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2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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”.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-398 and 9-399. - Dispute as to endorsement. Time for filing candidacies.

Sections 9-398 and 9-399 are repealed.
(June, 1955, S. 576d; November, 1955, S. N48, N64; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 3, 11; 1958 Rev., S. 9-77, 9-91; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 26, 27; P.A. 74-25, S. 5, 13; P.A. 79-616, S. 23; P.A. 81-447, S. 22, 23.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-401 to 9-404. - Availability of petition forms. Petition form; circulation of petitions for state or district office; prohibited acts. Registrar's receipt and verification of petitions for state or district office; rejection by Secretary of the State, when; preservation of petitions by secretary. Return of deposit; state or district office.

Sections 9-401 to 9-404, inclusive, are repealed.
(June, 1955, S. 591d–594d; November, 1955, S. N74–N77; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 21–24; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 22; 1958 Rev., S. 9-102–9-105; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 29–32; 312, S. 1; 525, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 694, S. 14; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 75; P.A. 74-25, S. 6, 13; P.A. 78-125, S. 1, 2; 78-153, S. 1, 32; P.A. 79-363, S. 30, 38; 79-616, S. 23.)
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-404c. - Registrar's receipt and verification of petitions for candidacies for nomination to state or district office. Filing with Secretary. Tabulation.

(a) Upon the receipt of any page of a petition proposing a candidacy for a state or district office, the registrar shall forthwith sign and give to the person submitting the petition a receipt, in duplicate, stating the number of pages filed and the date and time of filing. The person or the candidate shall forthwith send one copy of the receipt to the Secretary of the State. The registrar of voters shall indicate on each such petition page the date and time of filing, shall forthwith certify on each such page the number of signers of the page who were enrolled on the last-completed enrollment list of such party in the municipality or political subdivision, as the case may be, and shall forthwith file such certified page in person or by mail, as described in section 9-140b, with the Secretary within seven days after receipt of the page. In checking the signatures on primary petition pages, the registrar shall reject any name which does not appear on the last-completed enrollment list of such party in the municipality or political subdivision, as the case may be. Such rejection shall be indicated by placing a mark in a manner prescribed by the Secretary before the name rejected. The registrar may place a check mark before each name appearing on the enrollment list to indicate approval but shall place no other mark on the page except as provided in this chapter. The registrar shall not reject any name for which the street address on the petition is different from the street address on the enrollment list, if (1) such person is eligible to vote for the candidate or candidates named in the petition in the municipality of the registrar, and (2) the person's date of birth, as shown on the petition page, is the same as the date of birth on the person's registration record.
(b) Upon the filing of all pages of a petition, the Secretary shall reject any page of the petition which does not contain the certifications required in section 9-404b or which the Secretary determines to have been circulated in violation of any provision of said section 9-404b, and shall immediately cause the number of certified signatures to be tabulated. Petitions filed with the Secretary shall be preserved for a period of three years and then may be destroyed.
(P.A. 03-241, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 03-241 effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-406. - Filing of primary petition candidacies for municipal offices and town committee members.

A candidacy for nomination by a political party to a municipal office or a candidacy for election as a member of a town committee may be filed by or on behalf of any person whose name appears upon the last-completed enrollment list of such party within the senatorial district within which a person is to be nominated in the case of the municipal office of state senator, or the assembly district within which a person is to be nominated in the case of the municipal office of state representative, or the municipality or political subdivision within which a person is to be nominated in the case of a town committee member or for any other municipal office. Any such candidacy shall be filed by filing with the registrar within the applicable time specified in section 9-405 a petition signed by (1) at least five per cent of the electors whose names appear upon the last-completed enrollment list of such party in such municipality or in such political subdivision, senatorial district or assembly district, or (2) such lesser number of such electors as such party by its rules prescribes, as the case may be. For the purpose of computing five per cent of the last-completed enrollment list, the registrar shall use the last printed enrollment list and the printed updated list, if any, of a political party certified and last completed by the registrars of voters prior to the date the first primary petition was issued, excluding therefrom the names of individuals who have ceased to be electors.
(June, 1955, S. 590d; November, 1955, S. N71; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 18; 1958 Rev., S. 9-99; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 34; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 14; P.A. 75-269, S. 6; P.A. 79-616, S. 6; P.A. 80-483, S. 36, 186; P.A. 99-276, S. 7, 15; P.A. 03-241, S. 28; P.A. 11-173, S. 62; P.A. 13-180, S. 21.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; 1967 act added assembly district to application of section; P.A. 75-269 provided that in computing 5% the names of individuals ceasing to be electors shall be excluded therefrom; P.A. 79-616 deleted requirement for filing fees; P.A. 80-483 made technical changes; P.A. 99-276 added reference to “or updated” list, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 03-241 specified that filing of candidacy shall be “within the applicable time specified in section 9-405”, specified that enrollment list to be used for computation purposes is that last completed “prior to the date the first primary petition was issued” and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date; P.A. 11-173 deleted reference to supplementary list, effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 13-180 revised provisions re which enrollment list a nominated person must appear on, effective June 18, 2013.
See Sec. 9-35c re exclusion of names on inactive registry list from computation for determining required number of petition signatures.
See Sec. 9-406a re penalty for fraudulent certification.
Cited. 31 CS 447.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-406a. - Penalty for fraudulent certification.

Any person who fraudulently signs, attests or files a false certificate under section 9-388, 9-391, 9-400 or 9-406 shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 81-447, S. 3, 23.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-407 and 9-408. - Filing of candidacies; delegates. Filing of primary petition candidacies for district delegates.

Sections 9-407 and 9-408 are repealed, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
(June, 1955, S. 590d; November, 1955, S. N72, N73; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 19, 20; 1958 Rev., S. 9-100, 9-101; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 35, 36; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 15, 16; P.A. 73-657, S. 10, 13; P.A. 75-269, S. 7, 8; P.A. 79-616, S. 7, 8; P.A. 80-483, S. 37, 186; P.A. 83-213, S. 10; P.A. 99-276, S. 8, 9, 15; P.A. 03-241, S. 67.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-411. - Number of candidates required on petition for town committee members.

Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no primary petition for town committee members shall be approved unless it contains the names of a number of candidates, other than party-endorsed candidates, equal in number to at least twenty-five per cent of the number of town committee members to be elected in the town or political subdivision, as the case may be.
(1963, P.A. 503, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-413. - Deposition of deposit filed with registrar.

Section 9-413 is repealed.
(June, 1955, S. 595d; November, 1955, S. N78; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 25; 1958 Rev., S. 9-106; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 40; 1972, P.A. 57, S. 1; P.A. 79-616, S. 23.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-413a. - Registrar to certify accuracy of enrollment list provided to candidate circulating primary petition.

A registrar of voters who provides an enrollment list of a political party in a municipality, political subdivision or district to a candidate who will be circulating a primary petition for nomination by such party of such candidate to a state, district or municipal office, in accordance with sections 9-404a and 9-404b or sections 9-409 and 9-410, shall certify on the first page of such enrollment list that such list is the most recent and, to the best knowledge of the registrar, accurate enrollment list of such party in such municipality, political subdivision or district.
(P.A. 05-235, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 05-235 effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-414. - Nominations not to exceed places to be filled; municipal primaries.

No town committee, caucus or convention shall endorse and certify to the clerk of a municipality, and no primary shall choose, more candidates for nomination to municipal office or more persons as members of a town committee than an elector may vote for in each such case.
(June, 1955, S. 596d; November, 1955, S. N79; 1958 Rev., S. 9-107; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 41; P.A. 03-241, S. 32.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 03-241 deleted “or as delegates to a convention”, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
See Sec. 9-204a re authorization for nomination of full number of board of education members to be elected.
Cited. 182 C. 111.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-416. - No-contest nominations; state or district office.

If (1) at a state or district convention no person other than a party-endorsed candidate has received at least fifteen per cent of the votes of the delegates present and voting on any roll-call vote taken on the endorsement or proposed endorsement of a candidate for a state or district office, and (2) within the time specified in section 9-400, no candidacy for nomination by a political party to a state or district office has been filed by or on behalf of a person other than a party-endorsed candidate in conformity with the provisions of section 9-400, no primary shall be held by such party for such office and the party-endorsed candidate for such office shall be deemed to have been lawfully chosen as the nominee of such party for such office.
(June, 1955, S. 587d; November, 1955, S. N67; 1958 Rev., S. 9-95; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 43; P.A. 79-616, S. 12; P.A. 93-342, S. 3; P.A. 03-241, S. 34.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 79-616 changed reference from Sec. 9-399 to Sec. 9-400 where appearing; P.A. 93-342 substituted “fifteen per cent” for “twenty per cent”; P.A. 03-241 inserted Subdiv. designators, substituted “section 9-400” for “sections 9-400 to 9-414, inclusive,” and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-416a. - Failure of party to endorse; state or district office.

If a party has made no endorsement of a candidate for a particular state or district office, and if within the time specified in section 9-400, a candidacy for such party's nomination to such office is filed in conformity with the provisions of said section 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.
(P.A. 81-447, S. 2, 23.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-418. - Failure of party to endorse; municipal office.

(a) If within the time specified in section 9-391, a party has failed, with respect to the office of state senator or state representative, to certify to the Secretary of the State, or with respect to any other municipal office to be filled, to certify to the clerk of the municipality, the name of any person as a party-endorsed candidate, and if within the time specified in section 9-405, a candidacy for nomination to such 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.
(b) If within the time specified in section 9-391, a party has failed, with respect to any municipal office to be filled by two or more persons, to certify to the clerk of the municipality names of persons as party-endorsed candidates equal in number to the number of persons to be nominated to such office, and if within the time specified in section 9-405, a candidacy or candidacies for nomination to such office are filed in conformity with the provisions of sections 9-400 to 9-414, inclusive, by a number of persons not more than the number for which the party has failed to certify names, no primary shall be held by such party for such office, and each of the party-endorsed candidates and each of the persons filing such candidacies shall be deemed to have been lawfully chosen as the nominees of such party for such office.
(November, 1955, S. N69; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 16; 1958 Rev., S. 9-97; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 45; P.A. 79-616, S. 14; P.A. 05-235, S. 18.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 79-616 changed reference from Sec. 9-399 to Sec. 9-400 where appearing; P.A. 05-235 divided section into Subsecs. (a) and (b), amended Subsec. (a) by adding “the office of state senator or state representative, to certify to the Secretary of the State, or with respect to” and “other”, and amended Subsec. (b) by adding “by two or more persons”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-419. - Failure of party to endorse; town committee members.

If within the time specified in section 9-391, a party has failed, with respect to the election of town committee members, to certify to the clerk of the municipality names of persons as party-endorsed candidates equal in number to the number of positions as town committee members to be filled, and if within the time specified in section 9-405, a candidacy or candidacies for election as town committee members are filed in conformity with the provisions of sections 9-400 to 9-414, inclusive, by a number of persons equal to at least twenty-five per cent of the number of town committee members to be elected by such party either in the municipality or in the political subdivision, as the case may be, such number being not more than the number of positions for which the town committee has failed to certify names, no primary shall be held by such party for the election of town committee members, and each of the party-endorsed candidates and each of the persons filing such candidacies shall be deemed to have been lawfully elected as town committee members at the times specified in section 9-392; provided the number of positions to be filled shall be equal to the maximum number of town committee members for the town or political subdivision, as the case may be, as specified in the rules of such party whenever such rules specify a minimum and maximum number.
(November, 1955, S. N69; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 16; 1958 Rev., S. 9-97; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 46; P.A. 79-616, S. 15.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 79-616 changed reference from Sec. 9-399 to Sec. 9-400.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-420. - Persons selected as convention delegates by party deemed lawfully selected.

The persons selected by a political party to serve as delegates to a convention shall be deemed to have been lawfully selected as such delegates or district delegates.
(November, 1955, S. N69; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 16; 1958 Rev., S. 9-97; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 47; P.A. 79-616, S. 16; P.A. 03-241, S. 36.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 79-616 changed reference from Sec. 9-399 to Sec. 9-400; P.A. 03-241 deleted provisions re when primary shall not be held for election of delegates and substituted requirement that persons selected by party to serve as convention delegates are deemed to have been lawfully selected as such delegates, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-421. - When primary not to be held for town committee members.

Any provision of sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, to the contrary notwithstanding, no primary shall be held by a party for the election of a member of a town committee unless candidacies for such election numbering at least twenty-five per cent of the number of town committee members to be elected by such party either in the municipality or in the political subdivision, as the case may be, are filed in conformity with the provisions of sections 9-400 to 9-414, inclusive, by persons other than party-endorsed candidates.
(1957, P.A. 518, S. 13; 1958 Rev., S. 9-93; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 48; P.A. 79-616, S. 17.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 79-616 changed reference from Sec. 9-399 to Sec. 9-400.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-422. - Primaries for justices of the peace.

Any provision of sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, to the contrary notwithstanding, no primary shall be held for nomination by a party to the office of justice of the peace unless candidacies for such nomination numbering at least a bare majority of the number of justices of the peace to be nominated by such party are filed in conformity with the provisions of sections 9-400 to 9-414, inclusive, by persons other than party-endorsed candidates.
(November, 1955, S. N98; 1958 Rev., S. 9-126; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 49; P.A. 79-616, S. 18.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 79-616 changed reference from Sec. 9-399 to Sec. 9-400.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-423. - Time for primaries; state, district or municipal office.

(a) The primaries of all parties for nomination to an office to be voted upon at a state election shall be held on the second Tuesday in August in the year in which such state election is held.
(b) The primaries of all parties for nomination to an office to be voted upon at a municipal election shall be held on the fifty-sixth day preceding the day of the election.
(June, 1955, S. 577d; November, 1955, S. N49; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 4; 1958 Rev., S. 9-78; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 50; P.A. 74-25, S. 8, 13; P.A. 75-396, S. 1, 5; P.A. 03-241, S. 37.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 74-25 changed primary day for party whose candidate for governor polled higher number of votes at the last-preceding election to the fifty-fourth day preceding the day of election and for all other parties to the fifty-sixth day preceding the day of election, effective January 1, 1975 with respect to selection of town committee members and delegates to conventions; P.A. 75-396 changed primaries for all parties to the fifty-sixth day preceding the day of the election, effective January 1, 1976; P.A. 03-241 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (b), added Subsec. (a) re primary date for nomination to office to be voted upon at state election, and amended Subsec. (b) by limiting provisions to nomination to office “to be voted upon at a municipal election”, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-424. - Time for primaries; delegates.

Section 9-424 is repealed, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
(June, 1955, S. 577d; November, 1955, S. N50; 1958 Rev., S. 9-79; 1961, P.A. 72, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 51; 52, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 18; 1972, P.A. 97, S. 1; P.A. 75-396, S. 2, 5; P.A. 85-235, S. 3; 85-268, S. 2, 3; P.A. 03-241, S. 67.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-425. - Time for primaries; town committees.

The day for holding a primary for the election of town committee members shall be the first Tuesday in March in even-numbered years.
(June, 1955, S. 577d; November, 1955, S. N51; 1958 Rev., S. 9-80; 1961, P.A. 72, S. 2; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 52; 52, S. 2; P.A. 75-396, S. 3, 5; P.A. 77-195.)
History: 1961 act made publication of notice 56 rather than 42 days before primary; 1963 acts restated previous provisions and required mailing of copy of notice to municipal clerk; P.A. 75-396 provided that the first Tuesday in March be the primary day for election of town committee members, effective January 1, 1976; P.A. 77-195 added “in even-numbered years”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-427. - Cancellation of delegate primary due to vacancies in party-endorsed candidacies; filling of vacancies when incomplete party-endorsed slate wins delegate primary.

Section 9-427 is repealed, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
(1963, P.A. 310, S. 2; P.A. 83-475, S. 28, 43; P.A. 03-241, S. 67.)
2023 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.