonbinding referendum for the purpose of soliciting elector input concerning the manner and method of selecting the members of its legislative body.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 46, 51.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 effective July 1, 1999.
CT Gen Stat § 9-373 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-373 - Nominations to public office.

 All nominees for state, district and municipal office, all members of town committees and all delegates to conventions, shall be chosen as provided in this chapter.(June, 1955, S. 578d, 579d; November, 1955, S. N54; 1958 Rev., S. 9-69; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 2.)History: 1963 act entirely replaced previously existing provisions.
CT Gen Stat § 9-373a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-373a - Registration of write-in candidates.

 Any person desiring to be a write-in candidate for any state, district or municipal office to be filled at any regular election shall register his candidacy with the Secretary of the State on a form prescribed by the Secretary. The registration shall include the candidate's name and address, the designation and term of the office sought, a statement of consent to the candidacy, and any other information which the Secretary deems necessary. In the case of a write-in candidacy for the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor, the registration shall include a candidate for each of those offices, or shall be void. The registration shall not include a designation of any political party. The registration shall be filed with the Secretary not more than ninety days prior to the election at which the office is to be filled and not later than four o'clock p.m. on the fourteenth day preceding the election, or the registration shall be void. No person nominated for an office by a major or minor party or by nominating petition shall register as a write-in candidate for that office under the provisions of this section, and any registration of a write-in candidacy filed by such a person shall be void. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, any person desiring to be a write-in candidate for the municipal office of town meeting member in any town having a representative town meeting which has seventy-five or more members shall register his candidacy with the town clerk of such town not later than the last business day preceding such election. A person may register as a write-in candidate for a district or municipal office if such person's name appears on the last-completed registry list of the district or municipality represented by such office, as the case may be. A person may register as a write-in candidate for a state office if such person's name appears on the last-completed registry list of the state.(P.A. 83-475, S. 1, 43; P.A. 87-382, S. 52, 55; P.A. 15-224, S. 14.)History: P.A. 87-382 added notwithstanding sentence re write-in candidates for municipal office of town meeting member in towns having a representative town meeting which has at least 75 members; P.A. 15-224 added requirements for district and municipal offices that name of candidate appear on last-completed registry list of district or municipality represented by such office and for state offices that name of candidate appear on last-completed registry list of state, effective January 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 9-373b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-373b - Cross endorsement of a candidate.

 A candidate for an office appearing on a ballot for a state election, as defined in section 9-1, may appear on the ballot as a candidate for more than one major or minor party, as defined in section 9-372, for the same office, provided a candidate of such minor party for the office of Governor, Secretary of the State, State Treasurer, State Comptroller or Attorney General received at least fifteen thousand votes at the previous state election for any such office.(P.A. 13-180, S. 39.)History: P.A. 13-180 effective June 18, 2013.See Sec. 9-453t re cross endorsement by petition.
CT Gen Stat § 9-375 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-375 - Amendment of party rules.

 The local party rules, governing a political party in any municipality, may be amended by one of the three following methods: (1) By a caucus of its enrolled party members, (2) by a convention of delegates chosen by its enrolled party members in a manner prescribed in such rules or (3) by its town committee. Whenever, in any municipality, the method of amending the local party rules of a party is by the town committee, such rules may also be amended either by a caucus of its enrolled party members or by a convention of delegates chosen by its enrolled party members in a manner prescribed in such rules, whichever such rules specify, which caucus or convention, as the case may be, shall forthwith be called by the chairman of its town committee upon the filing with the registrar of voters of such party in such municipality of a petition signed by at least five per cent or five hundred, whichever is less, of its enrolled party members in such municipality, and such caucus or convention, as the case may be, shall be held within a period of time reasonably necessary to convene the same, which period of time shall be prescribed in its rules. Whenever the method of amendment prescribed in accordance with the provisions of this section for a party in any municipality consists of or involves a convention of delegates chosen by its enrolled party members under its party rules, such rule or amendment so prescribing such method of amendment shall also prescribe the manner in which such delegates are to be chosen.(1957, P.A. 518, S. 40; 1958 Rev., S. 9-70; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 4.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions.
CT Gen Stat § 9-375a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-375a - Amendment of party rules in 1972.

 Section 9-375a is repealed.(1972, P.A. 63, S. 1; P.A. 79-363, S. 37, 38.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-375b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-375b - Amendment of party rules following a census.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-374 and 9-375, during the second calendar year following the year in which the decennial census of the United States is taken, (1) any amendments of the state rules of a particular party necessitated by redistricting may be made by a majority vote of the members of the state central committee of such party voting thereon at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such amendments, and (2) any amendments of the local rules of a particular party necessitated by redistricting may be made by a majority vote of the members of the town committee of such party voting thereon at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such amendments. Any such amendments shall be effective upon the filing of a copy thereof in the office of the Secretary of the State by the chairman or vice-chairman of such political party.(P.A. 92-1, S. 6, 8; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 116.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 provided for amendments of rules during second calendar year following year in which the decennial census is taken, deleted references to 1992 and made technical changes, effective October 5, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 9-376 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-376 - Postponement of primary day.

 (a)(1) If the day fixed for any primary falls on a Sunday or a legal holiday or on a day on which the tenets of a religion forbid secular activity, the primary shall be held on the next succeeding day other than a Sunday or a legal or such religious holiday. (2) If the day fixed for any primary falls on the Tuesday immediately following Labor Day, the primary shall be held on the next succeeding Tuesday.(b) If a primary is held on a day prescribed by subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, the day of the primary shall be considered to be the day on which such primary would have been held except for subdivision (1) of said subsection, for all other purposes including the calculation of any period of time having reference to such primary, except that the calculation of any deadline relating to a person becoming eligible to vote in such primary shall be made from the day on which the primary is actually held.(November, 1955, S. N53; September, 1957, P.A. 1, S. 4; 1958 Rev., S. 9-82; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 5; 1967, P.A. 767, S. 1; P.A. 83-544, S. 1, 4; P.A. 87-472, S. 2, 14; P.A. 89-297, S. 17.)History: 1963 act restated existing provisions; 1967 act added provision concerning religious holiday to the days on which a primary will not be held; P.A. 83-544 designated the former statute Subsec. (a), adding a new Subdiv. (2) which deals with primaries which fall on the Tuesday after Labor Day, and added a new Subsec. (b) containing provisions formerly contained in Subsec. (a); P.A. 87-472 made Subsec. (b) applicable only to primary held on day prescribed by Subsec. (a)(1); P.A. 89-297 added exception in Subsec. (b) for calculation of any deadline relating to a person becoming eligible to vote in a primary under Subsec. (a)(1).
CT Gen Stat § 9-377 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-377 - Write-in spaces on ballots prohibited.

 At a primary votes may be cast and counted only for duly qualified candidates at such primary whose names appear on the ballot on primary day. No write-in spaces shall appear on the ballots used at a primary.(June, 1955, S. 609d; November, 1955, S. N94; 1958 Rev., S. 9-122; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 6; P.A. 76-50, S. 6, 7; P.A. 86-179, S. 49, 53; P.A. 11-20, S. 25.)History: 1963 act restated existing provisions; P.A. 76-50 deleted “absentee ballots” from the operation of the section; P.A. 86-179 deleted all of existing section and added specific provisions re casting and counting of votes, write-in slides on machine and write-in spaces on absentee ballots; P.A. 11-20 replaced language re write-in slides on voting machines and write-in spaces on absentee ballots with prohibition re write-in spaces on ballots, effective May 24, 2011 (Revisor's note: A reference to “ballot label” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “ballot” to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-20, S. 1).
CT Gen Stat § 9-378 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-378 - Nominations without party designation excepted.

 In any municipality which, under the provisions of a special act, nominates one or more candidates for municipal office without party designation by nominating petitions or in nonpartisan primaries in addition to the nomination of one or more candidates for such office under party designation, the provisions of this chapter shall apply only to the nomination of such candidates for election therein as are nominated and voted upon under party designation.(June, 1955, S. 571d, 616d; November, 1955, S. N42, N110; 1958 Rev., S. 9-133; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 7; 406.)History: 1963 acts restated existing provisions and removed exception from primary law of municipalities operating under special acts.
CT Gen Stat § 9-379 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-379 - Eligibility for placing on ballot.

 No name of any candidate shall be printed on any official ballot at any election except the name of a candidate nominated by a major or minor party unless a nominating petition for such candidate is approved by the Secretary of the State as provided in sections 9-453a to 9-453p, inclusive.(1949 Rev., S. 1044; 1953, S. 569d; 1957, P.A. 410, S. 1; 1958 Rev., S. 9-72; 1959, P.A. 476, S. 1; 675, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 8; 1971, P.A. 806, S. 19.)History: 1959 acts amended parts of Sec. 9-72 found elsewhere in restatement; 1963 act restated previous provisions; 1971 act deleted requirement for party designation and substituted “approved by” for “filed with” the secretary of the state.Former section cited. 10 CS 210; 16 CS 5.
CT Gen Stat § 9-380 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-380 - Newly-created offices.

 In the case of an office created after the last-preceding election, no name of any candidate for such office shall be printed on the official ballot except the name of a candidate nominated by a political party or organization whose candidate for Governor at the last-preceding election for Governor received, under the designation of that political party or organization at least twenty per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for Governor, or at least one per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for Governor at such election within the geographical limits of the jurisdiction of such newly-created office, provided, upon the filing of a nominating petition with the Secretary of the State as provided in sections 9-453a to 9-453p, inclusive, signed by a number of qualified electors equal to one per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for Governor at the last-preceding election within the geographical limits of the jurisdiction of such newly-created office, or whenever the geographical limits of the jurisdiction of a newly-created office differ from the geographical limits of a voting district or group of voting districts as the same were constituted at the time of the last-preceding election for Governor, signed by a number of qualified electors equal to one per cent of the number of electors who voted at the last regular election held in such municipality, or whenever the geographical limits of the jurisdiction of a newly-created office contain more than one town or parts of towns, signed by a number of qualified electors equal to one per cent of the number of electors who voted at the last regular election held in each town which is wholly or partially contained within the geographical limits of the jurisdiction of the newly-created office, such candidate with his party designation, if any, shall be printed on the official ballot. As used in this section, the terms “office created after the last-preceding election” and “newly-created office” do not include an office for which the geographical limits of the jurisdiction of the office have changed as result of redistricting.(1963, P.A. 313, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 600, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 806, S. 20; P.A. 04-18, S. 1.)History: 1965 act added provision for determining number of signatures required on nominating petition where geographical limits of newly-created office differ from that of a voting district or group of voting districts as they were constituted at the time of the last-preceding election; 1971 act changed the requirement from “one-half of one per cent” to “one per cent” and further added “if any” to “party designation”; P.A. 04-18 excluded an office for which geographical limits of jurisdiction of the office have changed as result of redistricting from terms “office created after the last-preceding election” and “newly-created office”, effective July 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 9-381 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-381 - Nomination procedure.

 The provisions of sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, shall apply to the nomination by a major party of any candidate for an elective office, including an office established after the last-preceding election, and to the selection in any municipality by a major party of town committee members or delegates to conventions.(June, 1955, S. 571d; November, 1955, S. N42; 1958 Rev., S. 9-73; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 9; 313, S. 2.)History: 1963 acts restated previous provisions and substituted term “elective” for “public” office and provided for application of section to nominations of candidates to newly established offices.
CT Gen Stat § 9-381a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-381a - Election procedures applicable to primaries unless otherwise provided.

 Except as otherwise provided by statute, the provisions of the general statutes concerning procedures relating to regular elections shall apply as nearly as may be, in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of the State, to primaries held under the provisions of this chapter.(P.A. 83-213, S. 1.)