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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-248. - Furnishing of supplies.

When a voting tabulator is purchased or leased or otherwise provided for use in any municipality, the Secretary of the State shall prepare or approve samples of the following printed matter and supplies and shall furnish one of each to the officials of such municipality who have so provided such tabulator in accordance with the provisions of section 9-238: (1) Directions for testing and preparing the voting tabulators for the election; (2) one certificate on which the registrars of voters can certify that they have properly tested and prepared the tabulator for the election; (3) one certificate on which some person other than the registrars of voters who prepared the tabulator can certify that the tabulator has been examined and found to have been properly prepared for the election; (4) one certificate on which can be certified that party watchers have witnessed the testing and preparing of the tabulators; (5) one certificate that the tabulators have been delivered to polling places in good order; (6) one card for each polling place, stating the penalty for tampering with or injuring a voting tabulator; (7) two seals for sealing the tabulator; and (8) a report of an inspection of the tabulators by the moderator, registrars and checkers, which inspection shall be made before the opening of the polls. The registrars of voters shall, for each election, prepare and furnish said supplies for each voting tabulator, in conformity with said samples. The registrars of voters shall also prepare and furnish to the election officials tally and return blanks in such manner as may be directed by the Secretary of the State, except that all blanks furnished by said Secretary throughout the state shall be uniform in their printing.
(1949 Rev., S. 1197, 1202; 1953, S. 725d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 10; P.A. 11-20, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 11-20 replaced “machine” with “tabulator”, “machines” with “tabulators”, “mechanic” with “registrars of voters” and “municipal clerk” with “registrars of voters”, deleted former Subdivs. (8) and (9) re machine keys and former Subdiv. (10) re identifying information of mechanic, redesignated existing Subdiv. (11) as Subdiv. (8) and eliminated requirement that return blanks contain names of all candidates, effective May 24, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-249a. - Order of parties on ballots.

(a) The names of the parties shall be arranged on the ballots in the following order:
(1) The party whose candidate for Governor polled the highest number of votes in the last-preceding election;
(2) Other parties who had candidates for Governor in the last-preceding election, in descending order, according to the number of votes polled for each such candidate;
(3) Minor parties who had no candidate for Governor in the last-preceding election;
(4) Petitioning candidates with party designation whose names are contained in petitions approved pursuant to section 9-453o; and
(5) Petitioning candidates with no party designation whose names are contained in petitions approved pursuant to section 9-453o.
(b) Within each of subdivisions (3) and (4) of subsection (a) of this section, the following rules shall apply in the following order:
(1) Precedence shall be given to the party any of whose candidates seeks an office representing more people than are represented by any office sought by any candidate of any other party;
(2) A party having prior sequence of office as set forth in section 9-251 shall be given precedence; and
(3) Parties shall be listed in alphabetical order.
(c) Within subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of this section, candidates shall be listed according to the provisions of section 9-453r.
(P.A. 76-159, S. 1; P.A. 87-382, S. 24, 55; P.A. 10-32, S. 24; P.A. 11-20, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 87-382 deleted Subsec. (a)(3) re major parties who had no candidate for governor in the last-preceding election, and renumbered the remaining Subdivs. accordingly; P.A. 10-32 made technical changes, effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 11-20 replaced “machines” with “ballots” in Subsec. (a), effective May 24, 2011.
The party whose candidate for governor polled the highest number of votes on that party's line shall be given precedence on the ballot in the subsequent general election. 307 C. 470.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-249b. - Arrangement of ballots when more than nine party designations and petitioning candidate rows.

(a) If, after applying the provisions of sections 9-249a and 9-453r, the number of party designations and petitioning candidate rows on the ballot exceeds nine, the Secretary of the State may authorize (1) two or more party designations and petitioning candidates to appear on the same row of the ballot, beginning with the ninth row on the ballot and, if necessary, then moving up one or more rows, (2) that an office take two or more columns on the ballot, and (3) that the party designation, or an abbreviation of it, be repeated on the ballot.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 9-135a to the contrary, the secretary may prescribe that the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the absentee ballot.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-1, S. 3, 7; P.A. 11-20, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 11-20 replaced “voting machines” with “ballot” in Subsec. (a), effective May 24, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-250a. - Blank space where party fails to nominate.

When a political party has failed to nominate a candidate for any office for which it is entitled to make such nomination, the space on the ballot in which the name of the party's candidate would appear shall be left blank.
(1963, P.A. 198; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)
History: 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 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-251. - Order of office on ballots.

In the preparation of ballots for use at a state election, precedence shall be given to the offices to be voted for at such election in the following descending order: Presidential electors, Governor and Lieutenant Governor, United States senator, representative in Congress, state senator, state representative, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney General and judge of probate. In the preparation of ballots for use at a municipal election, unless otherwise provided by law, the order of the offices shall be as prescribed by the Secretary of the State, which order, so far as practicable, shall be uniform throughout the state.
(1953, 1955, S. 728d; 1963, P.A. 401, S. 2; April, 1964, P.A. 2, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 576; P.A. 73-577; P.A. 74-109, S. 5, 11; P.A. 00-99, S. 28, 154; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)
History: 1963 act provided for pairing of governor and lieutenant governor on ballot label; 1964 act deleted representative-at-large; 1971 act changed order of precedence so that state senator and state representative follow representative in congress in that order; P.A. 73-577 changed order of precedence so that secretary of the state, treasurer, comptroller and attorney general follow state representative in that order; P.A. 74-109 deleted justices of the peace, effective upon adoption of Senate Joint Resolution No. 22 of the 1973 session as an amendment to the constitution of Connecticut; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriff, effective December 1, 2000; pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “ballot labels” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “ballots”, effective May 24, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-253. - Order of names of party nominees for multiple-opening office determined by lot. Order when candidate nominated by more than one party.

When a major or minor party is entitled to nominate two or more candidates for a particular office, the order of the names of its candidates for such office appearing on the voting machine ballot label shall be determined by the registrars of voters by lot in a ceremony which shall be open to the public, except as hereinafter provided. When such a candidate is nominated for the same office by more than one party, his name shall appear on each appropriate row on the voting machine ballot label in the same column in which it appears under the foregoing provision in either (1) the party row of the party with which he is enrolled or (2) the first party row on which his name is to appear if such candidate is an unaffiliated elector. The registrars of voters shall provide at least five days' public notice for each ceremony held under this section. The ballot order of nominating petition candidates for multiple-opening offices shall be as prescribed in section 9-453r.
(1955, S. 730d; 1957, P.A. 221, S. 1; P.A. 84-319, S. 36, 49; P.A. 87-197, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 84-319 amended section to provide uniformity in statutes re order of unaffiliated electors or petitioning party candidates on ballot and order of major and minor party candidates; P.A. 87-197 required order of names on ballot label to be determined by lot instead of appearing in alphabetical order and added provision requiring that 5 days' notice be given before ceremony held.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-254. - List of municipal offices to be filled.

Each municipal clerk shall, not later than the one hundred eightieth day prior to the day of any regular municipal election, file with the Secretary of the State, on a form approved by said Secretary, a list of the offices to be filled at such election and the terms thereof and the number of candidates for which each elector may vote. Said Secretary shall, within seventy days from the date of receipt of such list, return a copy of such list to the municipal clerk. Each municipal clerk shall, not later than ten days after the receipt of the returned list, mail a copy thereof to the chairman of the town committee of each major political party within the municipality.
(1949 Rev., S. 1136; 1953, S. 630d; 1957, P.A. 479, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 137; P.A. 87-382, S. 26, 55; P.A. 11-173, S. 16.)
History: 1965 act provided that secretary of the state within 70 days of receipt of the list return a copy to the municipal clerk who, within 10 days after receipt of same will mail a copy to the chairman of the town committee of each major party; P.A. 87-382 substituted “one hundred eightieth day” for “six months”; P.A. 11-173 applied section to municipal elections and made a technical change, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-255. - Sample ballots.

The registrars of voters shall provide for all polling places using voting tabulators at least two sample ballots that shall contain the offices, party designations, names of candidates, write-in slots and questions to be voted upon. On each such sample ballot shall be printed instructions as to the use of the voting tabulator, which instructions shall be approved by the Secretary of the State. Such sample ballots shall be so posted inside the polling place as to be visible to those within the polling place during the whole day of election. At least one of such sample ballots shall be so posted as to be visible to an elector being instructed on the use of the voting tabulator under section 9-260.
(1949 Rev., S. 1198; 1953, 1955, S. 732d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 14; P.A. 77-245, S. 7; P.A. 87-382, S. 27, 55; P.A. 11-20, S. 17; 11-173, S. 40.)
History: P.A. 77-245 changed “town” to “municipal” clerk; P.A. 87-382 substituted “demonstrator or spare voting” for “dummy” voting machine; P.A. 11-20 replaced “machines” with “tabulators”, “machine” with “tabulator” and “ballot labels” with “ballots”, eliminated language re arrangement of ballot labels and replaced language re demonstrator or spare voting machine with language re use of voting tabulator, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 11-173 replaced “board of selectmen or the municipal clerk” with “registrars of voters”, replaced references to machines with references to tabulators, changed requirement from three sample ballot labels to two sample ballots, replaced references to ballot labels with references to ballots and replaced provision re demonstrator or spare voting machine with provision re use of voting tabulator, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-255a. - Certification re number of ballots ordered.

(a) The registrars of voters and municipal clerk from each municipality shall jointly certify, in writing, to the Secretary of the State the number of ballots for each polling place in the municipality that have been ordered for each election or primary to be held within such municipality. Such certification shall be on a form provided by the Secretary that shall have questions, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to the historical turnout for each polling place in the municipality for the past four elections or primaries of similar nature to the election or primary to be held. The registrars of voters and municipal clerk shall include as part of any such certification any other relevant factors that may be unique to each polling place in their municipality. Such certification shall be provided to the Secretary not later than thirty-one days prior to an election or twenty-one days prior to a primary.
(b) If the registrars of voters and municipal clerk of a municipality do not jointly submit the certification as set forth in subsection (a) of this section, such registrars of voters and municipal clerk shall order a number of ballots equal to the total number of registered voters in their municipality for such election or primary.
(c) The registrars of voters and municipal clerk may jointly apply to the Secretary of the State for a waiver of the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such waiver request shall be submitted to the Secretary of the State, in writing, not later than the forty-fifth day before the election or the thirtieth day before the primary to be held and shall demonstrate good cause for such waiver. Not later than five days after receipt of such waiver request, the Secretary shall notify, in writing, the municipal clerk requesting a waiver, of the Secretary's response.
(d) The Secretary of the State shall have the authority to reject the certification submitted by a municipality pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. If the Secretary of the State rejects such certification, the Secretary shall provide, in writing, the reasons for such rejection. Such rejection by the Secretary shall require any such municipality to follow the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. If, not later than seven days after the receipt of a certification from a municipality, the Secretary does not notify the municipality that its certification was rejected, such certification shall be deemed accepted.
(P.A. 11-46, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 11-46 effective June 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-256. - Filing of sample ballot with Secretary.

The registrars of voters of each municipality shall, not less than ten days prior to an election, file with the Secretary of the State a sample ballot identical with those to be provided for each polling place under section 9-255. The Secretary of the State shall examine the sample ballot required to be filed under this section, and if such sample ballot contains an error, the Secretary of the State shall order the registrars of voters to reprint a corrected sample ballot or to take other such action as the Secretary may deem appropriate.
(1949 Rev., S. 1200; 1953, 1955, S. 731d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 13; P.A. 77-303, S. 2, 3; P.A. 11-20, S. 1; 11-173, S. 46.)
History: P.A. 77-303 provided for action to be taken by secretary of the state if sample ballot label contains an error; P.A. 11-173 replaced references to clerk with “registrars of voters” and replaced “ballot label” with “ballot”, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-257. - Location of voting tabulator and stationing of officials.

The room in which the election is held shall be separated from the part of the room to be occupied by the election officials and the voting tabulator shall be placed, if possible, at least three feet from any wall or partition and at least four feet from the official checkers' table and the ballot clerks' table. Every part of the polling place shall be in plain view of the election officials. The tabulator shall be so placed that no person from any part of the room or from any place outside the room can see or determine how the elector casts his or her vote. The election officials shall be so stationed that no member thereof shall be concealed by the tabulator from the electors within the polling place. The moderator or some one designated by the moderator shall be stationed near the tabulator, shall regulate the admission of the elector's ballots thereto and shall always be in full view of the other election officials and the electors within the polling place.
(1949 Rev., S. 1204, 1207; 1953, S. 733d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 15; P.A. 07-194, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 07-194 changed “machine” to “tabulator” and made conforming and technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-258a. - Two shifts of election officials.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, special acts or its charter, in each municipality the registrars of voters, or assistant registrar of voters, as the case may be may establish, except for unofficial checkers and the moderator, two shifts of election officials for each polling place. In each polling place for which two or more shifts of election officials have been provided in this section or section 9-235, the moderator shall keep a written record of the specific hours and time served at the polls by each election official. In each such polling place, all members of second shifts, including official checkers, assistant registrars and ballot clerks of second shifts, shall be present at the closing of the polls and shall remain until all paperwork has been executed.
(1969, P.A. 500, S. 1; P.A. 88-173, S. 3; P.A. 07-194, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 88-173 excepted unofficial checkers from provision allowing legislative body to establish two shifts of election officials; P.A. 07-194 provided registrars of voters or assistant registrars of voters with authority to establish two shifts of election officials and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-260. - Instruction by means of demonstrator device.

A demonstrator device shall be provided inside the polling place for the instruction of electors. Any such demonstrator device shall instruct electors on the proper method to cast their vote, including the proper method to cast a write-in vote using the voting equipment located in each polling place. Upon request by any elector who desires instruction after he has entered the polling place and prior to casting his vote, two election officials of different political parties jointly shall instruct such elector on the demonstrator device.
(1949 Rev., S. 1208; 1953, S. 736d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 17; P.A. 87-382, S. 28, 55; P.A. 11-173, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 87-382 authorized the use of a spare voting machine in place of a demonstrator machine and changed the term “dummy machine” to “demonstrator machine”; P.A. 11-173 replaced references to demonstrator machine or spare voting machine with references to demonstrator device and deleted language specific to lever voting machines, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-261a. - Preparation of polling place form of identification by committee prohibited.

No committee, as defined in section 9-601, shall prepare any form of identification for the purpose of being presented to the checkers at the polling place pursuant to section 9-261.
(P.A. 95-122, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-261b. - Privacy sleeve.

The registrars of voters shall either ensure that each ballot clerk offer every elector a privacy sleeve into which the ballot can be inserted and fully shielded from view or, in the alternative, place such privacy sleeve in every voting booth for the elector's use. No elector shall be required to accept a privacy sleeve.
(P.A. 11-173, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 11-173 effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-261c. - Electronic devices used to check names of electors.

The Secretary of the State shall review, in consultation and coordination with The University of Connecticut, electronic devices that could assist official checkers in checking the names of electors pursuant to section 9-234 or any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter. Not later than September 1, 2015, the Secretary shall include on a list any such device that the Secretary approves and shall make such list available to municipalities in a manner determined by the Secretary. The Secretary may add or remove a device from such list, as the Secretary determines such addition or removal is necessary.
(P.A. 14-217, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-262. - Duties of election officials during voting hours.

During the entire period of an election, at least one of the election officials shall be stationed approximately three to four feet from the voting tabulator to regulate the submission of the elector's ballot. The election officials shall also, at such intervals as such officials deem proper or necessary, examine the voting booth to ascertain whether it has been defaced or damaged and to detect the wrongdoer and repair the damage. After the opening of the polls, no election official shall allow any person other than the election officials to pass within the area where the voting booths and voting tabulator are situated, except for the purpose of voting or except as provided in this part. No election official shall remain or permit any person to remain in any position or near any position that would permit him to see or ascertain how an elector votes.
(1949 Rev., S. 1206; 1953, S. 738d; P.A. 07-194, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 07-194 replaced provisions re voting machine with provisions re voting tabulator and made conforming and technical changes.
Cited. 135 C. 150.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-263. - Use of paper ballots when voting machine damaged.

Section 9-263 is repealed, effective October 1, 2007.
(1949 Rev., S. 1206; 1953, S. 739d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 18; 1959, P.A. 487, S. 5; P.A. 80-339, S. 2; P.A. 95-185, S. 2; P.A. 00-79, S. 2; P.A. 04-113, S. 7; P.A. 07-194, S. 47.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-266. - Keys to be kept. Storage of voting tabulator.

When the voting tabulator has been locked at the close of an election, the moderator shall return the keys for the tabulator to the registrars of voters with the official returns. Except as provided in section 9-309 or 9-311, such registrars of voters shall securely keep such keys and not permit the same to be taken, or any tabulator to be unlocked, for a period of fourteen days from the election, unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by the State Elections Enforcement Commission. All tabulators shall be collected immediately on the day after election or as soon thereafter as possible, and shall be secured and stored in a place or places directed by the registrars of voters.
(1949 Rev., S. 1203, 1215; 1953, S. 742d; 1957, P.A. 526, S. 6; 561, S. 20; P.A. 86-1, S. 2, 5; P.A. 95-88, S. 1; P.A. 07-194, S. 27; P.A. 15-224, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 86-1 added reference to order issued by state elections enforcement commission; P.A. 95-88 changed number of days machine remains locked from 10 to 14; P.A. 07-194 changed “voting machine” to “voting tabulator” and made conforming and technical changes; P.A. 15-224 added reference to Sec. 9-309 re exception to security measures taken by registrars of voters for keys and tabulators, effective July 7, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-267. - Removal of officials.

If, at any time during the performance of his or her duties, any moderator, assistant registrar of voters, official checker, ballot clerk or voting tabulator tender is, from any cause, found incompetent, the registrars of voters may remove him or her and appoint another competent person.
(1949 Rev., S. 1082; 1953, S. 743d; 1971, P.A. 285; P.A. 11-20, S. 1; 11-173, S. 47.)
History: 1971 act added moderator and challenger to those who may be removed for incompetence; P.A. 11-173 replaced “challenger, voting machine tender or checker” with “assistant registrar of voters, official checker, ballot clerk or voting tabulator tender” and made technical changes, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-268. - Duties of selectmen imposed on other officials.

Whenever the duties imposed by this part upon selectmen are imposed by the charter of any municipality upon any other officer or officers, the term “selectmen”, as used herein, shall be construed to apply to such other officer or officers, who shall be vested with all the powers and duties and shall be subject to all the obligations imposed by this chapter upon such selectmen. In any municipality where by charter the duties of selectmen are limited to the admission of electors and are not imposed by charter upon any other officer or officers, the term “selectmen”, as used herein, shall apply to the registrars of voters of such municipality, who shall be vested with all the powers and duties and shall be subject to all the obligations imposed by this part upon such selectmen.
(1949 Rev., S. 1223; 1953, S. 744d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-270 and 9-271. - Votes by paper ballots. Referenda by paper ballots.

Sections 9-270 and 9-271 are repealed, effective May 24, 2011.
(1949 Rev., S. 1193; 1951, S. 259b; 1953, S. 746d, 747d; P.A. 11-20, S. 39.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-272. - Conditions under which use of voting tabulators may be discontinued.

If, owing to the number of candidates to be voted upon, owing to inability to obtain a sufficient number of voting tabulators or, if it is found impracticable to use voting tabulators at any election, primary or referenda to be held in any municipality, or in one or more of the voting districts therein, the registrars of voters may discontinue the use of such tabulators for such election in any of the voting districts therein, and shall thereupon cause ballots to be procured and used at such election, primary or referenda in each of the voting districts wherein the use of voting tabulators has been so discontinued. The procedures for securing and counting the paper ballots described in this section shall be in compliance as nearly as possible, in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of the State, with the procedures for securing and counting absentee ballots.
(1949 Rev., S. 1196; 1951, S. 260b; 1953, S. 748d; 1963, P.A. 210; P.A. 07-194, S. 40; P.A. 11-20, S. 38; 11-173, S. 20.)
History: 1963 act authorized municipal clerk and registrars rather than board of selectmen, common council or, warden and burgesses to discontinue use of machines; P.A. 07-194 replaced “voting machines” with “voting tabulators” and made technical changes; P.A. 11-20 deleted “as provided by this part”, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 11-173 added references to primary or referenda and language re procedures for paper ballots complying, in manner prescribed by Secretary of the State, with procedures for absentee ballots, and made technical changes, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-273 to 9-276. - Preparation of ballots. Secretary may prescribe forms. Secret ballot. Form for printing ballots.

Sections 9-273 to 9-276, inclusive, are repealed, effective May 24, 2011.
(1949 Rev., S. 1035, 1039, 1042, 1063; 1953, S. 749d–752d; 1963, P.A. 223, S. 1; P.A. 87-382, S. 30, 55; P.A. 11-20, S. 39.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-277 and 9-278. - Straight and split ticket sections. Form of straight ticket section.

Sections 9-277 and 9-278 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1036, 1037, 1042; 1953, S. 753d, 754d; 1963, P.A. 223, S. 2; P.A. 87-382, S. 54, 55.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-279 to 9-306. - Form of ballot. Sample ballots. Insertion on ballot on death of nominee. Ballot to resolve tie vote. Secretary to transmit ballots. Clerks to obtain ballots if not received two days before election. Packaging of ballots, method of opening. Ballot box sealing stamp. Ballot box lock. Clerks to be custodians of keys. Registrars of voters to provide rooms or booths and ballot boxes. Ballot table; process of voting. Arrangement of and admission to voting place. Method of voting. Method of balloting. Deposit of ballots; booth tenders. Improper markings of ballot. Box-tenders. Interference prohibited; assistance of physically disabled persons. Removal of officials. Counters; certificates; declaration of vote. Deposit of certificates. Ballot return by moderators for state elections. Return of ballots to box, sealing and preservation. Destruction of unused official ballots. Fraudulent abstracting or intermingling of votes. Failure of moderator to return keys. Penalties.

Sections 9-279 to 9-306, inclusive, are repealed, effective May 24, 2011.
(1949 Rev., S. 519, 520, 1034, 1038, 1040, 1042, 1046–1050, 1054–1056, 1058, 1061, 1064, 1066, 1067, 1071–1079, 1081, 1082, 1085, 1124, 1127, 1146; 1953, S. 755d–783d; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 90; 1963, P.A. 223, S. 3, 4; P.A. 87-251, S. 3; 87-382, S. 31–34, 55; P.A. 97-154, S. 19, 27; P.A. 00-99, S. 29, 154; P.A. 02-130, S. 1–3; P.A. 07-194, S. 28–35; P.A. 11-20, S. 39.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns › Section 9-308. - Canvass of returns.

Immediately on the close of the polls, the election officials shall proceed to canvass the returns as provided in section 9-309 and shall not stop for any purpose until the canvass is completed, except as provided in said section. The room in which such canvass is made shall be clearly lighted and such canvass shall be made in plain view of the public. No person or persons, during the canvass, shall close or cause to be closed the main entrance to the room in which such canvass is conducted, in such manner as to prevent ingress or egress thereby, but, during such canvass, no person other than the election officials shall be permitted to be in the area where the voting tabulator is located.
(1949 Rev., S. 1212; 1953, S. 786d; 1957, P.A. 526, S. 2; P.A. 11-20, S. 1; 11-173, S. 48; P.A. 15-224, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 11-173 replaced language re guard rail with “in the area” and replaced “machine” with “tabulator”, effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 15-224 added reference to exception provided in Sec. 9-309 for interruption of canvass, effective July 7, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns › Section 9-311b. - Recanvass on tie vote.

If the electors fail to elect a candidate for any office by reason of an equality of votes at any election, there shall be a recanvass of the returns for such office unless, prior to the time of such recanvass, all but one of the candidates so receiving an equal number of votes dies, withdraws his name or for any reason becomes disqualified to hold such office.
(1963, P.A. 185, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns › Section 9-312. - Declaration of result; returns to secretary.

In each municipality divided into voting districts, unless otherwise provided by law, the head moderator shall be the presiding officer for the purpose of declaring the result of the vote of the whole municipality and of making returns to the Secretary of the State, and the moderators in each of the voting districts shall be assistant presiding officers and shall make returns of their polls as required by law.
(1949 Rev., S. 1059; 1953, S. 790d; 1971, P.A. 836, S. 3.)
History: 1971 act substituted “head moderator” for “moderator of the first district” and for “moderators of the other district” substituted “moderators in each of the voting districts”.
Duty of moderator in election of selectmen. 104 C. 401.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns › Section 9-313. - Forms for returns.

The Secretary of the State shall transmit to the town clerk of each town, before each state election, blank forms for the returns required by this chapter, and such returns shall be made out, certified and directed according to such forms. The Secretary of the State shall cause to be printed in the several blanks, for the use of moderators and counters, such names of candidates for the several offices to be voted for as are certified to him by the chairmen of the state committees of the several political organizations in the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 1083; 1953, S. 791d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns › Section 9-315. - Canvass for presidential electors, U.S. senator and members of Congress.

The votes returned as cast for a senator in Congress, representatives in Congress and presidential electors shall be publicly counted by the Treasurer, Secretary of the State and Comptroller on the last Wednesday of the month in which they were cast, and such votes shall be counted in conformity to any decision rendered by the judges of the Supreme Court as provided in section 9-323. In accordance with the count so made, they shall, on said day, declare what persons are elected senators in the Congress of the United States or representatives in Congress, and the Secretary of the State shall forthwith notify them by mail of their election; and they shall declare the proper number of persons having the greatest number of votes to be presidential electors and, in case of an equal vote for said electors, shall determine by lot from the persons having such equal number of votes the persons appointed, and the Secretary of the State shall forthwith notify them by mail of their appointment.
(1949 Rev., S. 1112; 1953, S. 793d; P.A. 85-577, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 85-577 required that candidates for U.S. Senate and House of Representatives be notified by mail immediately of their election and abolished requirement that names of persons appointed as presidential electors be published in two Hartford newspapers.
Cited. 231 C. 602.
Cited. 16 CS 36.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns › Section 9-316. - Canvass in vacancy election of U.S. senator or representative.

The Treasurer, Secretary of the State and Comptroller shall, within thirty days after a vacancy election for a senator in Congress or representative in Congress, subject to the provisions of section 9-323, publicly count the votes returned, and declare what person is elected, and the Secretary of the State shall forthwith notify him by mail of his election. The Secretary of the State shall enter the returns in tabular form in books kept by him for that purpose and present a copy of the same, with the name of, and the total number of votes received by, each of the candidates for said office, to the Governor within ten days thereafter.
(1949 Rev., S. 1111; 1953, S. 794d; P.A. 85-577, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 85-577 amended section to require notification to candidates by mail, required secretary of the state to enter returns in tabular form in books and to send a copy of the same, with the name of, and the total number of votes received by, each candidate to the governor within ten days thereafter, where previously original returns and canvass were submitted to governor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns › Section 9-317. - Certification of election of U.S. senator.

When any senator in Congress has been elected, the Governor shall certify his election under the seal of the state to the President of the Senate of the United States, which certificate shall be countersigned by the Secretary of the State.
(1949 Rev., S. 101; 1953, S. 795d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns › Section 9-318. - Canvass of votes for state officers.

The votes for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General shall be canvassed by the persons authorized to receive and count the same, within thirty days next after they were cast, unless a complaint under the provisions of section 9-324 is pending, in which case such canvass shall not be made until after the third Monday of December next after they were cast. In making such canvass, the votes upon the returns made by presiding officers shall be counted in conformity to the decision of the judge of the Superior Court or of the Supreme Court, as the case may be, and such canvass shall be in conformity to such decision, and a fair list of such votes made to conform to the original returns of the presiding officers, as corrected or affected by the finding or decision of such judge, with the original returns of the presiding officers and certified copies of the decision of such judge, shall, on the first day of the session, be laid before the General Assembly, which shall declare who are elected to said offices respectively.
(1949 Rev., S. 1108; 1953, S. 796d.)
Compared with Secs. 9-310 and 9-311. 16 CS 37.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns › Section 9-319. - Canvass of votes for state senators and representatives and judges of probate.

The votes for state senators, state representatives and judges of probate, as returned by the moderators, shall be canvassed, during the month in which they are cast, by the Treasurer, Secretary of the State and Comptroller, and they shall declare, except in case of a tie vote, who is elected senator in each senatorial district, representative in each assembly district and judge of probate in each probate district. The Secretary of the State shall, within three days after such declaration, give notice by mail to each person chosen state senator, state representative or judge of probate of his election.
(1949 Rev., S. 1087; 1953, S. 797d; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 6; P.A. 00-99, S. 31, 154.)
History: 1967 act provided for application of section to state senators and state representatives; P.A. 00-99 deleted references to sheriff, effective December 1, 2000.
Trial court lacked jurisdiction over plaintiff's claims and therefore it similarly lacked jurisdiction to enjoin state defendants from canvassing the votes and declaring a winner of the election, even temporarily. 331 C. 436.
Cited. 16 CS 36.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns › Section 9-320. - Returns of municipal elections by clerks. Elected town clerk who is registrar of vital statistics ex officio.

(a) The clerk of each municipality shall, within ten days after the municipal election, return to the Secretary of the State a statement of the name, post-office address and term of each person elected to office in such election. If an elected town clerk is registrar of vital statistics, ex officio, such return shall so indicate. Each municipal clerk neglecting to make such return shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars.
(b) The Secretary of the State shall keep a record of the names of the registrars of vital statistics and town clerks so returned. The secretary may certify that the persons named in such record are the registrars of vital statistics or the town clerks, as the case may be, of their respective towns for the period for which they were respectively elected.
(1949 Rev., S. 523; 1953, S. 798d; P.A. 88-45, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 88-45 designated existing section as Subsec. (a), amended Subsec. (a) to require return to indicate when elected town clerk is registrar of vital statistics, ex officio, and added Subsec. (b) re record and certification of registrars of vital statistics and town clerks.
When town clerk's duty under former section mandatory. 18 CS 73.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns › Section 9-320g. - Authorization of electronic equipment by Secretary of the State for conduct of an audit.

Notwithstanding any provision of this title, the Secretary of the State, in consultation and coordination with The University of Connecticut, may authorize the use of electronic equipment for the purpose of conducting any audit required pursuant to section 9-320f for any primary or general election held on or after January 1, 2016, provided (1) the Secretary of the State prescribes specifications for (A) the testing, set-up and operation of such equipment, and (B) the training of election officials in the use of such equipment; and (2) the Secretary of the State and The University of Connecticut agree that such equipment is sufficient in quantity to accommodate the total number of audits to be conducted. Nothing in this section shall preclude any candidate or elector from seeking additional remedies pursuant to chapter 149 as a result of any information revealed by such process.
(P.A. 15-224, S. 28.)
History: P.A. 15-224 effective July 7, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns › Section 9-322b. - Candidate elected to two or more offices in a municipality and prohibited from holding more than one office. Determination of officeholder.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this title, if a candidate is elected to two or more offices in a municipality at the same election and is prohibited by any provision of the general statutes, a charter or an ordinance from holding more than one such office, the candidate shall notify the registrars of voters and the municipal clerk of the office to which the candidate declines election, and the candidate for such office who receives the next highest number of votes at such election shall be deemed to have been elected to such office.
(P.A. 05-235, S. 31.)
History: P.A. 05-235 effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 149 - Elections and Primaries: Contested › Section 9-325. - Appeals and reservations of law to be taken to Supreme Court.

If, upon any such hearing by a judge of the Superior Court, any question of law is raised which any party to the complaint claims should be reviewed by the Supreme Court, such judge, instead of filing the certificate of his finding or decision with the Secretary of the State, shall transmit the same, including therein such questions of law, together with a proper finding of facts, to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who shall thereupon call a special session of said court for the purpose of an immediate hearing upon the questions of law so certified. A copy of the finding and decision so certified by the judge of the Superior Court, together with the decision of the Supreme Court, on the questions of law therein certified, shall be attested by the clerk of the Supreme Court, and by him transmitted to the Secretary of the State forthwith. The finding and decision of the judge of the Superior Court, together with the decision of the Supreme Court on the questions of law thus certified, shall be final and conclusive upon all questions relating to errors in the rulings of the election officials and to the correctness of such count and shall operate to correct the returns of the moderators or presiding officers so as to conform to such decision of said court. Nothing in this section shall be considered as prohibiting an appeal to the Supreme Court from a final judgment of the Superior Court. The judges of the Supreme Court may establish rules of procedure for the speedy and inexpensive hearing of such appeals within fifteen days of such judgment of a judge of the Superior Court.
(1949 Rev., S. 1106; 1953, S. 803d; P.A. 78-125, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 78-125 changed limiting day in December by which decision of supreme court to be transmitted to secretary of the state to “forthwith”, changed reference to errors in rulings of “moderator” to “election officials”, clarified authority of supreme court to rule on final judgment of superior court and provided for establishment of rules for speedy hearing of appeals.
Procedure considered. 77 C. 595. See 82 C. 330. Cited. 186 C. 125; 205 C. 495; 231 C. 602.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 149 - Elections and Primaries: Contested › Section 9-327. - Bond of complainant.

The complainant in any complaint or proceeding under sections 9-323, 9-324, 9-328 or 9-329a, shall give a good and sufficient bond for prosecution for the payment of costs, and the judge or judges hearing such application shall make such order regarding the payment of the costs in such action as may be equitable and may render judgment and issue execution therefor.
(1949 Rev., S. 1113; 1953, S. 805d; P.A. 78-125, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 78-125 deleted “for the correction of errors of a moderator or for a recount of votes” and cross referenced Secs. 9-323, 9-324, 9-328 or 9-449.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 149 - Elections and Primaries: Contested › Section 9-329. - Appeal to Supreme Court.

Section 9-329 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 528; 1953, S. 807d; P.A. 78-125, S. 13; 78-280, S. 2, 127.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 149 - Elections and Primaries: Contested › Section 9-329b. - Removal of candidate's name from ballot.

At any time prior to a primary held pursuant to sections 9-423, 9-425 and 9-464, or a special act or prior to any election, the Superior Court may issue an order removing a candidate from a ballot where it is shown that said candidate is improperly on the ballot.
(P.A. 78-125, S. 5; P.A. 97-154, S. 4, 27; P.A. 03-241, S. 8; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 97-154 applied section to a primary held pursuant to a special act, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 03-241 deleted reference to Sec. 9-424, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date; pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “ballot label” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “ballot”, effective May 24, 2011.
See Sec. 9-323 re contests and complaints in election of presidential electors, U.S. senator and U.S. representative.
See Sec. 9-324 re contests and complaints in election of state officers and probate judges.
See Sec. 9-328 re contests and complaints in election of municipal officers and in nomination of justices of the peace.
See Sec. 9-329a re contests and complaints in connection with primaries.