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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-429. - Cancellation of primary for office or town committee when vacancies in candidacies result in no contest.

If, prior to the opening of the polls at a primary for nomination to an office or for election of town committee members, such a number of candidates have died, withdrawn their names or become ineligible, and have not been replaced as permitted in sections 9-426 and 9-428, as to render the total number of candidates for such office or position no greater than the number to be nominated to such office or elected to such positions, the primary shall not be held, and each of the party-endorsed and other candidates shall be deemed to have been lawfully nominated to such office or elected to such positions.
(June, 1955, S. 599d; November, 1955, S. N82; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 28; 1958 Rev., S. 9-110; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 55; 310, S. 3; P.A. 83-475, S. 29, 43.)
History: 1963 acts restated previous provisions and deleted convention delegates; P.A. 83-475 amended section to apply to withdrawal from nomination at any time prior to opening of polls at primary.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-430. - Withdrawal procedure.

No candidate shall be deemed to have withdrawn under the provisions of section 9-426, 9-428 or 9-429 until a letter of withdrawal signed by such candidate is filed with the municipal clerk in the case of municipal office or town committee member, or with the Secretary of the State in the case of state or district office.
(June, 1955, S. 599d; November, 1955, S. N82; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 28; 1958 Rev., S. 9-110; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 56; P.A. 03-241, S. 40.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 03-241 removed delegate candidates from application of section, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-431a. - Eligibility to vote at caucus, primary or town convention.

A person whose name does not appear on the registry list of any town or district shall not be eligible to vote in any caucus, primary or town convention within such town.
(1967, P.A. 533, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-431b. - Eligibility to vote on removal from one town in state or district to another.

Section 9-431b is repealed.
(1971, P.A. 756, S. 1, 2; P.A. 73-630, S. 18, 19.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-432. - Verification of names on filing with secretary.

Section 9-432 is repealed.
(1957, P.A. 518, S. 37; 1958 Rev., S. 9-130; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 58; P.A. 87-382, S. 54, 55.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-434. - Verification of names on filing with municipal clerk. Exception.

Upon the filing with the clerk of a municipality of the names of party-endorsed candidates pursuant to section 9-390 or upon the filing with such clerk of petitions for contesting candidates pursuant to section 9-412, such clerk shall verify and correct the names of any such candidate as the candidate authorizes the candidate's name to appear on the ballot, pursuant to the certificate filed in accordance with subsection (c) of section 9-391 or the statement of consent filed in accordance with section 9-409, as applicable, endorse the same as having been so verified and corrected and use the same in the preparation of the ballots for the primary. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the municipal offices of state senator and state representative.
(November, 1955, S. N107; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 35; 1958 Rev., S. 9-129; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 60; P.A. 87-382, S. 44, 55; P.A. 11-20, S. 1; 11-173, S. 66.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 87-382 added sentence making section inapplicable to municipal offices of state senator and state representative; P.A. 11-173 replaced language re candidates' names in accordance with the registry list with language re candidate's name as authorized by the candidate and replaced “ballot labels” with “ballots”, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-436a. - Candidate checkers.

Each group of candidates whose names appear in one single row on the official ballot in a voting district for a primary to be held by a political party may designate, for each line of electors voting in such primary at such voting district, not more than two electors enrolled in such party in the town in which such voting district is located, to serve as candidate checkers on behalf of the candidates whose names appear in such row, provided a registrar may establish two or more shifts for candidate checkers, in which case each such group of candidates may designate the candidate checkers for each shift. No primary official shall perform the functions of a candidate checker pursuant to this section. The candidates shall submit a list of the names of such designees to the registrar of voters for such party not later than forty-eight hours before the primary. The registrar shall notify the candidates of this obligation. Such registrar of voters shall verify that each such designee is enrolled in such party in such town and shall appoint in each voting district not more than two such designees, for each line, to serve each such row for each shift. The registrar shall, at the request of such a group of candidates, change such designations at any time before the closing of the polls on the day of a primary. No candidate for nomination in such primary may be a candidate checker at such primary. The registrar of voters shall furnish each candidate checker one copy of the list or lists of electors eligible to vote in such primary. Candidate checkers may remain within the polling place for the purpose of checking their own copy of such list to indicate the names of electors who have voted. Such checkers may enter and leave the restricted area surrounding the polling place during the hours of voting for the purpose of taking such information outside said area. If any such candidate checker interferes with the orderly process of voting or attempts to influence any elector, he shall be evicted by the moderator. A candidate checker appointed pursuant to this section may receive compensation from the municipality in which the primary is held.
(1967, P.A. 513, S. 1; P.A. 83-391, S. 20, 24; P.A. 84-319, S. 48, 49; P.A. 87-509, S. 16, 24; P.A. 93-384, S. 5, 28.)
History: P.A. 83-391 amended section to prohibit primary officials from performing functions of candidate checkers and to permit municipalities to compensate candidate checkers; P.A. 84-319 added requirement that registrar notify candidates of obligation to designate candidate checkers; P.A. 87-509 substituted “candidates” for “electors” and added “each line of electors voting in such primary at” in first sentence and changed references to enrollment lists to lists of electors eligible to vote in primary; P.A. 93-384 authorized registrar to establish two or more shifts for candidate checkers and to require registrar, at request of a group of candidates, to change designations of checkers, effective June 29, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-438. - Hours and places of voting.

In each municipality or voting district, the polling places for primaries held under sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, shall be the same as those used for the election to be held. When unaffiliated electors are authorized under section 9-431 to vote in the primary of either of two parties, both parties shall hold their primaries in the same room of each such polling place. On the day of the primary, the polls shall remain open for voting from six o'clock a.m. until eight o'clock p.m.
(June, 1955, S. 603d; November, 1955, S. N87; September, 1957, P.A. 1, S. 5; 1958 Rev., S. 9-115; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 64; 297; P.A. 83-370, S. 1, 2; 83-475, S. 31, 43; P.A. 87-509, S. 18, 24; P.A. 88-162, S. 2, 4.)
History: 1963 acts restated previous provisions and changed opening of polls from 2 p.m. to noon; P.A. 83-370 prohibited the hours of voting in any municipality or part of a municipality in a district that includes two or more municipalities or parts of municipalities from commencing prior to twelve o'clock noon, unless all municipalities or parts of municipalities within the district establish the same hours of voting; P.A. 83-475 amended section to require uniform voting hours for primaries; P.A. 87-509 required, when unaffiliated electors authorized to vote in primary of either of two parties, both parties to hold primaries in same room of each polling place; P.A. 88-162 required polls to open for voting in all primaries at six o'clock a.m., instead of at twelve o'clock noon, effective July 1, 1989.
See Sec. 9-174b re notification concerning extension of polling place hours.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-439. - Duties of officials.

The moderator in each polling place shall have charge of the primary held therein. The other officials shall have, as nearly as may be, the same duties as at a regular election. The checkers at each polling place shall check the name of each elector on the list or lists of eligible electors of the municipality or the voting district, as the case may be, when the elector offers himself to vote. All officials serving at any primary shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties.
(June, 1955, S. 602d; November, 1955, S. N85; 1958 Rev., S. 9-113; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 65; P.A. 87-509, S. 19, 24.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 87-509 substituted “list or lists of eligible electors” for “enrollment list”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-439a. - Remedy for denial of right to vote.

Any elector qualified to vote at any primary and offering so to vote who is denied the right to vote because his name has been checked off on the check list in use at his polling place, but who claims that he has not in fact voted or offered himself to vote, shall be permitted to vote upon signing and furnishing to the moderator a statement, under penalties of false statement, that he has neither offered himself to vote nor voted at said primary. Such statement shall be in form substantially as follows:
To the Moderator of .... (Polling Place) of .... (Party)
I, .... (Name), of .... (Street Address), of the (City) (Town) (Borough) of ...., do hereby state, under penalties of false statement, that (1) I am an elector in said municipality, (2) I am qualified to vote in the primary of said Party being held in said municipality on this date and (3) I have not prior to this time offered myself to vote or voted at said primary.
.... (a.m.) (p.m.) (Exact Time of Day)
Dated at ...., Connecticut, this .... day of ...., 20...
.... (Signature)
.... (Address)
Received at .... (a.m.) (p.m.) on this .... day of ...., 20.., by .... (Signature), Moderator of .... (Polling Place)
(February, 1965, P.A. 255, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 77; P.A. 87-509, S. 20, 24.)
History: 1971 act changed “perjury” to “false statement”; P.A. 87-509 amended statement form to add space for party name and to delete, under (1) “and an enrolled member of the .... Party”; (Revisor's note: In 2001 the references in this section to the date “19..” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “20..” to reflect the new millennium).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-439b. - Penalty for false statement.

Any person wilfully making a false statement in a statement which he signs and furnishes to a moderator of a primary under section 9-439a shall be guilty of false statement, as provided in section 9-8, and shall be subject to the penalties provided for false statement.
(February, 1965, P.A. 255, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 78; 1972, P.A. 294, S. 6.)
History: 1971 act changed “perjury” to “false statement”; 1972 act deleted “election” from application of section.
See Sec. 9-232b re penalty for false statement to moderator under Sec. 9-232a.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-440. - Moderators to make returns.

Upon the closing of the polls at any primary held under sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, the moderator, in the presence of the other officials, shall immediately lock the voting tabulators against voting and shall then proceed to ascertain, record and announce the result in the manner provided by law for ascertaining, recording and announcing the result in regular elections. The election officials shall execute certificates and returns similar to those required in regular elections. The moderator in each town not divided into voting districts, and the head moderator in each town divided into voting districts, shall transmit the results of the vote for each office contested at any such primary in the same manner and within the same time as provided under section 9-314 in an election for such office. The late filing fee provided under section 9-314 shall apply to late filing of results of primaries for state or district office. In the case of primaries for state or district offices, the Secretary of the State shall forthwith cause to be tabulated the result of the votes cast in the several municipalities in which such primaries have been held and shall publicly declare the result thereof, and a certificate attesting thereto shall be entered in the Secretary's records.
(June, 1955, S. 604d; November, 1955, S. N89; 1958 Rev., S. 9-117; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 66; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 20; 1971, P.A. 542, S. 4; 836, S. 6; P.A. 73-657, S. 12, 13; P.A. 84-319, S. 39, 49; P.A. 85-577, S. 13; P.A. 03-241, S. 46; P.A. 11-20, S. 1; 11-173, S. 67.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; 1967 act added clarifying language pertaining to split voting districts, added “or assembly” to “senatorial” before the word “district”; 1971 acts changed time limit for mailing or delivering list to “not later than twenty-four hours after the closing of the polls” and deleted reference to the moderator of the first district as alternative to the head moderator with reference to causing the vote to be tabulated; P.A. 73-657 added further clarifying language pertaining to split voting districts and assembly districts; P.A. 84-319 amended section to provide uniformity in procedures for filing head moderator's returns after primaries and elections; P.A. 85-577 imposed time limit for transmittal of vote results and late filing fee; P.A. 03-241 removed primaries for “district delegates” from application of provision re tabulation of voting results, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date; P.A. 11-173 replaced “machines” with “tabulators” and made a technical change, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-441. - Compensation of registrars and municipal clerks.

For the performance of the duties imposed by this chapter, each registrar and deputy registrar actually engaged therein and each municipal clerk shall receive such reasonable compensation from the municipality as is approved by the selectmen of the town, the warden and burgesses of the borough or the common council of the city or the consolidated town and city, as the case may be; and all necessary expenses incurred by registrars and municipal clerks under the provisions of said sections shall be paid by the municipality.
(June, 1955, S. 611d; November, 1955, S. N96; 1958 Rev., S. 9-124; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 67.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-442. - When party has no registrar.

In any municipality where there is no registrar affiliated with a political party holding a primary under the provisions of sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, all the powers and duties conferred by said sections upon registrars shall be exercised by both registrars of voters acting jointly. In any borough where there is no registrar affiliated with a political party holding a primary under the provisions of said sections, all the powers and duties conferred upon registrars shall be exercised by the borough clerk.
(June, 1955, S. 612d; November, 1955, S. N97; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 33; 1958 Rev., S. 9-125; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 68.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-443. - Votes for justices of the peace.

The vote for the party-endorsed slate or for any contesting slate of justices of the peace shall operate as a vote for all of the candidates on such slate and shall be counted as such, and there shall be no split-ticket voting for justices of the peace.
(November, 1955, S. N88; 1958 Rev., S. 9-116; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 69; P.A. 03-241, S. 47.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 03-241 substituted “justices of the peace” for “delegates to conventions”, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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:
WARNING
IT IS A CRIME TO SIGN THIS PETITION
IN THE NAME OF ANOTHER PERSON
WITHOUT LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO SO
AND YOU MAY NOT SIGN THIS PETITION
IF 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-453u. (Formerly Sec. 9-378m). - Reservation of party designation.

(a) An application to reserve a party designation with the Secretary of the State and to form a party designation committee may be made at any time after November 3, 1981, by filing in the office of the secretary a written statement signed by at least twenty-five electors who desire to be members of such committee.
(b) The statement shall include the offices for which candidates may petition for nomination under the party designation to be reserved but shall not include an office if no elector who has signed the application is entitled to vote at an election for such office.
(c) The statement shall include the party designation to be reserved which (1) shall consist of not more than three words and not more than twenty-five letters; (2) shall not incorporate the name of any major party; (3) shall not incorporate the name of any minor party which is entitled to nominate candidates for any office which will appear on the same ballot with any office included in the statement; (4) shall not be the same as any party designation for which a reservation with the secretary is currently in effect for any office included in the statement; and (5) shall not be the word “none”, or incorporate the words “unaffiliated” or “unenrolled” or any similarly antonymous form of the words “affiliated” or “enrolled”.
(d) The statement shall include the names of two persons who are authorized by the party designation committee to execute and file with the secretary statements of endorsement required by section 9-453o and certificates of nomination as required by section 9-460.
(e) The secretary shall examine the statement, and if it complies with the requirements of this section, the secretary shall reserve the party designation for the offices included in the statement and record such reservation in the office of the secretary. The reservation shall continue in effect from the date it is recorded until the day following any regular election at which no candidate appears on the appropriate ballot for that office under that party designation.
(P.A. 81-447, S. 1; P.A. 83-475, S. 24, 43; P.A. 87-472, S. 1, 14; P.A. 02-89, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 83-475 amended Subsec. (e) to provide for termination of party designation on day following first election at which no candidate appears on the appropriate ballot for a particular office under the party designation; Sec. 9-378m transferred to Sec. 9-453u in 1985; P.A. 87-472, in Subsec. (c) increased maximum number of letters in a reserved party designation, from 20 to 25, and added Subdiv. (5) re prohibition on use of antonymous form of words “affiliated” or “unenrolled”, and added Subsec. (f) re cancellation of reserved party designations prohibited under Subsec. (c)(5) of this section; P.A. 02-89 amended Subsec. (e) to delete an exception re Subsec. (f) and deleted as obsolete Subsec. (f) re the cancellation of party designations reserved prior to June 24, 1987, that are prohibited by Subsec. (c)(5).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-454 to 9-458. - Petition: Form; signatures; circulation and filing; town clerk's duties; platform statement required, when; false signing.

Sections 9-454 to 9-458, inclusive, are 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. 78–81; 113; 343; 376, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 600, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 856; 1969; 1969, P.A. 715; 1971, P.A. 806, S. 1; 871, S. 79.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-459. - Vacancy elections.

Nominations for any state, district or municipal office to be filled under the provisions of any law relating to elections to fill vacancies, unless otherwise provided therein, shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(June, 1955, S. 610d; November, 1955, S. N95; 1957, P.A. 119, S. 1; 518, S. 32; 1958 Rev., S. 9-123; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 82.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties › Section 9-462. - Lists of candidates for state and district offices.

On September fifteenth in each year when a state election, as defined in section 9-1, is held or not later than September twenty-second in any year in which the date of a primary for nomination to a state or district office is advanced pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 9-376, the Secretary of the State shall mail to each town clerk a list of the names of all duly nominated candidates for state and district offices to be filled at such election, filed in his office prior to such date, for whom an elector may vote, with the respective party designation of each of such candidates. Forthwith after the results of the primaries for state and district offices are tabulated, the Secretary of the State shall mail to each town clerk in the district the names of all duly nominated candidates for such offices, with the respective party designation of each of such candidates.
(February, 1965, P.A. 59, S. 3; P.A. 74-25, S. 9, 13; P.A. 75-206, S. 6, 7; P.A. 83-544, S. 3, 4.)
History: P.A. 74-25 provided for notification to town clerks following tabulation of primary votes for state and district offices; P.A. 75-206 added “state and district” to offices for which notification to be made by the secretary of the state on September fifteenth in year of state election; P.A. 83-544 subjected any primary election advanced pursuant to Sec. 9-376 to the provisions of this section.