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CT Gen Stat § 9-382 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-382 - Party-endorsed candidates; state or district office.

 The state or district convention, as the case may be, shall, in a manner conforming with applicable law and with the rules of the party calling such convention, choose a candidate for nomination to each of the state or district offices, as the case may be. No such convention shall choose more than one candidate for nomination to any such office. Candidates so chosen shall run in the primary of such party as party-endorsed candidates, except as provided in section 9-416.(June 1955, S. 581d; November, 1955, S. N57; 1958 Rev., S. 9-85; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 10.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions.Cited. 232 C. 65.
CT Gen Stat § 9-383 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-383 - Time and place of convention.

 The time and place of meeting of a state or district convention shall be fixed by the state central committee or other authority of the party holding such convention, in accordance with the rules of such party; provided each such convention held to endorse candidates for state or district office to be voted upon at a state election shall be convened not earlier than the ninety-eighth day and closed not later than the seventy-seventh day preceding the day of the primary for such office.(June, 1955, S. 574d; November, 1955, S. N46; 1958 Rev., S. 9-75; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 11; P.A. 74-25, S. 2, 13; P.A. 77-39; 77-583, S. 3; P.A. 89-297, S. 15, 18; P.A. 03-241, S. 19.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 74-25 charged time limitation from between June 1 and July 15 to between fifty-fourth and forty-seventh day preceding primary day for such office; P.A. 77-39 substituted “sixty-first” for “fifty-fourth”; P.A. 77-583 substituted “forty-third” for “forty-seventh”; P.A. 89-297 changed “sixty-first day” to “sixty-eighth day” and “forty-third day” to “fiftieth day”; P.A. 03-241 changed “sixty-eighth day” to “ninety-eighth day” and “fiftieth day” to “seventy-seventh day”, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
CT Gen Stat § 9-384 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-384 - Calls for conventions.

 Each convention shall originate by call of the chairman of the state central committee or other authority of the party holding such convention, in accordance with the rules of such party.(June, 1955, S. 580d; November, 1955, S. N56; 1958 Rev., S. 9-84; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 12; P.A. 75-396, S. 4, 5; P.A. 85-268, S. 1, 3.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 75-396 added provision for call of the convention to be published at least ninety days before the convention is to be held and deleted provision for simultaneous publication with the date of the primary for electing delegates, effective January 1, 1976; P.A. 85-268 deleted provision requiring that call be published at least ninety days before convention in newspaper or newspapers published in state or in district for which convention is held.
CT Gen Stat § 9-384a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-384a - Calls for 1974 party conventions.

 Section 9-384a is repealed.(P.A. 74-25, S. 11, 13; P.A. 79-363, S. 37, 38.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-385 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-385 - Roll-call vote or polling by delegation at convention.

 Whenever one-fifth or more of the accredited delegates to, and present and voting at, any state or district convention, called for the purpose of choosing candidates for nomination for any elective office, upon motion, vote in favor of a roll call upon any matter or motion pending before such convention, or whenever a vote is to be taken on a party endorsement as between two or more candidates for nomination to any state or district office at any such convention, the clerk or secretary of such convention shall call such roll and shall keep a true record, in writing, of the vote of each delegate entitled to vote and voting at such convention or shall poll such convention by delegations if this procedure has been chosen by the convention pursuant to section 9-385a, and shall, at the conclusion of such roll call or call by delegations as the case may be, announce the result of such vote. Such clerk or secretary shall file such record at the headquarters of the state central committee, where it shall be preserved for a period of one hundred eighty days after the adjournment of such convention, and such record shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.(1949 Rev., S. 1185; 1953, June, 1955, S. 615d; November, 1955, S. N103; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 34; 1958 Rev., S. 9-127; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 13; 1971, P.A. 512, S. 2; P.A. 87-382, S. 38, 55.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; 1971 act added provision authorizing polling by delegations; P.A. 87-382 substituted “one hundred eighty days” for “six months”.
CT Gen Stat § 9-385a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-385a - Voting by delegation at state convention.

 The delegates to the state convention of each party elected from each town shall select a chairman of such delegation and file the name and address of such chairman with the secretary of the state central committee of such party prior to the opening of such convention. Whenever one-fifth or more of the accredited delegates to, and present and voting at, any such state convention called for the purpose of choosing candidates for nomination for any elective office, upon motion, vote that a roll call vote, under section 9-385, upon any matter or motion pending before such convention, or on a party endorsement as between two or more candidates for nomination to any state office at any such convention, be taken by town delegation, the individual delegates shall be polled by the chairman of each town delegation whose designation is recorded as provided herein and their votes cast by totals by such chairman on the roll call. A list of the names and the vote of each delegate shall be filed by the said chairman of each town delegation with the clerk or secretary of the convention prior to the announcement of the result of such roll call vote and shall be preserved with the record of the vote as provided in section 9-385. A duplicate copy of such list shall be filed with the Secretary of the State not later than forty-eight hours after the close of such convention. Upon announcement by the chairman of the vote of a town delegation, any delegate from such town may question or challenge such announcement, and thereupon, the vote of such town delegation shall be individually taken by the clerk or the secretary of such convention calling the roll, and each delegate shall announce his own vote. The provisions of this law shall not apply to district delegates, if any, and district delegates shall continue to vote individually on any roll call.(1971, P.A. 512, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-386 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-386 - Tie vote on endorsement.

 If a vote taken under sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, on the selection of any party-endorsed candidate for state or district office results in a tie, such tie vote shall be dissolved in the manner prescribed in the applicable state or district rules of the party selecting such candidate; provided, if said party rules are silent or permit the tie vote to remain, a tie may be declared by the chairman or the presiding officer and there shall be no party endorsement. In such case of no party endorsement, statements may be filed under section 9-400, by or on behalf of any qualified person whose name appears upon the last-completed enrollment list of such party and who has received at least fifteen per cent of the votes of the convention delegates present and voting on any roll-call vote taken on the proposed endorsement of a candidate for such state or district office. In such event, if within the time specified in section 9-400, a candidacy for nomination to such state or district office is filed in conformity with the provisions of sections 9-400 to 9-414, inclusive, by not more than one person, no primary shall be held by such party for such office and the person filing such candidacy shall be deemed to have been lawfully chosen as the nominee of such party for such office; but if such candidacies are so filed by two or more persons, a primary shall be held as provided in section 9-415.(November, 1955, S. N63; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 10; 1958 Rev., S. 9-90; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 14; 1967, P.A. 904, S. 1; P.A. 79-616, S. 10; P.A. 93-342, S. 1.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; 1967 act added provision for no party endorsement where party rules are silent or permit a tie vote to remain, and in that case, further provided for filing of petitions under Sec. 9-400; P.A. 79-616 substituted “statements” for “petitions”; P.A. 93-342 substituted 15% for 20% as percentage of delegate votes required for candidacy when there is no party-endorsed candidate.
CT Gen Stat § 9-387 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-387 - Dispute as to endorsement of a candidate or selection of a delegate.

 The state rules of each party shall prescribe the manner in which any dispute as to the endorsement by such party of a candidate for state, district or municipal office or for town committee member, or as to the selection by such party of a delegate to a convention, including conflicting claims to such endorsement or selection, shall be resolved.(November, 1955, S. N64; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 11; 1958 Rev., S. 9-91; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 15; P.A. 81-447, S. 6, 23; P.A. 03-241, S. 20.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 81-447 required that state rules of each party shall prescribe manner of resolution of disputes concerning endorsement by party of candidates for municipal office, delegate or town committee member; P.A. 03-241 removed “delegate” from application of provision re dispute as to endorsement and added provisions re dispute as to selection of a delegate, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.Cited. 232 C. 65.
CT Gen Stat § 9-389 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-389 - Publication of names; information concerning filing of candidacies.

 Section 9-389 is repealed.(June, 1955, S. 583d; November, 1955, S. N59; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 8; 1958 Rev., S. 9-87; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 17; P.A. 74-25, S. 10, 13.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-390a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-390a - Election of town committee members in 1972.

 Section 9-390a is repealed.(1972, P.A. 3, S. 1; 220, S. 4; P.A. 78-153, S. 31, 32.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-392 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-392 - Selection of town committees.

 A town committee shall be selected by each party in each town, in accordance with the provisions of sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, not later than July 1, 1956, and thereafter at intervals not greater than twenty-six months. The terms of town committee members shall start on the first Monday following the date for the primary, unless otherwise provided in the party rules, except that the terms of all members shall begin and end on the same day; provided, when a town committee increases its membership as provided in section 9-393, the party rules shall specify the day upon which the term of all the new positions created by such increase shall begin.(November, 1955, S. N52; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 5; 1958 Rev., S. 9-81; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 20.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions.
CT Gen Stat § 9-393 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-393 - Selection of town committee members and delegates.

 All town committee members and delegates to conventions shall be chosen as provided in sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive. Vacancies in town committees, arising from any cause including failure to elect, shall be filled in such manner as the rules of the party prescribe. The chairman of a town committee may be chosen by the town committee from within or without the membership of the town committee as the rules of the party prescribe. Any town committee may, by party rules adopted in accordance with section 9-375 and filed under section 9-374, increase its membership and fill new positions created by such increase in the manner prescribed in the applicable party rules. The rules of a party may provide methods for the filling of vacancies in delegations to conventions, which methods may include prescribing that each delegate selected in conformity with the provisions of sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, may designate an alternate delegate or a proxy to act for him in his absence.(June, 1955, S. 578d; November, 1955, S. N55; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 6; 1958, Rev., S. 9-83; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 21; 130; P.A. 03-241, S. 23.)History: 1963 acts restated previous provisions and authorized party to provide methods for filling vacancies other than designating alternates or proxies to act; P.A. 03-241 changed “elected” to “selected” re filling of vacancies, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
CT Gen Stat § 9-394 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-394 - District delegates.

 If the state rules of a party provide that certain delegates to state conventions be chosen from senatorial districts, the party-endorsed candidates for election as such district delegates shall be selected in such manner as is prescribed in such rules; provided such selection shall be made within the time specified in section 9-391; and provided, upon such selection, the information required in section 9-390 shall forthwith be certified, in such manner as is prescribed in such rules, to the clerk of each municipality in such district, and such certification shall be deemed the certification of the party in such municipality. Delegates allocated to and selected from towns shall not be deemed to be district delegates.(November, 1955, S. N62; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 36; 1958 Rev., S. 9-89; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 22; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 12; P.A. 73-657, S. 7, 13; P.A. 83-213, S. 9.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; 1967 act provided specific language to detail the possible combinations of towns and parts thereof where boundaries of a district extend outside the boundaries of one town; P.A. 73-657 included districts composed of “parts of two towns”; P.A. 83-213 eliminated references to district conventions and specified that delegates allocated to and selected from towns are not to be deemed district delegates.
CT Gen Stat § 9-394a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-394a - Senatorial and assembly district convention delegates.

 Any major party in any part of a town which is a component part of a senatorial or assembly district composed of parts of two towns or of a town or towns and a part or parts of another town or other towns may select delegates to a senatorial or assembly district convention in such district as provided in this title and its party rules and may participate in the selection of a candidate for state senator or state representative in such district in the manner provided for a town which is a component part of a senatorial district in a district composed of two or more towns under this title. In addition to other requirements prescribed by law, the name of a person on whose behalf a primary petition is filed for nomination to the office of state senator or state representative for such district and the names of the signers of any such petition shall appear on the last-completed enrollment list of such party for such part of a town or for any other town which is a component part of such district.(1967, P.A. 557, S. 21; P.A. 73-657, S. 8, 13; P.A. 03-241, S. 24.)History: P.A. 73-657 added “state representative” following “state senator” where appearing and inserted “or assembly” in “senatorial ... district”, also added detailed language concerning the fact that district boundaries extend beyond the boundaries of one town or part thereof; P.A. 03-241 changed “elect” to “select” re designation of delegates and deleted provision re party enrollment of members of opposition slates of delegates and primary petition signers, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
CT Gen Stat § 9-396 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-396 - Ballot vote at caucus; eligibility to vote.

 At any caucus of the enrolled members of any party in any municipality or in any voting district of any municipality, the chairman of such caucus shall, upon the receipt of a written motion from any person lawfully participating in such caucus calling for a vote by ballot upon such matter as such motion designates, submit such motion to a rising vote; and, if fifteen electors present and legally entitled to participate in such caucus vote in favor of such motion, the vote on the matter specified in such motion shall be by ballot. The presiding officer shall thereupon appoint two tellers; and, upon the written application of fifteen electors legally entitled to participate in such caucus, he shall appoint a teller from the persons whose names appear on such application. Before any ballot is deposited, the name of the elector offering to vote shall be given to the clerk or secretary of such caucus, and such name shall be checked on the enrollment list of such party. No person shall vote or participate or attempt to vote or participate in any caucus of a party in any voting district unless he is enrolled on the last-completed enrollment list of such party in such voting district; provided, if the party rules of such party provide for a joint caucus for two or more voting districts of a municipality, a person may vote in such joint caucus if the voting district in which he is enrolled is participating in such joint caucus. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.(November, 1955, S. N108; 1958 Rev., S. 9-131; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 24; P.A. 12-80, S. 55.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $200 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor.See Sec. 9-431a re eligibility to vote at caucus, primary or town convention.Cited. 144 C. 27.
CT Gen Stat § 9-397 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-397 - Tie vote on endorsement.

 If a vote taken under sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, on the selection of any party-endorsed candidate for municipal office or for delegate or town committee member results in a tie, such tie vote shall be dissolved in the manner prescribed in the applicable rules of the party selecting such candidate.(November, 1955, S. N63; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 10; 1958 Rev., S. 9-90; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 25.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions.
CT Gen Stat § 9-404a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-404a - Availability and issuance of primary petition forms for candidacies for nomination to state or district office.

 Petition forms for candidacies for nomination by a political party to a state office, as defined in section 9-372, or the district office of representative in Congress shall be available from the Secretary of the State beginning on the one-hundred-fifth day preceding the day of the primary for such state and district offices. Petition forms for candidacies for nomination by a political party to the district office of judge of probate, state senator or state representative shall be available from the Secretary of the State beginning on the seventy-seventh day preceding the day of the primary for such office. Any person who requests a petition form shall give the person's name and address and the name, address and office sought of each candidate for whom the petition is being obtained and shall file a statement signed by each such candidate that such candidate consents to be a candidate for such office. Each such candidate shall include on the statement of consent the candidate's name as the candidate authorizes it to appear on the ballot. Upon receiving such information and statement, the Secretary shall type or print on a petition form the name and address of each such candidate, the office sought and the political party holding the primary. The Secretary shall give to any person requesting such form one or more petition pages, suitable for duplication, as the Secretary deems necessary. If the person is requesting the form on behalf of an indigent candidate or a group of indigent candidates listed on the same petition, the Secretary shall give the person the number of original pages that the person requests or the number which the Secretary deems sufficient. An original petition page filled in by the Secretary may be duplicated by or on behalf of the candidate or candidates listed on the page and signatures may be obtained on such duplicates. The duplicates may be filed in the same manner and shall be subject to the same requirements as original petition pages. All information relative to primary petitions shall be a public record.(P.A. 03-241, S. 1; P.A. 06-137, S. 4.)History: P.A. 03-241 effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date; P.A. 06-137 changed the beginning date of availability for petition forms for district office of judge of probate, state senator or state representative from the day following the close of the district convention to the seventy-seventh day preceding the day of the primary for such office, effective January 1, 2007.