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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-463. - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:
(1) “At large” means selected on a basis other than from a district;
(2) “Candidate” means any person whose name is placed, or proposed to be placed, as the case may be, on the primary ballot of a party;
(3) “Chairman” means the chairman of the state central committee of a party;
(4) “Delegate” means a person selected by a party to vote at its national convention held for the purpose of nominating such party's candidate for President;
(5) “District” means a congressional district or other political subdivision of the state;
(6) “Party” means a political party having the largest or second largest number of enrolled members in this state according to the most recent enrollment records on file in the office of the secretary;
(7) “President” means the office of President of the United States;
(8) “Primary” means a presidential preference primary in which any enrolled member of a party is eligible to vote for a candidate for such party's nomination for President;
(9) “Rules” mean the national rules or regulations governing a party;
(10) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the State.
(P.A. 77-535, S. 1; P.A. 79-481, S. 1; P.A. 83-475, S. 36, 43.)
History: P.A. 79-481 changed Subsec. (b) definition to the effect that any enrolled member of a party is eligible to vote for a candidate for the party's nomination for president rather than to express a preference, substituted in Subsec. (d) the definition for “chairman” as being the “chairman of the state central committee of a party” in place of definition for “candidate caucus”, substituted in Subsec. (e) the definition for “delegate” in place of definition for “uncommitted caucus”, substituted in Subsec. (f) definition for “district” as meaning “a congressional district” in place of definition for “delegate slate”, deleted in Subsec. (g) definition for “national convention” and substituted definition for “president”, and added new Subsecs. (h) and (i) containing definitions for “rules” and “secretary” respectively; P.A. 83-475 rearranged order of definitions, replacing alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators, added definition of term “at large” and changed definition of “district” to include other political subdivisions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-464. - Primary date.

On the last Tuesday in April of each year in which the President of the United States is to be elected, each party shall conduct a primary in each town if the names of two or more candidates are to be placed on such party's ballot in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(P.A. 77-535, S. 2; P.A. 79-481, S. 2; P.A. 83-475, S. 37, 43; P.A. 90-156, S. 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 50, 168; P.A. 95-95, S. 1; P.A. 07-132, S. 1; P.A. 11-143, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 79-481 changed the day for the primary to the Tuesday after the fourth Monday instead of the first Monday in March if the name of one or more candidates is to be placed on the ballot and further provided for the costs of conducting primary to be paid as prescribed in new Subsecs. (b) and (c); P.A. 83-475 amended section to require primary only if there are at least two qualifying candidates and to refer to number of voting districts used by towns in last preceding state election; P.A. 90-156 repealed former Subsec. (b) re limitations on reimbursement, relettered Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b) and amended new Subsec. (b) by basing reimbursement on town's 1984 or 1988 reimbursement, whichever is applicable, plus 3% annually; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 removed Subsecs. (a) and (b) designators, deleted provision in Subsec. (a) requiring costs of conducting primary in each town to be paid by state in the manner and to the extent prescribed in Subsec. (b), and deleted Subsec. (b) in its entirety; P.A. 95-95 changed primary date from the Tuesday after the fourth Monday in March to first Tuesday in March; P.A. 07-132 changed presidential primary month from March to February, effective June 25, 2007; P.A. 11-143 changed primary date from the first Tuesday in February to the last Tuesday in April, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-465. - Placement of candidate names on ballot.

The name of a candidate shall be placed on the ballot at a primary of a party either: (a) By direction of the secretary when he determines, within the time specified in section 9-466, that the candidacy of such person for such party's nomination for President is generally and seriously advocated or recognized according to reports in the national or state news media, unless such candidate files a request as provided in section 9-466; or (b) by petition to the secretary as provided in sections 9-467, 9-468 and 9-469.
(P.A. 77-535, S. 3; P.A. 79-481, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 79-481 clarified that the candidacy is “for such party's nomination for president”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-466. - Announcement of candidate list.

The Secretary shall, at ten o'clock a.m. on the seventy-fourth day preceding the day of the primary, publicly announce a list of candidates whose names are to be placed on the ballot of each party at such primary pursuant to subsection (a) of section 9-465. Forthwith upon announcing such list, said Secretary shall notify each such candidate, by registered mail with return receipt requested, that his name will be included on the ballot unless he files with the Secretary, not later than twelve o'clock p.m. of the thirty-sixth day before the primary, a written request, signed by the candidate, to the following effect: “I request that my name be omitted from the ballot at Connecticut's forthcoming .... (name of party) presidential preference primary”. The name of any candidate who files a request as provided by this section, within the time specified, shall be omitted from the ballot, but no such withdrawal shall be honored if it is received later than the time specified by this section.
(P.A. 77-535, S. 4; P.A. 79-481, S. 4; P.A. 94-209, S. 1; P.A. 07-132, S. 2; P.A. 11-143, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 79-481 deleted provision for announcement of additional candidates to be placed on the ballot prior to four o'clock p.m. of the forty-sixth day before the primary; P.A. 94-209 changed day of announcement from sixtieth to seventy-fourth day preceding the primary; P.A. 07-132 changed “seventy-fourth day” to “seventy-eighth day”, “four o'clock” to “twelve o'clock”, and “thirty-sixth day” to “fortieth day”, effective June 25, 2007; P.A. 11-143 changed “seventy-eighth day” to “seventy-fourth day” and “fortieth day” to “thirty-sixth day”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-467. - Issuance of petition.

On or after twelve o'clock noon of the seventy-fourth day preceding the day of the primary, any person seeking the nomination of a party for President, whose name is not included in the list of candidates announced by the Secretary pursuant to section 9-466, or any person advocating the nomination of such person, by such party, may obtain petition pages from the Secretary in the manner provided by this section. Such pages shall be in a form prescribed by the Secretary and shall conform, as nearly as may be, to the requirements for primary petition forms provided in section 9-410. Any person requesting the petition pages shall give to the Secretary, in writing, his name and address, the name and address of the candidate for whom the petition is to be circulated and the party holding the primary, and shall also file, or cause to be filed, with said Secretary a written statement, signed by such candidate, to the effect that he consents to the inclusion of his name on the primary ballot of such party. Upon completion of these requirements, the Secretary shall give to the person so requesting such petition pages one petition page, suitable for duplication. If the person is requesting the form on behalf of an indigent candidate, the Secretary shall give the person the number of original pages that such person requests or the number of original pages that the Secretary deems to be sufficient. The Secretary shall also fill in on each petition page the name and address of the candidate, the words “nomination for President of the United States” as the designation of the office sought, and the name of the party conducting the primary.
(P.A. 77-535, S. 5; P.A. 79-481, S. 5; P.A. 83-475, S. 38, 43; P.A. 94-209, S. 2; P.A. 07-132, S. 3; P.A. 11-143, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 79-481 added to the information to be furnished the secretary of the state, “the party holding the primary”; P.A. 83-475 amended section to reduce number of petition pages given by secretary from three times to twice the number necessary; P.A. 94-209 changed first day of issuing petitions from sixtieth to seventy-fourth day preceding the primary; P.A. 07-132 changed “seventy-fourth day” to “seventy-eighth day” and changed number of petition pages given to a person from a sufficient number of pages to one page, suitable for duplication, unless requested on behalf of an indigent candidate, effective June 25, 2007; P.A. 11-143 changed “seventy-eighth day” to “seventy-fourth day”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-468. - Circulation, filing and verification of petition.

Except as hereinafter provided, such petitions shall be circulated, filed with the registrars of voters, and verified by said registrars, as nearly as may be, in accordance with the provisions of sections 9-410 and 9-412. Each page of such a petition shall be filed with the registrar of voters of the party holding the primary in the town of voting residence of the signers thereof, not later than four o'clock p.m. of the fifty-third day preceding the day of the primary; and such registrar shall verify the signatures on each such page and forward it to the Secretary not later than four o'clock p.m. of the forty-ninth day preceding the day of the primary. If, prior to such last day for filing such pages with the registrar, such a petition was issued under section 9-467, the office or office facilities of each registrar of such party in each town shall open not later than one o'clock p.m. and remain open until at least four o'clock p.m., and each such registrar or his deputy assistant registrar shall be present therein.
(P.A. 77-535, S. 6; P.A. 79-481, S. 6; P.A. 83-475, S. 39, 43; P.A. 85-577, S. 19; P.A. 07-132, S. 4; P.A. 11-143, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 79-481 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes; P.A. 83-475 amended section to refer to Secs. 9-410 and 9-412 instead of Secs. 9-402 and 9-403; P.A. 85-577 amended section to provide open office hours at the registrar of voters, if prior to the last day for filing petition pages, a petition was issued under Sec. 9-467; P.A. 07-132 changed “forty-sixth day” to “fiftieth day” and “forty-second day” to “forty-sixth day”, effective June 25, 2007; P.A. 11-143 changed “fiftieth day” to “fifty-third day” and “forty-sixth day” to “forty-ninth day”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-469. - Tabulation of signatures.

The Secretary shall complete tabulation of the signatures on such petitions not later than the forty-sixth day preceding the day of the primary. The Secretary shall place on the ballot of each party at the primary the name of each candidate whose petition has been signed by a number of enrolled members of such party equal to at least one per cent of the total number of enrolled members of such party in the state, according to the most recent enrollment records on file in the office of the Secretary. No candidate who has filed a statement of consent pursuant to the provisions of section 9-467 and whose name is placed on the ballot pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be permitted to withdraw his name from such ballot.
(P.A. 77-535, S. 7; P.A. 79-481, S. 7; P.A. 11-143, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 79-481 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes; P.A. 11-143 changed “thirty-sixth day” to “forty-sixth day”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-470. - Order of candidate names on ballot.

The Secretary shall determine by lot, in a public ceremony held on the thirty-fifth day preceding the day of the primary, the order in which the names of the candidates will appear on the ballot of each party at such primary; provided that the category “uncommitted” shall appear last on such ballots. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, no candidate shall be designated on the ballot as the party-endorsed candidate. The names of such candidates shall appear, in the order so determined by the Secretary, in the first vertical column of the ballot. Such column shall be designated “Nomination for President of the United States”; provided if the number of candidates is such that there is an insufficient number of places in such column, the Secretary shall determine whether the names of the candidates shall also extend, in the order so determined, to the second and succeeding columns as may be necessary, or shall appear on the first and succeeding horizontal rows as may be necessary. Such columns or rows shall be designated as hereinabove provided. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the form of the ballot shall be prescribed by the Secretary and shall conform, as nearly as may be, to the provisions of section 9-437.
(P.A. 77-535, S. 8; P.A. 79-481, S. 8; P.A. 11-20, S. 33.)
History: P.A. 79-481 substituted “uncommitted” for the category “none of those listed”, deleted provisions concerning delegate slates and further deleted provision concerning ballot label when primary for town committee is held on the same day; P.A. 11-20 replaced “voting machine” with “ballot”, effective May 24, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-471. - Notice of primary.

Forthwith upon determination of the order of candidates on the ballot, the secretary shall send a notice of primary for each party to each town clerk. Such notice shall include the names of the candidates in the order so determined and their addresses. Such notice shall conform, as nearly as may be, to the provisions of section 9-433 concerning notice of primary for nomination to a state office. The town clerk shall, forthwith upon receipt of such notice, cause it to be published in the manner provided in said section.
(P.A. 77-535, S. 9; P.A. 79-481, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 79-481 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-472. - Vacancy on ballot due to candidate death.

If, after determination of the order of candidates on the ballot, a candidate dies, his name shall not appear on such ballot; provided that the position of each remaining candidate on the ballot shall not be altered by the deletion of such name. The secretary may authorize the use of blank stickers on the ballot by town clerks in order to comply with the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 77-535, S. 10; P.A. 79-481, S. 10; P.A. 07-132, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 79-481 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes; P.A. 07-132 deleted provision re locking of voting machine candidate pointer over any blank space on ballot, effective June 25, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-473. - Notification by party chairmen of delegates allotted.

Not later than the fourteenth day before the day of the primary, the chairman of each party shall certify in writing to the secretary the number of delegates to which such party is entitled pursuant to its rules. If such rules provide that such delegates are to be chosen from districts, the chairman shall also certify the number of delegates allocated to each district and the number to be selected at large, if any. Such rules may (1) prescribe a formula for the allocation of delegates to candidates based upon the percentages of the total votes cast for such candidates at the primary, or (2) require all delegates shall be allocated to the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes notwithstanding such candidate's percentage of the total votes cast for all candidates. If such rules prescribe a formula for the allocation of delegates to candidates based upon the percentages of the total votes cast for such candidates at the primary, the chairman shall also certify such formula and all information necessary for the application of such formula to the results of the primary. The chairman shall furnish to the secretary, upon request, a written interpretation or explanation of any application of such formula.
(P.A. 77-535, S. 11; P.A. 79-481, S. 11; P.A. 95-95, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 79-481 provided for information submitted to include the number to be selected at large, if any, and also if the rules prescribe a formula for allocation of delegates based on the votes of the primary, the formula and necessary information pertaining to its application are to be submitted and further provided that on request chairman to furnish a written interpretation or explanation of the latter; P.A. 95-95 allowed rules to require allocation of delegates to candidate receiving greatest number of votes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-474 and 9-475. - Candidate caucuses. Selection of delegate slates.

Sections 9-474 and 9-475 are repealed.
(P.A. 77-535, S. 12, 13; P.A. 79-481, S. 18.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-477 to 9-481. - Tabulation of votes. Delegate affidavit. Convention certification. Vacancy in delegate slate prior to primary. Vacancy in delegate slate following primary.

Sections 9-477 to 9-481, inclusive, are repealed.
(P.A. 77-535, S. 15–19; P.A. 79-481, S. 18.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-482. - “Candidate” includes “uncommitted”. Determination of total votes cast.

As used in this section and in sections 9-483, 9-484 and 9-485, “candidate” includes the category “uncommitted”. The secretary shall determine the number of votes cast for each candidate and the total number of votes cast for all candidates at each party's primary. If delegates are to be selected to represent districts, the secretary shall also make such determination for each such district.
(P.A. 79-481, S. 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-483. - Allocation of delegates pursuant to party formula.

If a party's chairman has certified a formula in accordance with the provisions of section 9-473, the secretary shall calculate the number of delegates allocated to each of such party's candidates, pursuant to such formula, except as provided in section 9-484.
(P.A. 79-481, S. 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-485. - Certification of delegates. Release of delegates.

(a) Forthwith upon completion of the procedures prescribed by section 9-483 or 9-484, as the case may be, the secretary shall certify to the chairman, each candidate and the national committee of the party, the number of such party's at large and district delegates allocated to each candidate in accordance with the provisions of said sections. Each party shall select a number of delegates, both at large and from each district, pursuant to its rules and in accordance with such certification, provided it shall select a number of delegates committed to support each candidate which is not less than the number so allocated to such candidate. If, prior to a party's selection of delegates, a candidate to whom one or more of such party's delegates are allocated files with the secretary a written statement, by him signed, to the effect that he has released all Connecticut delegates allocated to him, delegates committed to such candidate shall not be selected by such party. Forthwith upon the selection of delegates, the chairman shall certify to the secretary the name and address of each delegate, the district from which he was selected or that he was selected at large, and the name of the candidate to whom he is committed or that he is uncommitted, as the case may be. If, as a consequence of any such candidate's release of delegates, the number of delegates differs from the number so allocated in accordance with the secretary's certification, the chairman shall include in his certification a statement to such effect and an accounting of the differences.
(b) The secretary shall forward a copy of such certification to the national committee of the party and to each candidate to whom at least one delegate is committed. If such certification indicates that the party has not complied with the provisions of this section in its selection of delegates, the secretary shall so inform the chairman, each such candidate and the national committee of the party. If any such candidate files with the secretary a written objection to any delegate committed to him according to the chairman's certification, the secretary shall inform the chairman and the national committee of the party of such objection. Any dispute over the selection of delegates by a party shall be resolved in such manner as its rules may prescribe.
(c) If, subsequent to the primary, a candidate to whom one or more of such party's delegates are allocated either dies or files with the secretary a written statement, by him signed, to the effect that he has released all Connecticut delegates committed to him, the commitment of any such delegate to the candidate shall be deemed to have been released.
(P.A. 79-481, S. 16.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 154 - Presidential Preference Primary › Section 9-486. - Caucuses permitted.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the holding of caucuses for the selection of delegates prior to the day of the primary.
(P.A. 79-481, S. 17; P.A. 83-475, S. 41, 43.)
History: P.A. 83-475 deleted former Subsec. requiring persons wishing to become delegates to file a statement to that effect with the secretary of the state.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 155 - Elections: Campaign Financing › Section 9-600. (Formerly Sec. 9-333). - Application of provisions.

This chapter applies to: (1) The election, and all primaries preliminary thereto, of all public officials, except presidential electors, United States senators and members in Congress, and (2) any referendum question. This chapter also applies, except for the provisions of sections 9-611 to 9-620, inclusive, to persons who are candidates in a primary for town committee members.
(1949 Rev., S. 1155; 1953, S. 810d; 1967, P.A. 592, S. 16; P.A. 75-571, S. 1, 34; P.A. 86-99, S. 1, 34; P.A. 87-264, S. 1; P.A. 91-351, S. 1, 28; P.A. 03-223, S. 6; 03-241, S. 9.)
History: 1967 act deleted “except as otherwise provided by law” and listed the exceptions as presidential electors, United States senator, members in Congress, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of the state, treasurer, comptroller, attorney general, sheriff, judge of probate, members of the general assembly and to all caucuses and primaries preliminary to any such election and deleted specific listing of offices to which the chapter applies, effective January 1, 1968; P.A. 75-571 changed application of chapter to include all primaries preliminary to elections, deleted all previously listed exceptions following “members in Congress”, added as exceptions “nominees as delegates to conventions and candidates for members of town committees” and further expanded application to any constitutional amendment, referendum question and any question to be voted upon at any election; P.A. 86-99 made technical amendment restructuring section for clarity; P.A. 87-264 applied chapter, except for sections indicated, to candidates in convention delegate or town committee member primaries; P.A. 91-351 added Subdiv. indicators and Subdiv. (3) which applied chapter to persons who are candidates in primary for convention delegates; P.A. 03-223 added “including convention delegates to a United States senatorial or congressional district convention” in Subdiv. (3), effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 03-241 deleted Subdiv. (3) re application of chapter to convention delegate primary candidates, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date; Sec. 9-333 transferred to Sec. 9-600 in 2007.
Annotation to former section 9-333:
Cited. 6 CS 210.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 155 - Elections: Campaign Financing › Section 9-601e. - Impermissible coordinated expenditure. Liability for penalty.

If the State Elections Enforcement Commission finds that an expenditure, as defined in section 9-601b, is coordinated with a candidate committee or candidate or an agent of the candidate, in a manner not permissible under the provisions of this chapter, the candidate, agent of the candidate, if applicable, or treasurer of such committee who participated in or had knowledge of such coordination, shall be jointly and severally liable for paying any penalty levied by the commission under section 9-7b.
(P.A. 13-180, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 13-180 effective June 18, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 155 - Elections: Campaign Financing › Section 9-606a. - Terms “treasurer” and “deputy treasurer” substituted for “campaign treasurer” and “deputy campaign treasurer”.

(a)(1) Wherever the term “campaign treasurer” is used in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “treasurer” shall be substituted in lieu thereof; and (2) wherever the term “deputy campaign treasurer” is used in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “deputy treasurer” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 9-7b, 9-602, 9-604, 9-605, 9-606, 9-607, 9-608, 9-609, 9-610, 9-614, 9-622, 9-623, 9-624, 9-675, 9-700, 9-703, 9-704, 9-706, 9-707, 9-709, 9-711 and 9-712.
(b) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of this section, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 13-180, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 13-180 effective June 18, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 155 - Elections: Campaign Financing › Section 9-614. (Formerly Sec. 9-333p). - Organizations.

(a)
Formation of political committee. Method of funding.
An organization may make contributions or expenditures, other than those made to promote the success or defeat of a referendum question, only by first forming its own political committee. The political committee shall then be authorized to receive funds exclusively from the organization's treasury or from voluntary contributions made by its members, but not both, from another political committee or, from a candidate committee distributing a surplus and (1) to make contributions or expenditures to, or for the benefit of, a candidate's campaign or a political party, or (2) to make contributions to another political committee. No organization shall form more than one political committee. A political committee shall be deemed to have been established by an organization if the initial contribution to the committee is made by the organization's treasury or an officer or director of the organization.
(b)
Change in method of funding.
A political committee established by an organization may elect to alter the manner in which it is funded if it complies with the requirements of this subsection. The committee chairperson shall notify the repository with which the committee's most recent statement of organization is filed, in writing, of the committee's intent to alter its manner of funding. Within fifteen days after the date of receipt of such notification, the treasurer of such political committee shall return any funds remaining in the account of the committee to the organization's treasury after payment of each outstanding liability. Within seven days after the distribution and payments have been made, the treasurer shall file a statement with the same repository itemizing each such distribution and payment. Upon such filing, the treasurer may receive voluntary contributions from any member of the organization which established such committee subject to the limitations imposed in subsection (b) of section 9-612.
(c)
Designation of funding method.
The chairperson of each political committee established by an organization on or after July 1, 1985, shall designate the manner in which the committee shall be funded in the committee's statement of organization.
(d)
Independent expenditures.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an organization, acting alone, may make independent expenditures.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 17, 34; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 34; P.A. 10-187, S. 8; P.A. 13-180, S. 12.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 added provision in Subsec. (a) re when political committee deemed established by an organization, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; Sec. 9-333p transferred to Sec. 9-614 in 2007; P.A. 10-187 added Subsec. (d) re independent expenditures, effective June 8, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 13-180, “campaign treasurer” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “treasurer” in Subsec. (b), effective June 18, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 155 - Elections: Campaign Financing › Section 9-616. (Formerly Sec. 9-333r). - Contributions made or received by candidate committees.

(a) A candidate committee shall not make contributions to, or for the benefit of, (1) a party committee, (2) a political committee, (3) a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office, (4) a national committee, or (5) another candidate committee except that (A) a pro rata sharing of certain expenses in accordance with subsection (b) of section 9-610 shall be permitted, and (B) after a political party nominates candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, whose names shall be so placed on the ballot in the election that an elector will cast a single vote for both candidates, as prescribed in section 9-181, an expenditure by a candidate committee established by either such candidate that benefits the candidate committee established by the other such candidate shall be permitted.
(b) A candidate committee shall not receive contributions from any national committee or from a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 19, 34; P.A. 91-351, S. 16, 28; P.A. 03-241, S. 15, 64.)
History: P.A. 91-351 inserted in Subsec. (a)(2) “except to a political committee which has been formed for a slate of convention delegates in a primary”; P.A. 03-241 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by eliminating exception for political committee formed for slate of convention delegates in primary, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date, and by adding Subpara. (B) in Subsec. (b)(5) re expenditures by candidate committees established by candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor who are nominated by same party and designating existing exception therein as Subpara. (A), effective July 1, 2003; Sec. 9-333r transferred to Sec. 9-616 in 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 155 - Elections: Campaign Financing › Section 9-620. (Formerly Sec. 9-333v). - Contributions made or received by committees formed to promote success or defeat of referendum questions.

(a) A political committee formed solely to aid or promote the success or defeat of a referendum question shall not make contributions to, or for the benefit of, a party committee, a political committee, a national committee, a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office or a candidate committee, except in the distribution of a surplus, as provided in subsection (e) of section 9-608.
(b) A political committee formed solely to aid or promote the success or defeat of a referendum question shall not receive contributions from a national committee or from a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office.
(c) No person, other than an individual or a committee, shall make a contribution to a political committee formed solely to aid or promote the success or defeat of a referendum question, or to any other person, to aid or promote the success or defeat of a referendum question, in excess of ten cents for each individual residing in the state or political subdivision thereof in which such referendum question is to be voted upon, in accordance with the last federal decennial census.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 23, 34; P.A. 87-576, S. 5, 6; P.A. 10-187, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 87-576 added “or has expenses incurred but not paid” in Subsec. (d); Sec. 9-333v transferred to Sec. 9-620 in 2007; P.A. 10-187 amended Subsec. (c) by making technical changes and deleted Subsec. (d) re reporting requirement, effective June 8, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 155 - Elections: Campaign Financing › Section 9-624. (Formerly Sec. 9-346a). - Preparation and distribution of forms; town clerk's fee.

(a) The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall prepare and print the forms required for compliance with this chapter and distribute them upon request to candidates and treasurers.
(b) The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall, at the expense of the state, prepare and print all forms for statements required to be returned under the provisions of this chapter and shall furnish to each town clerk a sufficient supply of each of such blank forms as are required to be filed with or returned to the town clerk. The town clerk of each town shall, upon request, distribute to treasurers the forms required for compliance with this chapter and, if not salaried, shall be entitled to receive from the town the sum of ten cents for each copy.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 27, 34; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 54; P.A. 13-180, S. 12.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 changed “Secretary of the State” to “State Elections Enforcement Commission”, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; Sec. 9-346a transferred to Sec. 9-624 in 2007; pursuant to P.A. 13-180, “campaign treasurers” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “treasurers”, effective June 18, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 156 - Computerization of Campaign Financing Statements and Data › Section 9-676. (Formerly Sec. 9-348ff). - Conversion of data from paper format to electronic format.

The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall, within available appropriations, convert all data in statements required by section 9-608 that are filed in paper format on and after such date, to an electronic format and be authorized to use a portion of the funds for oversight of such conversion.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 2, 19; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 8, 51; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 45.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 required that conversion be within available appropriations, rather than to the extent feasible, and authorized use of a portion of funds for conversion oversight, effective July 1, 1999; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 changed “Secretary of the State” to “State Elections Enforcement Commission” and deleted an obsolete date, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; Sec. 9-348ff transferred to Sec. 9-676 in 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 156 - Computerization of Campaign Financing Statements and Data › Section 9-677. (Formerly Sec. 9-348gg). - Public access to computerized data from campaign finance statements.

The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall make all computerized data from statements required by section 9-608 available to the public through (1) computer terminals at the commission and, if feasible, at remote access locations, and (2) the Internet or any other generally available on-line computer network.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 3, 19; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 9, 51; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 46.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 changed data availability date from January 1, 1999, to January 1, 2000, effective July 1, 1999; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 changed “Secretary of the State” to “State Elections Enforcement Commission” and deleted an obsolete date, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; Sec. 9-348gg transferred to Sec. 9-677 in 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program › Section 9-701. - Citizens' Election Fund.

There is established the “Citizens' Election Fund”, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The fund may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund. Investment earnings credited to the assets of the fund shall become part of the assets of the fund. The State Treasurer shall administer the fund. All moneys deposited in the fund shall be used for the purposes of sections 9-700 to 9-716, inclusive.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 97; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 86.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective January 1, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 made $1,000,000 limit on administrative costs deducted by commission applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, increased limit to $2,300,000 during any fiscal year thereafter and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 eliminated authority of commission to deduct certain administrative costs from fund, effective September 9, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program › Section 9-707. - Limit on deposits into depository account of a qualified candidate committee.

Following the initial deposit of moneys from the Citizens' Election Fund into the depository account of a qualified candidate committee, no contribution, loan, amount of the candidate's own moneys or any other moneys received by the candidate or the treasurer on behalf of the committee shall be deposited into said depository account, except grants from the fund, and reimbursement from another candidate committee for shared expenses as provided pursuant to subsection (b) of section 9-610.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 8; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 4; P.A. 13-180, S. 12, 29.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 deleted former Subdiv. (2) re additional moneys as provided in Secs. 9-713 and 9-714, effective August 13, 2010; P.A. 13-180 added provision re reimbursement for shared expenses, effective June 18, 2013; pursuant to P.A. 13-180, “campaign treasurer” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “treasurer”, effective June 18, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program › Section 9-708. - Payment of general election campaign grant to eligible qualified candidate committee.

A qualified candidate committee that received moneys from the Citizens' Election Fund for a primary campaign and whose candidate is the party nominee shall receive a grant from the fund for a general election campaign. Upon receiving verification from the Secretary of the State of the declaration by the Secretary of the State in accordance with the provisions of section 9-440 of the results of the votes cast at the primary, the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall notify the State Comptroller of the amount payable to such qualified candidate committee pursuant to section 9-705. Not later than two business days following notification by the commission, the State Comptroller shall draw an order on the State Treasurer for payment of the general election campaign grant to said committee from said fund.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 9.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program › Section 9-710. - Loans and personal funds for campaigns. Limits.

(a) The candidate committee for a candidate who intends to participate in the Citizens' Election Program may borrow moneys on behalf of a campaign for a primary or a general election from one or more financial institutions, as defined in section 36a-41, in an aggregate amount not to exceed one thousand dollars. The amount borrowed shall not constitute a qualifying contribution under section 9-704. No individual, political committee or party committee, except the candidate or, in a general election, the state central committee of a political party, shall endorse or guarantee such a loan in an aggregate amount in excess of five hundred dollars. An endorsement or guarantee of such a loan shall constitute a contribution by such individual or committee for as long as the loan is outstanding. The amount endorsed or guaranteed by such individual or committee shall cease to constitute a contribution upon repayment of the amount endorsed or guaranteed.
(b) All such loans shall be repaid in full prior to the date such candidate committee applies for a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund pursuant to section 9-706. A candidate who fails to repay such loans or fails to certify such repayment to the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall not be eligible to receive and shall not receive grants from the fund.
(c) A candidate who intends to participate in the Citizens' Election Program may provide personal funds for such candidate's campaign for nomination or election in an amount not exceeding: (1) For a candidate for the office of Governor, twenty thousand dollars; (2) for a candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer or Secretary of the State, ten thousand dollars; (3) for a candidate for the office of state senator, two thousand dollars; or (4) for a candidate for the office of state representative, one thousand dollars. Such personal funds shall not constitute a qualifying contribution under section 9-704. For the purposes of this section, and after the amendment of regulations pursuant to subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection (e) of section 9-706, expenditures for child care services made directly from any such candidate's personal funds and for which such candidate does not seek reimbursement from his or her candidate committee, as provided in subsection (k) of section 9-607, shall not count toward the amounts provided in subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, as applicable, of this subsection.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 11; P.A. 06-196, S. 60; P.A. 21-49, S. 3.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsecs. (a) and (c)(2), effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; P.A. 21-49 amended Subsec. (c) to add provision re expenditures for child care services, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program › Section 9-711. - Excess expenditures: Penalties.

(a) If an expenditure in excess of the applicable expenditure limit set forth in subsection (c) of section 9-702 is made or incurred by a qualified candidate committee that receives a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund pursuant to section 9-706, (1) the candidate and treasurer of said committee shall be jointly and severally liable for paying for the excess expenditure, (2) the committee shall not receive any additional grants or moneys from the fund for the remainder of the election cycle if the State Elections Enforcement Commission determines that the candidate or treasurer of said committee had knowledge of the excess expenditure, (3) the treasurer shall be subject to penalties under section 9-7b, and (4) the candidate of said candidate committee shall be deemed to be a nonparticipating candidate for the purposes of sections 9-700 to 9-716, inclusive, if the commission determines that the candidate or treasurer of said committee had knowledge of the excess expenditure. The commission may waive the provisions of this subsection upon determining that an excess expenditure is de minimis. The commission shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing standards for making such determinations. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to, a finding by the commission that the candidate or treasurer has, from the candidate's or treasurer's personal funds, either paid the excess expenditure or reimbursed the qualified candidate committee for its payment of the excess expenditure.
(b) If an individual, who is associated with the campaign of a candidate whose qualified candidate committee has received a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund pursuant to section 9-706, makes or incurs an expenditure in excess of the applicable expenditure limit set forth in subsection (c) of section 9-702 for said committee, without the consent of the candidate or treasurer of the committee, the individual shall (1) repay to the fund the amount of such excess expenditure, and (2) shall be subject to penalties under section 9-7b. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to an individual who is the candidate or the treasurer of such committee.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 12; P.A. 06-196, S. 61; P.A. 13-180, S. 12.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; pursuant to P.A. 13-180, “campaign treasurer” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “treasurer”, effective June 18, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program › Section 9-713 and 9-714. - Excess expenditures: Payment of additional moneys to opposing participating candidates. Independent expenditures: Payment of additional matching moneys to participating candidates.

Sections 9-713 and 9-714 are repealed, effective August 13, 2010.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 14, 15; P.A. 06-137, S. 29; P.A. 08-2, S. 19; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program › Section 9-715. - Voter registration lists for participating candidates.

The Secretary of the State shall provide to each participating candidate a copy of the voter registration list for the state or the applicable district, which is generated from the state-wide centralized voter registration system established pursuant to the plan authorized under section 1 of special act 91-45 and completed pursuant to section 9-50b. The Secretary shall provide the copy in electronic format, free of charge.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 16.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.