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CT Gen Stat § 9-444 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-444 - Determination of nominee, town committee members or justices of the peace.

 In the case of a primary for state or district office, each person certified by the Secretary of the State as provided in section 9-440, to have received the greatest number of votes of the electors eligible to vote in a primary for any office shall be deemed to have been chosen as the nominee of such party to such office. In the case of a primary for a municipal office, the moderator, or the head moderator, as the case may be, shall declare nominated the person having the greatest number of votes for such office and, if more than one person is to be nominated for the same office, he shall declare nominated the persons having the greatest number of votes for such office up to the number to be chosen. In the case of a primary for members of a town committee, such moderator shall declare elected the persons having the greatest number of votes for such positions up to the number to be chosen for such positions. In the case of a primary for justice of the peace, such moderator shall declare elected each person on the slate having the greatest number of votes for such offices. In all primaries, a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to nominate or elect, as the case may be.(June, 1955, S. 605d; November, 1955, S. N90; 1958 Rev., S. 9-118; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 70; 1971, P.A. 836, S. 7; P.A. 87-509, S. 21, 24; P.A. 03-241, S. 48.)History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; 1971 act deleted reference to “moderator of the first district”; P.A. 87-509 substituted “electors eligible to vote in” for “members of the political party holding”; P.A. 03-241 deleted provisions re determination of district delegates and substituted “justice of the peace” for “delegates to a convention other than district delegates”, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
CT Gen Stat § 9-447 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-447 - Unlocking of voting tabulators.

 The voting tabulators used in any primary shall not be unlocked for a period of fourteen days from the date of the primary, unless otherwise ordered by any judge of the Superior Court or by the State Elections Enforcement Commission. If a contest or investigation is pending, such tabulators shall not be unlocked for such longer period of time as may be ordered by any judge of the Superior Court, unless a recanvass has been applied for under the provisions of section 9-445 or unless an order has been issued by the State Elections Enforcement Commission.(June, 1955, S. 607d; November, 1955, S. N92; 1958 Rev., S. 9-120; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 72; 225, S. 3; P.A. 86-1, S. 4, 5; P.A. 87-203, S. 2; P.A. 95-88, S. 9; P.A. 11-20, S. 30.)History: 1963 acts restated previous provisions and added provision re recanvass; P.A. 86-1 added references to orders issued by the state elections enforcement commission; P.A. 87-203 increased period during which voting machines shall not be unlocked, from 5 to 10 days; P.A. 95-88 changed number of days machine remains locked from 10 to 14; P.A. 11-20 replaced “machines” with “tabulators” and made a technical change, effective May 24, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-448 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-448 - Recount of paper ballots.

 The provisions of sections 9-445, 9-446 and 9-447 shall apply to any primary at which paper ballots are used, and such paper ballots shall be recounted in any situation in which a recanvass would be held thereunder.(1963, P.A. 225, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-450a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-450a - Special elections in 1974.

 Section 9-450a is repealed.(P.A. 74-25, S. 12, 13; P.A. 77-240, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-451 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-451 - Minor parties.

 The nomination by a minor party of any candidate for office, including an office established after the last-preceding election, and the selection in a municipality by a minor party of town committee members or delegates to conventions may be made in the manner prescribed in the rules of such party, or alterations or amendments thereto, filed with the Secretary of the State in accordance with section 9-374.(November, 1955, S. N44; 1957, P.A. 410, S. 2; 1958 Rev., S. 9-74; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 75; 313 S. 3.)History: 1963 acts restated previous provisions and added provision re newly created offices.
CT Gen Stat § 9-452a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-452a - Notice of party meetings.

 Not later than five days before a minor party holds a party meeting to nominate a candidate for public office, the presiding officer of such meeting shall give written notice of the date, time, location and purpose of the meeting to, in the case of a municipal office, the town clerk of the municipality served by such office, or in the case of a state office or district office, the Secretary of the State. Concomitantly, the presiding officer of such meeting shall cause the written notice of such meeting to be published in a newspaper with a general circulation in the applicable town for such office. As used in this section, the terms “minor party”, “state office”, “district office” and “municipal office” have the meanings assigned to such terms in section 9-372.(P.A. 99-276, S. 11, 15; P.A. 07-194, S. 44.)History: P.A. 99-276 effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 07-194 added requirement to publish notice of meeting in newspaper with a general circulation in the applicable town.
CT Gen Stat § 9-453 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453 - Petition requirements.

 Section 9-453 is repealed.(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. 77; 1971, P.A. 806, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-453a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453a - Petition form.

 Each petition for nomination for elective office shall be on a form prescribed and provided by the Secretary of the State. Such form shall include, at the top of the form and in bold print, the following:WARNINGIT IS A CRIME TO SIGN THIS PETITIONIN THE NAME OF ANOTHER PERSONWITHOUT LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO SOAND YOU MAY NOT SIGN THIS PETITIONIF YOU ARE NOT AN ELECTOR.Such form shall provide lines for the signatures, street addresses, dates of birth and the printing of the names of signators. A signator shall print his name on said line following the signing of the signator's name. Before issuing a petition form, the secretary shall, above the space provided for signatures, type or print the name and address of the candidate, the office sought and the election and the date thereof. 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 nominating petition, the secretary shall give the person the number of original pages that he requests or the number which the secretary deems sufficient. An original petition page 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 shall be filed in the same manner and shall be subject to the same requirements as original petition pages.(1971, P.A. 806, S. 2; P.A. 77-168; P.A. 83-391, S. 21, 24; P.A. 93-384, S. 11; P.A. 99-276, S. 13, 15; P.A. 03-241, S. 59.)History: P.A. 77-168 added provision for inclusion on petition of a line for printing of the name of a signator following the signature; P.A. 83-391 deleted limitation on number of petition pages given to person requesting; P.A. 93-384 required secretary to type or print candidate and election information on form before issuance, limited number of pages that secretary required to give to person requesting to “one or more petition pages, suitable for duplication, as the secretary deems necessary” unless candidate or candidates are indigent, and allowed original pages to be duplicated; P.A. 99-276 required petition forms to provide lines for the signatures, street addresses and dates of birth of signators, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 03-241 required form to include warning, effective July 1, 2003.See Sec. 9-6b re assistance to blind persons in the signing of petitions.
CT Gen Stat § 9-453c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453c - When single petition may be used.

 The names of any or all candidates under the same party designation for state offices, as defined by section 9-372, and for the office of presidential elector may be included in one nominating petition, but the name of no candidate for any other office shall be included therein, provided the names of any or all candidates under the same party designation for at-large municipal offices to be filled at a municipal election may be included in one nominating petition.(1971, P.A. 806, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-453d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453d - Number of signatures.

 Each petition shall be signed by a number of qualified electors equal to the lesser of (1) one per cent of the votes cast for the same office or offices at the last-preceding election, or the number of qualified electors prescribed by section 9-380 with regard to newly-created offices, or (2) seven thousand five hundred. “Qualified electors” means electors eligible to vote for all the candidates proposed by the petition. “Votes cast for the same office at the last-preceding election” means, in the case of multiple openings for the same office, the total number of electors checked as having voted at the last-preceding election at which such office appeared on the ballot.(1971, P.A. 806, S. 5; P.A. 74-2; P.A. 85-577, S. 14; P.A. 94-209, S. 3; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)History: P.A. 74-2 provided that in the case of multiple openings for the same office, “votes cast for the same office at the last preceding election” means the total number of electors voting at the last preceding election; P.A. 85-577 substituted the number of “qualified electors” for the number of “signatures”, defined “qualified electors” and substituted number of electors “checked as having voted” for number of electors “voting”; P.A. 94-209 added “the lesser of”, Subdiv. designations and Subdiv. (2); pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “ballot label” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “ballot”, effective May 24, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-453e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453e - Circulator.

 Each circulator of a nominating petition page shall be a United States citizen, at least eighteen years of age and a resident of a town in this state and shall not be on parole for conviction of a felony. Any individual proposed as a candidate in any nominating petition may serve as circulator of the pages of such nominating petition.(1971, P.A. 806, S. 6; P.A. 03-241, S. 54; P.A. 04-58, S. 7.)History: P.A. 03-241 substituted “shall be a United States citizen, at least eighteen years of age, a resident of a town in this state and shall not be on parole for conviction of a felony” for “shall be an elector of a town in this state and eligible to vote for all candidates listed on such petition”, effective July 9, 2003, and applicable to petitions circulated on or after that date; P.A. 04-58 made a technical change.
CT Gen Stat § 9-453f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453f - Signature pages.

 Before any signatures may be obtained on a petition signatures page, above the space provided for signatures shall be indicated the party designation, if any, the name and address of the candidate, the office sought, the election and the date thereof, and the town and district, if such is the case, in which such petition page is to be circulated. Such indication may not be altered or amended after any person has signed the page. Each page of a nominating petition shall contain the names and street addresses of the signers. No page of a nominating petition shall be certified by the clerks of two or more towns and signatures on any page so certified shall not be counted by the Secretary of the State.(1971, P.A. 806, S. 7; P.A. 81-447, S. 12, 23.)History: P.A. 81-447 eliminated prohibition against names of electors of different municipalities appearing on same petition page, effective January 1, 1982.
CT Gen Stat § 9-453g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453g - False signing.

 Any person who signs a name other than his own to a nominating petition filed under sections 9-453a to 9-453s, inclusive, or section 9-216 shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.(1971, P.A. 806, S. 8.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-453h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453h - Withdrawal of signatures.

 Any signer of a nominating petition may withdraw his signature therefrom at any time up to the deadline date for filing nominating petition pages pursuant to section 9-453i, prior to the election, by sending a written notice of such withdrawal to the candidate or candidates named in such petition and by sending a copy of such notice to the Secretary of the State by such day. Such written notice and the copy thereof shall be sent by registered or certified mail.(1971, P.A. 806, S. 9; P.A. 85-577, S. 15.)History: P.A. 85-577 changed deadline date for withdrawing signature from petition from 10 weeks before election to same date as for filing petition pages pursuant to Sec. 9-453i.
CT Gen Stat § 9-453j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453j - Statement by circulator.

 Each page of a nominating petition submitted to the town clerk or the Secretary of the State and filed with the Secretary of the State under the provisions of sections 9-453a to 9-453s, inclusive, or section 9-216 shall contain a statement as to the residency in this state and eligibility of the circulator and authenticity of the signatures thereon, signed under penalties of false statement, by the person who circulated the same. Such statement shall set forth (1) such circulator's residence address, including the town in this state in which such circulator is a resident, (2) the circulator's date of birth and that the circulator is at least eighteen years of age, (3) that the circulator is a United States citizen and not on parole for conviction of a felony, and (4) that each person whose name appears on such page signed the same in person in the presence of such circulator and that either the circulator knows each such signer or that the signer satisfactorily identified himself to the circulator. Any false statement committed with respect to such statement shall be deemed to have been committed in the town in which the petition was circulated.(1971, P.A. 806, S. 11; P.A. 77-537, S. 2, 5; P.A. 03-241, S. 55.)History: P.A. 77-537 added reference to the secretary of the state wherever submission or filing of the petition to or with the town clerk appears; P.A. 03-241 eliminated requirement re statement by town clerk and amended content of circulator's statement, effective July 9, 2003, and applicable only to petitions circulated on or after that date.
CT Gen Stat § 9-453l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453l - Delegation of signature check to registrars.

 Any town clerk may delegate his duty to check the names of signers with names of electors on the registry list pursuant to section 9-453k to the registrars of voters in his town, if the registrars consent, and the registrars shall complete the required certifications with respect thereto on the petition, provided the registrars shall execute a receipt for such pages upon receipt thereof stating the number of pages and provided such checking of names by the registrars shall take place in the office of the town clerk or in the office of the registrars of voters if they have an office. After making the required certifications, the registrars shall deliver the petition pages to the town clerk.(1971, P.A. 806, S. 13.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-453m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453m - Signatures, effect of variations.

 The use of titles, initials or customary abbreviations of given names by the signer of a nominating petition shall not invalidate such signature if the identity of the signer can be readily established by reference to the signature on the petition and the name of a person as it appears on the last-completed registry list at the address indicated or of a person who has been admitted as an elector since the completion of such list.(1971, P.A. 806, S. 14.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-453n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453n - Date for filing with secretary.

 Any town clerk receiving any page of a nominating petition under sections 9-453a to 9-453s, inclusive, or section 9-216 shall complete such certifications as specified herein and shall file each such nominating petition page with the Secretary of the State within two weeks after it was so submitted to him. Any such town clerk who fails to so file such petition pages with the Secretary of the State by the time required shall pay a late filing fee of fifty dollars.(1971, P.A. 806, S. 15; P.A. 77-537, S. 4, 5; P.A. 85-577, S. 17; P.A. 07-194, S. 10.)History: P.A. 77-537 changed time for filing of petition pages with the secretary of the state from within “three” to “two” weeks following submission and added “and not later than seven weeks before the election”; P.A. 85-577 deleted requirement that nominating petition page be filed “not later than seven weeks before the election”; P.A. 07-194 added provision re payment of $50 late filing fee for town clerk's failure to timely file petition pages with Secretary of the State, effective July 5, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 9-453p (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453p - Withdrawal of candidacy.

 A petitioning candidate may withdraw his candidacy but no such withdrawal shall be valid until the candidate has signed and filed a letter of withdrawal with the Secretary of the State in the case of a state or district office or the office of state senator or state representative from any district, or with the municipal clerk in the case of a municipal office other than state senator or state representative. A copy of each letter of withdrawal filed with the municipal clerk shall also be filed with the Secretary of the State. The Secretary of the State shall forthwith notify the appropriate town clerks of such withdrawal in the case of a state or district office.(1971, P.A. 806, S. 17; P.A. 84-319, S. 42, 49.)History: P.A. 84-319 amended section to provide uniformity in statutes re withdrawal of petitioning candidates whether running under a party designation or not.
CT Gen Stat § 9-453q (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453q - Use of party levers for petitioning candidates.

 Section 9-453q is repealed.(1971, P.A. 806, S. 21; P.A. 81-447, S. 14, 23; P.A. 87-382, S. 54, 55.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-453s (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453s - Vacancies in candidacies. Ballot.

 Vacancies in candidacies occurring after all nominating petitions have been approved under section 9-453o, shall not cause the position of any candidate's name on the ballot to be changed to another position unless a blank row on the ballot results from such vacancy or vacancies in which case the position of candidates appearing on lines under the blank row may change if the consent of all candidates involved in such a change is filed in the Secretary of the State's office prior to the time for printing and filing sample ballots with said Secretary. The name of any candidate whose candidacy has been vacated shall not appear on the ballot.(1971, P.A. 806, S. 23; P.A. 11-20, S. 32.)History: P.A. 11-20 replaced “ballot label” with “ballot”, “machine” with “ballot” and “ballot labels” with “ballots”, and deleted provision re voting machine pointer, effective May 24, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-453t (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties|Section 9-453t - Candidate nominated by major or minor party prohibited from appearing on ballot by nominating petition. Exception for cross endorsement.

 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes or any special act, and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the nomination of a candidate by a major or minor party under this chapter for any office shall disqualify such candidate from appearing on the ballot by nominating petition for the same office.(b) A candidate for a major or minor party for any office may appear on the ballot by nominating petition for the same office, provided (1) the petition is circulated by an existing minor party with the same party designation at the time of such nomination, (2) the minor party is otherwise qualified to nominate candidates on the same ballot, and (3) a candidate of the 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.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any candidate from appearing on the ballot as the nominee of two or more major or minor parties for the same office.(P.A. 81-447, S. 4, 23; P.A. 07-194, S. 16; P.A. 13-180, S. 38; P.A. 14-182, S. 10.)History: P.A. 07-194 added exception if petition is circulated by existing minor party with the same party designation at the time of nomination and minor party is otherwise qualified to nominate candidates on the same ballot; P.A. 13-180 added Subsec. (a), (b) and (c) designators, amended Subsec. (a) by providing an exception for Subsec. (b) and amended Subsec. (b) by making technical changes and adding Subdiv. (3) re 15,000 vote threshold, effective June 18, 2013; P.A. 14-182 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 12, 2014.See Sec. 9-373b re cross endorsement by nomination.