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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-190b. - Temporary relief of registrar by Secretary of the State; procedure.

If a registrar of voters fails to attain or maintain, whichever is applicable, certification required under subsection (a) of section 9-192a or is the subject of an investigation of any matter related to the duties of such registrar's office resulting from a statement filed with the State Elections Enforcement Commission by the Secretary of the State, the Secretary may issue a written instruction, pursuant to section 9-3, to such registrar to appear before the Secretary on the date and at such time as provided in such instruction. The Secretary shall cite the reasons for such instruction and inform such registrar that such appearance is for the purpose of determining whether to temporarily relieve such registrar of his or her duties as provided in this section. The registrar shall appear before the Secretary and be given a fair opportunity to show cause, if any, why such registrar should not be temporarily relieved of his or her duties. If, after such opportunity, the Secretary determines that the public interest in the orderly conduct of elections would be so served, the Secretary may temporarily relieve such registrar of his or her duties and require the deputy registrar of voters appointed by such registrar to administer the operations of such office until such certification has been attained or maintained or until the State Elections Enforcement Commission has completed such investigation and taken final action on such matter. The proceeding described in this section shall not be considered a contested case under chapter 54. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a municipality from paying the salary of such registrar of voters while such resolution is pending.
(P.A. 15-224, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 15-224 effective July 7, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-191. - Election of registrars for each voting district.

The provisions of section 9-190 to the contrary notwithstanding, each municipality which is divided into two voting districts and which elected registrars of voters for each voting district prior to July 8, 1955, shall continue to elect registrars of voters for each voting district until such time as such municipality, by vote of its legislative body, provides for the election of registrars of voters for the entire municipality instead of registrars of voters for each voting district.
(1955, S. 672d; P.A. 95-171, S. 13, 14.)
History: P.A. 95-171 added “two” re municipalities divided into voting districts, effective October 1, 1995, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-192b. - Designation of registrar, deputy or an assistant to receive instruction.

Each registrar of voters shall annually designate either said registrar, the deputy registrar of voters or an assistant registrar of voters to receive at least ten hours of instruction under the elections training program developed under subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of section 9-192a.
(P.A. 05-235, S. 22; P.A. 15-224, S. 31.)
History: P.A. 05-235 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 15-224 replaced reference to Sec. 9-192a(c)(2) with reference to Sec. 9-192a(d)(2), effective July 7, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-193. - Registrar's oath.

Each registrar of voters, deputy registrar and assistant, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall be sworn.
(1949 Rev., S. 995; 1953, S. 674d.)
See Sec. 1-25 re forms of oaths.
No vacancy exists in office between election or succession and taking of oath and filing of certificate. 120 C. 565. Cited. 206 C. 579.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-194. - Compensation of registrars, deputies and assistants.

The registrars of voters, deputy registrars and assistants shall receive for their services such sum as may be allowed by the selectmen, and all expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties shall be audited by the selectmen and paid by the town, but, in no case, shall such compensation be regulated by the number of names registered.
(1949 Rev., S. 997; 1953, S. 675d.)
Registrar not personally liable for wages of assistant. 78 C. 670. Cited. 130 C. 477.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-195. - Compensation of registrars and town clerks for duties as to enrollment.

For the performance of the duties relating to the enrollment of electors on enrollment lists, each registrar and deputy registrar actually engaged therein, and each town clerk not upon a salary, shall receive such reasonable compensation and expenses from the town for which the enrollment is made as are approved by the selectmen thereof and, from the city or borough for which the enrollment is made, such sums as are approved by its common council or warden or burgesses or, where town and city governments are consolidated, such sums as are approved by the common council of such city.
(1949 Rev., S. 1188; 1953, S. 676d.)
See Sec. 9-55a re compensation of registrars, clerks and other personnel.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-196 and 9-197. - Assessors. Minority representation for assessors in towns holding annual elections.

Sections 9-196 and 9-197 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 502, 503, 515; 1951, S. 106b; 1953, S. 677d, 678d; P.A. 76-173, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-198. - Determination of number, method of election or appointment, term and compensation of assessors.

Section 9-198 is repealed, effective October 1, 2010.
(1949 Rev., S. 504; 1953, S. 679d; P.A. 10-84, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-200. - Constables.

Each town shall elect, at its regular municipal election, unless otherwise provided by law and except as provided in section 9-185, not more than seven constables; except that the town of Groton may elect fourteen constables. When the number of constables to be elected by any town is even, no person shall vote for more than one-half the number; when the number to be elected is odd, no person shall vote for more than a bare majority of the number. The candidates in number sufficient to fill the office of constable who have the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
(1949 Rev., S. 507, 515; 1953, S. 681d; 1957, P.A. 128, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 15, S. 3; P.A. 73-655, S. 2; P.A. 76-173, S. 8; P.A. 82-239, S. 5, 7.)
History: 1961 act removed obsolete reference to office of grand juror which was abolished in 1959; P.A. 73-655 added provision referencing amendment to Sec. 9-185 permitting town, by ordinance, to provide for appointment, rather than election of constables; P.A. 76-173 changed “town” to “municipal” election; P.A. 82-239 removed the obsolete reference to the agent of the town deposit fund.
Constable chosen and sworn and rechosen the next year may act, although not resworn. 1 R. 83. See 5 C. 278. A constable can be chosen only at the time or under the conditions prescribed by statute. 1 R. 136. Town officers, elected for a year, usually hold until the incumbent's place is supplied. 6 C. 438. Where a public duty is imposed, commensurate power is implied. 38 C. 50.
Cited. 40 CA 643.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-201. - Election of five-member boards of police commissioners.

Any town, at the next regular municipal election following action under section 7-274, shall elect two members of the board of police commissioners to serve for a term of two years and three for four years. At each such election thereafter, a member shall be elected for a term of four years to succeed each member whose term has expired. Each member of such board shall serve for the term for which he is elected and until his successor is elected and has qualified.
(1949 Rev., S. 657; 1953, S. 682d; P.A. 76-173, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 76-173 deleted references to annual and biennial elections.
Cited. 144 C. 27.
Cited. 19 CS 321.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-202. - Board of finance.

Any town adopting a resolution for which provision is made in section 7-340 shall, at the next regular municipal election elect six electors of such town who shall constitute the board of finance, two of whom shall be elected to serve until the next such election, two to serve until the second such election from such date and two to serve until the third such election from such date. At each such election thereafter, the town shall elect, in the same manner as the town officers are elected, two electors of such town as members of such board of finance to serve for six years. Each member of the board of finance shall serve for the term for which he is elected and until his successor is elected and has qualified.
(1949 Rev., S. 774; 1953, S. 683d; P.A. 76-173, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 76-173 deleted references to annual, biennial and special elections and also deleted references to taxpayers.
Town empowered to create a board of finance exceeded its power in attempting to create a bipartisan one. 10 CS 258.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-203. - Number and term of members of boards of education.

The board of education in each town shall consist of three, six, nine or twelve residents of such town, except as provided in section 9-205. In a town holding annual elections one-third of the members of such board shall be elected annually for the term of three years. Any town may, at any time, by ordinance, make the number of its board of education three, six, nine or twelve, and, at the next election thereafter held in each such town, the terms of all members of the board of education shall terminate and sufficient members shall be elected to fill the entire number of positions on said board as determined by such ordinance. In each such town which holds annual elections, at such next election one-third of the members of such board shall be elected for a term of one year, one-third shall be elected for a term of two years and one-third shall be elected for a term of three years; and at each annual election thereafter held, one-third of the members of such board shall be elected for a term of three years. In each such town which holds biennial elections, at such next election and at each biennial election thereafter held, members of the board of education shall be elected in accordance with the procedure prescribed in section 9-206 for a town which adopts biennial elections. The provisions of this section and section 9-204 shall not be construed to repeal or affect any special act relating to a town which elects the members of its board of education in a different manner or for different terms.
(1949 Rev., S. 1500; 1953, S. 684d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 57; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 7; P.A. 78-153, S. 9, 32; P.A. 79-363, S. 24, 38.)
History: 1961 act added reference to Sec. 9-206 in fifth sentence; P.A. 78-153 deleted sentence specifying when term of office shall begin, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-363 made technical changes.
Under former statute, member of town school committee was not required to be an elector. 114 C. 527, see also 83 C. 560. Cited. 182 C. 253; 213 C. 216.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-204. - Minority representation on board of education.

(a) Unless otherwise provided by special act or charter provision, including the charter provisions described in subsection (b) of this section, when the number of members to be elected to the board of education for the same term at any election is even, no elector shall vote for more than half that number and when the number of members to be elected to the board of education for the same term at any election is odd, no elector shall vote for more than a bare majority of that number.
(b) Any charter which (1) provides for the election of the members of a board of education at one town election for the same term, (2) incorporates section 9-167a by reference to determine minority representation for such board of education and (3) makes no reference to the number of candidates for which an elector may vote for such board of education shall be deemed to have set the number of candidates an elector may vote for and the number of candidates who may be endorsed by any political party at the maximum levels specified in the table contained in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 9-167a.
(1949 Rev., S. 1500; 1953, S. 685d; P.A. 79-552; P.A. 86-333, S. 29, 32; P.A. 87-534, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 79-552 added “unless otherwise provided by special act or charter provision”; P.A. 86-333 made minor change in wording; P.A. 87-534 added new Subsec. (b) to describe certain charter provisions which are deemed to have set the number of candidates for which an elector may vote.
Cited. 182 C. 111; 213 C. 216.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-204a. - Nomination and voting for full number of board members to be elected authorized.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-204 and 9-414 and of any special act or town charter, any town may, by charter, or by referendum vote taken at any regular election in such town pursuant to either a vote of its legislative body or a petition signed by at least five per cent of the electors of such town as established by the last-preceding registry list of such town, authorize the nomination by any political party of candidates for election as members of the board of education of such town equal to the number of members of said board to be elected at such election, and authorize the electors of such town to vote for the full number of such members to be elected, provided not more than one-half of the members of said board declared elected to the same term at such election shall be of the same political party if the number to be elected is even and not more than a bare majority thereof shall be members of the same political party if the number to be elected is odd. If the number of candidates, sufficient to fill the offices voted on, receiving the highest number of votes at any such election are of the same political party, those persons sufficient to fill one-half or a bare majority of such offices, as the case may be, who received the highest number of votes among such candidates shall be declared elected and those persons receiving the next highest number of votes who do not belong to such political party, sufficient in number to fill the remaining offices, shall be declared elected.
(P.A. 73-266, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-532, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 75-532 added “to the same term” to provision that “not more than one-half of the members of said board declared elected ... at such election shall be of the same political party”.
Because threshold requirements for statute's applicability were not met, the operative provisions ensuring minority representation never came into play. 182 C. 111. Cited. 213 C. 216.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-204b. - Optional alternative system for towns with four-year terms for board of education.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute to the contrary, in any town which provides for four-year terms for members to be elected to the board of education and whose legislative body adopts the provisions of this section by charter or ordinance, and the number of members to be elected is odd or even, any elector may vote for all of that number and the persons receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected, except that when the number of members of any one political party who would be elected without regard to section 9-167a exceeds the maximum number as determined by said section, then only the candidates of such political party with the highest number of votes up to the limit of such maximum, shall be elected. The next highest ranking candidates, not from such political party, shall be elected, up to the number of places to be filled in such election. Each political party shall have the right to nominate as many persons as there are vacancies on the board and those names shall be placed upon the ballot.
(P.A. 83-401, S. 1, 2.)
Cited. 213 C. 216.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-205. - Election of board of education when number of members revised.

(a) Any town may, at any time, by ordinance, make the number of its board of education five, seven or eight. If any town which holds biennial town elections, by ordinance, makes the number of its board of education five, seven or eight, at the town election next following such action the terms of office of the members of such board then in office shall expire; and, if the number so chosen is five, such town shall elect three members of such board to hold office for two years and two members to hold office for four years each from the date of election, and, at each town election thereafter, shall elect members of such board in place of the members whose terms expire, each for a term of four years from the date of election. If the number of such board members so chosen is seven, such town shall elect four members to hold office for two years and three members to hold office for four years, each from the date of election, and, at each town election thereafter, shall elect members of such board in place of the members whose terms expire, each for a term of four years from the date of election. If the number of such board members so chosen is eight, such town shall elect four members to hold office for two years and four members to hold office for four years, each from the date of election, and, at each town election thereafter, shall elect members of such board in place of the members whose terms expire, each for a term of four years from the date of election.
(b) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to the provisions of sections 9-203 and 9-204, and any applicable provision of said sections shall apply to this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 1503; 1953, S. 686d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 58; P.A. 79-363, S. 25, 38; P.A. 80-483, S. 34, 186; P.A. 89-169, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 79-363 deleted in Subsecs. (a) and (b) the provisions pertaining to annual town elections and elections in odd and even-numbered years and also the provisions pertaining to towns having made the number of their board of education members either five or seven and subsequently adopting biennial elections; P.A. 80-483 made technical changes; P.A. 89-169 authorized any town, by ordinance, to have eight-member board of education and added provision re terms for such members.
Cited. 213 C. 216.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-206. - Election of board of education in towns adopting biennial elections. Alternate rotation of terms and length of terms permitted.

(a) In any town having a board of education of three, six, nine or twelve members established in accordance with the general statutes which has adopted biennial elections, at each such election one-third of the members of such board shall be elected for a term of six years. In any town having any such board which adopts biennial elections, at its first biennial election sufficient members of the board of education shall be elected to fill the entire number of positions on said board for terms as follows: One-third shall be elected for a term of two years, one-third shall be elected for a term of four years and one-third shall be elected for a term of six years. At each biennial election thereafter, one-third of the members of such board shall be elected for a term of six years.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, any town having a board of education of three, six, nine or twelve members established in accordance with the general statutes which has adopted biennial elections may, by charter provision or by ordinance, establish a different method of rotation and a different length of the term of office. Such ordinance or charter provision shall take effect at the next regular town election following the effective date of such ordinance or charter provision.
(1953, S. 687d; P.A. 79-363, S. 26, 38; P.A. 81-257, S. 8, 10.)
History: P.A. 79-363 made technical changes; P.A. 81-257 added Subsec. (b) authorizing town to change rotation method and term of office for school board members by ordinance or charter revision.
Cited. 213 C. 216.
Cited. 18 CS 69.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-206a. - Optional number of members and terms of boards of education.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-203, 9-205 and 9-206, any town may, by charter provision, provide for the election of a board of education consisting of not less than three nor more than twelve electors of such town for terms of two, three, four or six years. Each such town may provide in an ordinance or charter provision for method of rotation. Such ordinance or charter provision shall not take effect until six months after adoption. Members of boards of education shall first be elected in accordance with any such ordinance or charter provision at the next regular town election following the effective date of such ordinance or charter provision.
(b) No person serving an elected term to a board of education on the effective date of any such ordinance or charter provision shall have his term shortened or terminated by virtue of such ordinance or charter provision.
(February, 1965, P.A. 628, S. 1, 2.)
Cited. 213 C. 216.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-207. - Library directors.

Any municipality, after establishing a library under the provisions of sections 11-20 and 11-21, shall at the first regular municipal election after the establishment of such library, elect one-third of the directors to hold office until the next such election, one-third until the second such election and one-third until the third such election, and, at all such elections of such municipality thereafter, one-third of the directors shall be elected to hold office for six years.
(1949 Rev., S. 1659; 1953, 1955, S. 689d; P.A. 76-173, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 76-173 deleted references to annual and biennial elections.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-208. - Election of library directors on change from annual to biennial election.

Section 9-208 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1659; 1953, 1955, S. 689d; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 8; P.A. 76-173, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-209. - Certificate filed with secretary when planning or zoning members to be elected.

The town clerk of any town which has provided by ordinance for the election of the members of its planning commission, zoning commission or zoning board of appeals shall file a certificate with the Secretary of the State setting forth the terms of office and the number of members of such commission or board for which each elector may vote.
(1951, S. 163b; 1953, S. 690d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-210. - Incompatible town offices.

No selectman shall hold the office of town clerk, town treasurer or collector of town taxes during the same official year, nor that of judge of probate for the district within which such town is located; no town treasurer shall hold the office of collector of town taxes during the same official year; nor shall any town clerk or selectman be elected a registrar of voters; and no registrar of voters shall hold the office of town clerk. No assessor shall act as a member of the board of assessment appeals. No member of the board of finance of any town shall hold any salaried town office unless otherwise provided by special act. If any registrar of voters is elected to the office of town clerk or selectman and accepts the office, he shall thereupon cease to be a registrar; and, if any town clerk or selectman is elected registrar of voters, the election shall be void; and in either of said cases the selectmen shall forthwith appoint another registrar by a writing signed by them and filed with the town clerk; but the person so appointed shall be a member of the same political party as that to which the person so elected belongs.
(1949 Rev., S. 773; 1953, S. 691d; 1959, P.A. 130, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 9; P.A. 95-283, S. 29, 68.)
History: 1959 act added prohibition against town treasurer or town clerk holding office of trial justice; 1961 act eliminated same; P.A. 95-283 replaced board of tax review with board of assessment appeals, effective July 6, 1995.
Selectman may not by his own vote appoint himself collector; selectman may be appointed collector, but cannot remain selectman. 66 C. 294. What constitutes office within purview of statute. 121 C. 242.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-211. - United States senator; vacancy.

(a) In case of a vacancy in the office of senator in Congress, the Governor, except as otherwise provided by federal or state law, shall, not more than ten days after the occurrence of such vacancy, issue writs of election directed to the town clerks or assistant town clerks ordering an election to be held on the one hundred fiftieth day after the issue of such writs on a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, to fill such vacancy for the remaining portion of the term vacated, provided (1) except as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection, if such a vacancy occurs between the one hundred twenty-fifth day and the sixty-third day before the day of a regular state or municipal election in November of any year, the Governor shall so issue such writs that order an election to be held on the day of such regular election, (2) except as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, if such vacancy occurs after the municipal election in the year preceding the last year of the term of a senator or in the last year of the term of a senator, the Governor shall nominate a person to fill such vacancy and such nomination shall be filed with both the clerk of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives. Approval of such nomination shall require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the membership of each chamber of the General Assembly, or (3) if such a vacancy occurs in the year of a state election and not more than sixty-two days prior to such election, and the office of senator in Congress for which the vacancy exists will be on the ballot during such election, the Governor shall not issue such writs and no election shall be held under this section. If the position vacated is that of member-elect, the Governor shall so issue writs and an election shall be held as provided in this section.
(b) The Governor shall cause writs of election issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to be conveyed to a state marshal, who shall forthwith transmit an attested copy thereof to such clerks or assistant clerks. Such clerks or assistant clerks, on receiving such writs, shall warn elections to be held on the day appointed therein in the same manner as state elections are warned, which elections shall be organized and conducted as are state elections, and the vote shall be declared, certified, directed, deposited, returned and transmitted in the same manner as at a state election.
(1949 Rev., S. 1109; 1953, S. 692d; November, 1955, S. N112; P.A. 06-137, S. 9; P.A. 09-170, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 06-137 changed each reference re time period within a state election from 60 days to 150 days, effective June 6, 2006; P.A. 09-170 replaced former provisions re authority of Governor to fill vacancy by appointment with Subsec. (a) re the ordering of an election to fill vacancy and exceptions, and Subsec. (b) re issuance of writs of election, effective June 25, 2009.
Cited. 41 CS 267.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-211a. - Fifty or more vacancies in the office of senator in Congress among the states. Connecticut vacancy. Governor's power to appoint.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-211, in the event that among the states there are fifty or more vacancies in the office of senator in Congress at any single point in time and one of such vacancies is from Connecticut, the Governor is empowered to fill such vacancy by appointment as herein provided. If such vacancy occurs one hundred fifty or more days prior to a state election, the appointee shall serve until the third day of January following such election, and at such election there shall be elected a senator in Congress to serve for the remaining portion, if any, of the term vacated. If such vacancy occurs within less than one hundred fifty days of a state election and the term vacated does not expire on the third day of January following such election, the appointee shall serve until the third day of January following the next such election but one, and at such next election but one there shall be elected a senator in Congress to serve for the remaining portion, if any, of the term vacated. If such vacancy occurs within less than one hundred fifty days of a state election and the term vacated expires on the third day of January following, the appointee shall serve until such third day of January.
(P.A. 09-170, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 09-170 effective June 25, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-213. - Secretary, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General.

(a) If the office of Secretary of the State or Comptroller becomes vacant, the General Assembly, if in session, shall fill it; but, if the vacancy occurs when the General Assembly is not in session or if the General Assembly fails to make an appointment to fill the vacancy, it shall be filled by the Governor.
(b) Any vacancy in the office of Attorney General shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term.
(c) (1) If the office of the Treasurer becomes vacant, the General Assembly, if in session, shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term. (2) If the vacancy occurs when the General Assembly is not in session, or if the General Assembly fails to make an appointment to fill the vacancy and the vacancy does not occur in the year in which a state election is to be held for the office of the Treasurer, the Governor shall appoint a person to serve as acting Treasurer until the next regular session of the General Assembly at which time the Governor shall nominate a successor for the office of Treasurer who shall be subject to approval by the General Assembly. (3) If the vacancy occurs when the General Assembly is not in session or if the General Assembly fails to make an appointment to fill the vacancy and the vacancy occurs in the year in which a state election is to be held for the office of the Treasurer, the Deputy Treasurer shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term.
(1949 Rev., S. 211, 1090; 1953, S. 694d; P.A. 00-43, S. 14, 19.)
History: P.A. 00-43 divided the section into Subsecs. (a) and (b) and added Subsec. (c) re vacancies in the office of the Treasurer, effective May 3, 2000.
Former statute cited. 87 C. 553.
Cited. 41 CS 267.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-214. - State representative.

Section 9-214 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1086; 1953, S. 695d; 1957, P.A. 119, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 475, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 84; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-216. - Nomination by petition.

Nominations may also be made by petition in vacancy elections for the offices of state senator and state representative in the manner provided in sections 9-379 and 9-453a to 9-453p, inclusive, which petitions shall be submitted to the town clerk of the town in which the signers reside not later than eight days after the issue of such writs as provided in section 9-215 and filed in the office of the Secretary of the State not later than two days thereafter.
(1957, P.A. 119, S. 4; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 86; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 806, S. 24; P.A. 77-240, S. 2; P.A. 78-153, S. 24, 32; P.A. 80-215, S. 3.)
History: 1963 act changed internal references from former primary act to its restatement; 1967 act deleted reference to publication of the warning, provided for filing with the secretary of the state statement signed by town clerk not later than 17 days after issuance of writs attesting that a circulator of nominating petition page is elector and eligible to vote for all candidates listed; 1971 act made technical changes; P.A. 77-240 changed time within which petitions to be filed with the secretary of the state from 7 to 2 days and time for filing of town clerk's attestation from 17 days to 5 days; P.A. 78-153 changed interval within which petitions to be submitted to town clerk from 10 to 8 days, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-215 deleted requirement for attestation by town clerk.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-217. - List of candidates.

The Secretary of the State shall provide to the clerk of the municipality in which such election is to be held a list of the candidates of each party for such office by the thirty-fourth day before such special election.
(1957, P.A. 119, S. 5; 518, S. 36; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 87; 1969, P.A. 694, S. 9; P.A. 80-215, S. 4; P.A. 17-143, S. 3.)
History: 1963 act changed internal reference from prior primary act to its restatement; 1969 act changed sentence referring to “vacancy in the municipal office of representative” from any town to read “vacancy in the municipal office of state representative” and in sentence referring to “any convention for the district office of state senator” added “or state representative”; P.A. 80-215 deleted references to filling vacancy in municipal office of state representative or state senator and also to filing by officials of convention for district office of state senator or state representative and added requirement that clerk of municipality in which election to be held file a list of candidates of each party by the thirty-second day before special election with the secretary of the state; P.A. 17-143 replaced provisions re clerk of municipality to file list of candidates with Secretary of the State by 32nd day before special election with provisions re Secretary of the State to provide to clerk of municipality list of candidates by 34th day before special election, effective June 30, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-218. - Probate judge.

When there is no election of probate judge in any district by reason of two or more having an equal and the highest number of votes, or when a new probate district is created and no provision made for the election of a judge thereof, or whenever it is shown to the Governor that a vacancy is about to exist in said office by reason of the resignation of the incumbent to take effect at a future time or by reason of constitutional limitation, or when there is a vacancy in said office, the Governor may issue writs of election directed to the town clerk or clerks or assistant town clerk or clerks within such district, ordering an election to be held on a day named therein, other than a Saturday or Sunday, to fill such vacancy or impending vacancy, and transmit the same to a state marshal. Such state marshal shall forthwith transmit them to such clerk or clerks, who, on receiving the same, shall warn elections to be held on the day appointed in such writs, in the same manner as state elections are warned. Such elections shall be organized and conducted, and the vote shall be declared and returns made, certified, directed, deposited and transmitted, in the same manner as at a state election. The Secretary of the State, Treasurer and Comptroller shall, within thirty days after any such election, count and declare the votes so returned, and notice shall be given to the person declared elected, in the same manner as is provided in the election of probate judges at state elections. 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. The Probate Court Administrator shall cite a probate judge to act as a judge in the district during any vacancy in said office in accordance with section 45a-120.
(1949 Rev., S. 1092; 1953, S. 697d; P.A. 84-319, S. 30, 49; P.A. 93-154, S. 3, 5; P.A. 00-99, S. 27, 154; P.A. 15-217, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 84-319 amended section to conform provisions of statutes re filing of statement of vote; P.A. 93-154 prohibited elections from being held on Saturdays or Sundays, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 00-99 changed references to sheriff to state marshal, effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 15-217 substituted “may” for “shall” re Governor's authority to issue writs of election in the event of a vacancy or impending vacancy in the office of probate judge, added provision re Probate Court Administrator citing a probate judge to act as judge in the district during any vacancy in said office and made technical changes.
Cited. 16 CS 36.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-220. - Town office.

If any town office in any town is vacant from any cause, such town, if such office is elective, shall, except as otherwise provided by law, fill the vacancy at the next town election or at a special election called for such purpose in accordance with the provisions of section 9-164, but, until such vacancy is so filled, it shall be filled by the selectmen. The selectmen shall fill all vacancies in offices to which they have the power of appointment.
(1949 Rev., S. 517; 1953, S. 699d; 1957, P.A. 605, S. 1.)
Removal means removal from the town. 19 C. 334. Town, filling vacancy, must do so for entire unexpired term. 89 C. 561. Section imposes no duty to call special election to fill vacancy in town office. 130 C. 710.
Selectmen may not appoint members of the police commission between time of establishment and next election. 19 CS 321. Cited. 22 CS 130.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-223. - Notice of vacancy in municipal office.

The clerk of any town, the mayor of any city or the warden of any borough in which a vacancy occurs in any elective office shall notify the Secretary of the State of such vacancy within five days thereafter; and, in the case of a vacancy in the office of town clerk, the first selectman of such town or, in the case of a vacancy in the office of mayor of a city or of warden of a borough, the clerk of such city or the clerk of such borough, as the case may be, shall so notify the Secretary of the State of such vacancy. The officer required to give such notice shall, within five days after any such vacancy has been filled, notify the Secretary of the State of the name and address of the person chosen to fill the vacancy, the time and method of its filling and the law under which it was filled.
(1949 Rev., S. 1093; 1953, S. 700d; 1963, P.A. 250.)
History: 1963 act provided for notice to secretary of the state re filling vacancies in municipal offices.
Cited. 19 CS 321.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-224. - Special election on same day as regular election.

If any special election is called to fill a vacancy in any office on the same day as a regular election, the names of the candidates for such office shall be placed on the same ballot as the names of the candidates to be voted for at such regular election, and except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, the provisions of the statutes governing regular elections shall apply to such special election.
(1949 Rev., S. 1094; 1953, S. 701d; P.A. 83-391, S. 22, 24; P.A. 11-20, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 83-391 added words “except as otherwise specifically provided by statute”; P.A. 11-20 replaced “voting machine” with “ballot”, effective May 24, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-224a. - No election if only one candidate in special election to fill vacancy.

At any special election called to fill a vacancy in a state, district, or municipal office if there appears on the ballot the name of only one candidate, and no person has registered as a write-in candidate as provided in section 9-224b, the special election shall not be held. In the case of a municipal office, the sole candidate shall be declared elected by the municipal clerk and, in the case of a state or district office, by the Secretary of the State.
(P.A. 81-447, S. 19, 23.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-224b. - Registration as write-in candidate in special election to fill vacancy.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in order to be a valid write-in candidate in a special election called to fill a vacancy in a state, district or municipal office, a person shall register with the Secretary of the State not earlier than ninety days before such election and not later than the end of the business day on the fourteenth day preceding such election.
(b) In order to be a valid write-in candidate in a special election called to fill a vacancy in the municipal office of town meeting member in any town having a representative town meeting which has seventy-five or more members, a person shall register with the town clerk of such town not earlier than ninety days preceding such election and not later than the last business day preceding the election.
(c) Any such registration shall include a statement of the office sought by such person and a statement of consent to being a write-in candidate by such person. Such registration shall not include a designation of a political party.
(P.A. 81-447, S. 20; P.A. 87-382, S. 51, 55.)
History: P.A. 87-382 divided section in to Subsecs. and added Subsec. (b) re vacancy in municipal office of town meeting member in towns having a representative town meeting which has at least 75 members.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-228a. - Certification re location of polling place. Report to Secretary of the State identifying moderators. Removal of moderator by Secretary.

(a) The registrars of voters of each municipality shall, not later than thirty-one days prior to each municipal, state or federal election or primary, certify to the Secretary of the State, in writing, the location of each polling place that will be used for such election or primary. Such certification shall detail the name, address, relevant contact information and corresponding federal, state and municipal districts associated with each polling place used for such election or primary.
(b) The registrars of voters of each municipality shall, prior to each municipal, state or federal election or primary, provide a written report to the Secretary of the State setting forth the names and addresses of each moderator for each polling place location disclosed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The Secretary of the State shall have the authority to disqualify any moderator appointed by the registrars of voters if, after consultation with both registrars of voters, the Secretary determines such moderator has committed material misconduct, material neglect of duty or material incompetence in the discharge of his or her duties as a moderator. If the Secretary disqualifies a moderator, the Secretary shall share his or her findings upon which the disqualification was based with the registrars of voters.
(P.A. 11-46, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 11-46 effective June 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-229a. - Election or primary day polling place observers. Appointment. Duties. Training program. Regulations. Additional election officials. Code of ethics for polling place observers.

Section 9-229a is repealed, effective July 13, 2011.
(P.A. 07-194, S. 9; P.A. 11-173, S. 69.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-229b. - Regional election monitors. Contract. Memorandum of understanding.

(a) There shall be a regional election monitor within each planning region, as defined in section 4-124i, who shall represent, consult with and act on behalf of the Secretary of the State in preparations for and operations of any election, primary or recanvass, or any audit conducted pursuant to section 9-320f.
(b) Not later than March first of the year of each regular election, each regional council of governments shall contract with an individual, in accordance with section 4-124p, to serve as the regional election monitor for such planning region. The regional election monitor shall (1) be an elector of this state, (2) perform the duties of the position in a nonpartisan manner, (3) have prior field experience in the conduct of elections, and (4) be certified by the Secretary of the State in accordance with subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 9-229 or as soon after execution of such contract as practicable. The regional election monitor shall not be considered a state employee and shall, in accordance with such contract, be compensated for the performance of any duty agreed upon by the parties and reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of such duties. The regional council of governments shall, in accordance with such contract, provide the regional election monitor with any space, supplies, equipment and services necessary to properly carry out the duties of the position. The regional council of governments may terminate such contract for any reason.
(c) Not later than March first of the year of each regular election, each regional council of governments shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of the State concerning the regional election monitor under contract pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. The regional council of governments shall confirm within such memorandum of understanding that (1) each requirement described in subsection (b) of this section is satisfied and the contract between the regional council of governments and the individual who shall serve as regional election monitor specifies minimum expectations of performance under such contract, (2) such regional election monitor is subject to the control and direction of the Secretary of the State, (3) revocation by the Secretary of the State of such regional election monitor's certification constitutes breach of such contract and results in immediate termination of such contract, and (4) such regional election monitor is retained, absent termination of such contract by the council, until at least thirty days after such regular election.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 442.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective January 1, 2016.