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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-168b. - Designation of polling places in adjacent voting districts.

When in the written opinion of the registrars of any municipality, the lack of an existing convenient or suitable polling place within the lines of a particular voting district necessitates the designation of a polling place in an adjacent district, such registrars may designate a convenient and suitable polling place in a voting district adjacent thereto, located as near as possible to the boundaries of the voting district for which designated. A separate location from the existing polling place for such adjacent district shall be designated, except that a separate room within such existing polling place may be designated. Such written opinion and designation shall be filed with the municipal clerk not later than ninety days before a regular election, or primary. Within ten days after such filing, the municipal clerk shall cause notice of such filing to be published in the newspaper having the greatest circulation in the town. Such designation shall remain in effect for future elections and primaries, until the registrars file a document with the municipal clerk stating that the designation of such polling place in an adjacent district is no longer necessary.
(P.A. 74-154, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-93; P.A. 77-231, S. 1, 2; 77-245, S. 5; P.A. 83-391, S. 13, 24; P.A. 04-113, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 75-93 deleted requirement that lack of existing suitable polling place be “resulting from assembly, senatorial or congressional district lines in effect in any election or primary”; P.A. 77-231 added “convenient” to “suitable polling place” where appearing, provided that a separate location from existing polling place for adjacent district must be designated and deleted reference to Sec. 9-168a as an exception to this section; P.A. 77-245 changed “town” to “municipal” clerk where appearing; P.A. 83-391 authorized use of a separate room in an existing polling place as polling place for an adjacent district; P.A. 04-113 deleted requirement that legislative body approve designation of separate room within existing polling place in adjacent district and added provision re duration of designation under section, effective July 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-168e. - Parking spaces at polling places for handicapped and infirm elderly persons.

If space is available at a polling place, the registrars of voters or legislative body of the town in which the polling place is located shall designate two or more parking spaces for motor vehicles (1) which display the special parking identification card or bear the special set of number plates provided for in section 14-253a or (2) which are operated by infirm persons who are sixty-five years of age or older and who do not qualify for such a card.
(P.A. 87-286.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-169b. - Effective date of changes in voting districts.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-168b and 9-169, any change or changes in voting districts made in any municipality in accordance with the provisions of section 9-169, to conform, or facilitate conforming, to any plan of districting for the General Assembly or for the congressional districts, adopted by the General Assembly or determined by any reapportionment commission, appointed in accordance with the provisions of article 26 of the amendments to the Constitution of Connecticut, or ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, or to conform, or facilitate conforming, to any order entered by a court of competent jurisdiction relating to a plan of districting for the General Assembly or for the congressional districts, adopted by the legislative body of the municipality shall be deemed effective as of the date of adoption, except as provided in section 9-169e.
(1972, P.A. 220, S. 3; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-3, S. 2, 5; P.A. 92-1, S. 5, 8.)
History: Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-3 deleted obsolete references to 1972 changes, applied provisions to districting plans for congressional districts and specified that changes are effective as of adoption date except as provided in Sec. 9-169e, replacing provision whereby changes were effective “upon passage” by municipality's legislative body; P.A. 92-1 updated the reference to the apportionment amendment to the constitution and made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-169c. - At-large election of members of legislative bodies of certain towns.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any charter or special act to the contrary, in any town in which members of its legislative body are elected on the basis of assembly districts and where as a result of redistricting one or more of such assembly districts are shared with another town, such members may be elected on an at-large basis without reference to such assembly districts or other political subdivisions, unless and until such town changes its charter.
(P.A. 73-657, S. 4, 13.)
Cited. 205 C. 495.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-169d. - Voting districts crossing legislative district lines, permitted for municipal elections.

The legislative body of any town, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough which elects municipal officers from political subdivisions may establish, in accordance with the provisions of section 9-169, for use in municipal elections and primaries, voting districts which cross congressional, senatorial or assembly district lines, but which do not cross municipal political subdivision lines, provided no special state election may be held on the same day as a regular municipal election in such municipalities.
(P.A. 74-197, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-169e. - Voting districts in special elections held to fill vacancy in district or municipal office.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, any special act or home rule charter, any special election held to fill a vacancy in a district office or in a municipal office in a political subdivision, including the municipal office of state senator or state representative, shall be held in the district or political subdivision which was represented by the person who vacated such office, and the voting districts used for purposes of such special election, including the nomination of candidates to run in such election, shall conform to the boundaries of such district or political subdivision.
(Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-3, S. 3, 5.)
See part III (Secs. 9-211 to 9-224, inclusive) re procedure for filling vacancies in specific offices.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-169f. - Reapportionment required for certain municipal legislative bodies.

Not later than June first in the year after the first regular General Assembly election following a reapportionment of the General Assembly, each municipal legislative body whose members are elected wholly or partially on the basis of a geographical division of the municipality shall adopt a reapportionment plan for such legislative body. Any such municipal reapportionment plan (1) shall be based on population data for the municipality from the most recent decennial census of the United States and (2) may provide for geographical divisions which use the same borders as General Assembly districts in the municipality.
(P.A. 89-283.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-169g. - Town clerks required to submit voting district maps to Secretary of the State. Use of maps by General Assembly.

(a) The town clerk of any municipality (1) which is divided between two or more assembly districts, two or more senatorial districts or two or more congressional districts, or (2) which is not divided between any such districts but is divided into two or more voting districts for General Assembly or congressional elections, shall submit to the Secretary of the State a street map of the municipality which indicates the boundary lines of the voting districts established by the municipality in accordance with sections 9-169, 9-169a and 9-169d. The town clerk shall submit such map to the secretary in a printed or electronic format prescribed by the secretary (A) not later than thirty days after any such division first takes effect, and (B) not later than thirty days after any change in any such division takes effect.
(b) The Secretary of the State shall make such maps available to the General Assembly, for use by the General Assembly in carrying out its responsibilities under (1) Article XXVI of the Amendments to the Constitution of Connecticut, or any subsequent corresponding state constitutional provision, with regard to the redistricting of assembly, senatorial and congressional districts, and (2) Public Law 94-171, concerning the establishment of a plan identifying the geographic areas for which specific tabulations of population are desired in the decennial census of the United States.
(P.A. 97-116, S. 1, 2; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 114.)
History: P.A. 97-116 effective July 1, 1997; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by deleting provision re July 1997 dates and by specifying that submission of map shall be in printed or electronic format prescribed by Secretary, effective October 5, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-170. - Eligibility to vote at town elections.

At any regular or special town election any person may vote who is registered as an elector on the revised registry list of the town last completed and he shall vote only in the district in which he is so registered, provided any person may vote whose name is restored to the list under the provisions of section 9-42 or whose name is added on the last week day before a regular election under the provisions of section 9-17. Each person so registered shall be permitted to vote unless he is not a bona fide resident of the town and political subdivision holding the election or has been convicted of a disfranchising crime. Any person offering to vote and being challenged as to his identity or residence shall, before he votes, prove his identity with the person on whose name he offers to vote or his bona fide residence in the town and political subdivision holding the election, as the case may be, by the testimony, under oath, of at least one other elector or by such other evidence acceptable to the moderator.
(1949 Rev., S. 496; 1953, S. 652d; P.A. 75-348, S. 7, 11; P.A. 97-154, S. 16, 27.)
History: P.A. 75-348 inserted “is not a bona fide resident of such town” for less definitive wording and added “or by such other evidence acceptable to the moderator”; P.A. 97-154 substituted “the town and political subdivision holding the election” for “such town”, effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-171. - Eligibility to vote at city elections.

In all cities, unless otherwise provided by law, any person entitled to vote at city elections who is registered on the revised registry list last completed, and any person having a legal right to vote at such elections whose name is entered on a copy of such list before voting, may vote therein in the district for which such registry list is made; provided those persons may vote whose names are restored to the list under the provisions of section 9-42 or whose names are added on the last week day before a regular election under the provisions of section 9-17. Each person so registered shall be permitted to vote, unless he has lost his right by removal from such city since he has registered or by conviction of a disfranchising crime. Any person offering so to vote, and being challenged as to his identity or residence, shall, before he votes, prove his identity with the person on whose name he offers to vote or his bona fide residence in such city, as the case may be, by the testimony, under oath, of at least one other elector or by such other evidence acceptable to the moderator. The names of those voting shall be checked on such copy of such list, and such copy so checked shall be kept on file in the office of the town clerk, as in the case of state elections.
(1949 Rev., S. 532, 1065; 1953, S. 653d; 1963, P.A. 318, S. 1; P.A. 75-348, S. 8, 11.)
History: 1963 act provided for filing of check list in office of town clerk rather than city clerk; P.A. 75-348 substituted “since he has registered” for “after completion of such registry list”, substituted “bona fide” for “continued” residence, deleting “since the completion of such list”, and added “or by such other evidence acceptable to the moderator”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-172. - Eligibility to vote at state elections.

At any regular or special state election any person may vote who was registered on the last-completed revised registry list of the town in which he offers to vote, and he shall vote in the district in which he was so registered; provided those persons may vote whose names are restored to the list under the provisions of section 9-42 or whose names are added on the last weekday before a regular election under the provisions of section 9-17. Each person so registered shall be permitted to vote if he is a bona fide resident of the town and political subdivision holding the election and has not lost his right by conviction of a disfranchising crime. Any person offering so to vote and being challenged as to his identity or residence shall, before he votes, prove his identity with the person on whose name he offers to vote or his bona fide residence in the town and political subdivision holding the election, as the case may be, by the testimony, under oath, of at least one other elector or by such other evidence as is acceptable to the moderator.
(1949 Rev., S. 1065; 1953, S. 654d; P.A. 75-348, S. 9, 11; P.A. 79-189, S. 7, 9; P.A. 80-483, S. 32, 186; P.A. 97-154, S. 17, 27.)
History: P.A. 75-348 substituted “is not a bona fide resident of such town” for less specific language and inserted “unless he has lost his right” before “by conviction of a disenfranchising crime”, further added “or by such other evidence acceptable to the moderator”; P.A. 79-189 rephrased conditions for permission to vote; P.A. 80-483 made technical changes; P.A. 97-172 substituted “the town and political subdivision holding the election” for “such town”, effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-172a. - Revised registry list defined for purposes of special elections.

For purposes of special elections, the term “revised registry list last completed”, as used in sections 9-170, 9-171 and 9-172, means the registry list last completed for the last regular election held in the municipality or political subdivision holding the special election, together with the updated list of persons in such municipality or political subdivision who acquired voting privileges since the completion of such list compiled under section 9-172b.
(1967, P.A. 207, S. 1; P.A. 99-276, S. 5, 15; P.A. 11-173, S. 61.)
History: P.A. 99-276 added references to “or updated” list, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 11-173 deleted reference to supplementary list, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-172b. - Updated list and registration deadline for special election or referendum.

(a) In each municipality or political subdivision in which a special election or referendum is to be held, the registrars of voters shall prepare an updated list of the names and addresses of those persons who acquired voting privileges after the completion of the revised registry list and prior to the day of such special election or referendum. In each such municipality or political subdivision, not later than the day before such special election or referendum, such registrars of voters shall cause to be completed and printed such list arranged as provided in section 9-35 and certified by them to be correct, and shall retain a sufficient number of copies to be used by them at such election or referendum for the purpose of checking the names of those who vote, provided the names of any persons who acquired such voting privileges within thirty days before such special election or referendum may be inserted on such printed list in writing.
(b) In the case of a special election or referendum, no person admitted as an elector on the day of the special election or referendum shall be entitled to vote in that election.
(1967, P.A. 207, S. 2; P.A. 79-363, S. 23, 38; P.A. 80-483, S. 33, 186; P.A. 83-162; P.A. 99-276, S. 6, 15; P.A. 11-173, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 79-363 deleted reference to inclusion of voters who acquired voting privileges under Secs. 9-31e, 9-41 and 9-41a on supplementary list; P.A. 80-483 made technical change; P.A. 83-162 made existing provisions applicable to referenda and added Subsec. (b) re electors admitted on day of special election or referendum; P.A. 99-276 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to “or updated” list, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 11-173 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting language re supplementary list and re deposit of list in town clerk's office and making a technical change, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-173. - Plurality required for election.

In the election for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General, the person receiving the greatest number of votes for each of said offices, respectively, shall be declared elected. If no person has a plurality of the votes for any of said offices, the General Assembly shall choose such officer. In the election for senator in Congress, the person receiving the greatest number of votes for such office shall be declared elected; but, if no person has a plurality of the votes for said office, the Governor may make a temporary appointment of a senator in Congress to serve for the ensuing two years unless the General Assembly directs a special election for a senator in Congress, to be held during said period, to fill the vacancy occasioned by such failure to elect. In all elections of representatives in Congress, state senators, state representatives and judges of probate, the person having the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected. Unless otherwise provided by law, in all municipal elections a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect.
(1949 Rev., S. 514, 1084, 1088, 1089, 1098, 1102; 1953, S. 656d; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 2; P.A. 00-99, S. 25, 154.)
History: 1967 act added “state representative” to list of offices for which the candidate having greatest number of votes shall be declared elected, deleted provision in case of state representatives for moderator to declare elected person having greatest number of votes and if town is entitled to two representatives, the two top vote getters to be declared elected; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriffs, effective December 1, 2000.
As applied to office of selectman. 75 C. 460. Cited. 135 C. 150.
Without a bipartisan restriction, a plurality of votes cast elects. 10 CS 258.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-174. - Hours of voting and election day registration. Voting by electors and election day registration applicants in line at eight o'clock p.m.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute, special act or municipal charter, at any regular election, or at any special election held to fill a vacancy in a state, district or municipal office, the polls shall remain open for voting from six o'clock a.m. until eight o'clock p.m. No elector shall be permitted to cast such elector's vote after the hour prescribed for the closing of the polls in any election unless such elector is in line at eight o'clock p.m. An election official or a police officer of the municipality, who is designated by the moderator, shall be placed at the end of the line at eight o'clock p.m. Such official or officer shall not allow any electors who were not in such line at eight o'clock p.m. to enter such line.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute, special act or municipal charter, at any regular election, each location designated for election day registration pursuant to subsection (c) of section 9-19j shall remain open for election day registration and voting from six o'clock a.m. until eight o'clock p.m. No applicant for election day registration shall be admitted as an elector or permitted to cast such applicant's vote after the hour prescribed for the closing of the location designated for such purposes in any regular election unless such applicant is in line at eight o'clock p.m. An election official or a police officer of the municipality, who is appointed by the registrars of voters, shall be placed at the end of the line at eight o'clock p.m. Such official or officer shall not allow any applicants who were not in such line at eight o'clock p.m. to enter such line.
(1949 Rev., S. 1062; 1953, S. 657d; 1967, P.A. 62; P.A. 77-209; P.A. 83-391, S. 14, 24; P.A. 84-12, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-162, S. 1, 4; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-3, S. 10.)
History: 1967 act provided for polls to remain open for voting from six a.m. to eight p.m. for all elections; P.A. 77-209 provided for electors who were already in line at eight p.m. to be permitted to vote; P.A. 83-391 amended section to provide that hours for special election shall be noon to eight p.m. unless election held in conjunction with regular election; P.A. 84-12 added proviso concerning special election held on same day as municipal referendum; P.A. 88-162 required polls to open for voting in all special elections at six o'clock a.m., instead of at twelve o'clock noon, effective July 1, 1989; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-3 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to replace “police official” with “police officer”, added Subsec. (b) re locations designated for election day registration, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 31, 2020.
Before election, requirement is mandatory if direct proceedings for its enforcement are brought, but after election, it is directory if no substantial harm shown. 20 CS 464.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-174a. - Emergency contingency plan for elections. Model plan.

(a) For each municipality, the registrars of voters, in consultation with the municipal clerk, shall create an emergency contingency plan for elections, primaries and referenda to be held within such municipality. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to, (1) solutions for ballot shortages, and (2) strategies to implement in the event of (A) a shortage or absence of poll workers, (B) a loss of power, (C) a fire or the sounding of an alarm within a polling place, (D) voting machine malfunctions, (E) a weather or other natural disaster, (F) the need to remove a poll worker or moderator and to replace such worker or moderator, and (G) disorder in and around the polling place.
(b) Not later than six months after the adoption of a model plan by the Secretary of the State provided for in regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, the registrars of voters shall submit the plan created under subsection (a) of this section to the legislative body of such municipality or, in a municipality where the legislative body is a town meeting or representative town meeting, the board of selectmen, for approval. Upon approval, such plan shall remain on file with the municipal clerk until such plan is amended by the registrars of voters, in consultation with the municipal clerk, and approved by the legislative body of the municipality or, in a municipality where the legislative body is a town meeting or representative town meeting, the board of selectmen. If, not later than six months after the adoption of a model plan by the Secretary, a municipality fails to create and approve an emergency contingency plan, the municipality shall be deemed to have adopted the model plan adopted by the Secretary.
(c) Any municipality that activates the emergency contingency plan established pursuant to this section shall provide a written report concerning the activation of such plan to the Secretary of the State not later than thirty days after such activation. Such report shall include the reason for such activation as well as the procedures in the emergency contingency plan that were activated and the outcome of the activation of such plan.
(d) The Secretary of the State shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, as the Secretary deems necessary to implement the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall include a model plan that municipalities may adopt.
(P.A. 11-46, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 11-46 effective June 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-174b. - Notification re extension of hours of polling place.

(a) Each candidate on a ballot for any election, as defined in section 9-1, may provide to the registrars of voters of any town in which such ballot shall be voted upon the name and contact information, including instructions regarding leaving a message, for an individual who should be notified in the event that the hours of a polling place may be or have been extended, as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) If the registrars of voters of a town are aware of any proceeding in court or order of a court concerning the extension of the hours of any polling place in such town beyond those hours provided in section 9-174 or 9-438, the registrars shall immediately notify any individual identified in subsection (a) of this section for each candidate on any ballot to be voted upon at such polling place of the proceeding or order. If a registrar fails to reach such individual on a first attempt, the registrar shall leave a message for such individual pursuant to instructions provided by such individual under subsection (a) of this section. Any registrar who notifies an individual of a proceeding shall not be required to notify such individual of the outcome of such proceeding.
(P.A. 14-188, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 14-188 effective June 12, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-176. - Meeting of presidential electors.

The presidential electors shall meet at the office of the Secretary of the State at twelve o'clock, noon, on the first Monday after the second Wednesday of the December following their election and, as required by the Constitution and laws of the United States, shall cast their ballots for President and Vice President. Each such elector shall cast his ballots for the candidates under whose names he ran on the official election ballot, as provided in section 9-175. If any such elector is absent or if there is a vacancy in the electoral college for any cause, the electors present shall, before voting for President and Vice President, elect by ballot an elector to fill such vacancy, and the person so chosen shall be a presidential elector, shall perform the duties of such office and shall cast his ballots for the candidates to whom the elector he is replacing was pledged.
(1949 Rev., S. 1104; 1953, S. 659d; 1961, P.A. 374, S. 2.)
History: 1961 act required presidential elector or his replacement to vote for candidates under whose names he ran.
Chosen electors are required to vote for the candidates nominated by their national political party. 254 C. 789.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-177. - Compensation of presidential electors.

Each elector of President and Vice President of the United States shall receive ten dollars a day when attending upon the duties of his appointment, for which the Comptroller, on presentation to him of the certificate of the chairman of such electors, shall draw an order on the Treasurer.
(1949 Rev., S. 3596.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-178. - Senator in Congress.

A senator in Congress shall be elected by the electors of the several towns, as provided by the Constitution of the United States, in any year occurring next before the expiration of the term of a senator in Congress, and in any other year when the Governor issues writs of election to fill a vacancy in the office of senator in Congress.
(1949 Rev., S. 1097; 1953, S. 660d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-181. - State officers.

At the state election to be held in 1966, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General to hold their respective offices from the Wednesday following the first Monday of the January next succeeding their election until the Wednesday following the first Monday of the fifth January succeeding their election and until their successors are qualified. When any political party has nominated candidates for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, their names shall be so placed upon the ballot in any such election that any elector will cast a single vote for both candidates.
(1953, S. 663d; 1963, P.A. 401, S. 1.)
History: 1963 act added provision for placing names of candidates for governor and lieutenant governor on ballot so that elector casts a single vote for both candidates.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-183. - Justices of the peace.

Section 9-183 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7545, 7546; 1953, S. 665d; 1967, P.A. 831, S. 5; P. A. 73-666, S. 1, 3; P.A. 74-11, S. 2, 4; 74-109, S. 10, 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-183c. - Nomination of justices of the peace by parties qualifying as major parties based solely on gubernatorial vote. Terms. Primaries.

In 1994, 1996, and quadrennially thereafter, when there is a political party which is a major party, as defined in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (5) of section 9-372, but is not a major party, as defined in subparagraph (B) of said subdivision (5), a percentage of the number of justices of the peace in each town selected under section 9-184c shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such percentage shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of justices of the peace. Each such party shall be entitled to nominate twenty per cent of the total number of justices of the peace to be selected in each town under section 9-184c. Such nomination by such parties shall qualify the nominees to serve as justices of the peace. Such nomination shall be made within the time limits prescribed in section 9-391 for endorsing candidates for nomination for municipal offices to be voted upon at a state election, for a term of two years to begin the first Monday of January in 1995, for any such nomination made in 1994, and for a term of four years to begin the first Monday of January in the year succeeding any such nomination made in 1996, or thereafter. Primaries for justices of the peace shall be by slate and shall be held on the same day as primaries for municipal offices to be voted upon at a state election.
(P.A. 94-230, S. 5, 10; P.A. 00-66, S. 21; P.A. 01-26, S. 7; P.A. 03-241, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 94-230 effective June 11, 1994; P.A. 00-66 made technical changes; P.A. 01-26 made a technical change; P.A. 03-241 required nomination of justices of the peace to be made within time limits prescribed “in section 9-391 for endorsing candidates for nomination for municipal offices to be voted upon at a state election”, instead of within the time limits prescribed “for municipal offices prior to a state election”, eliminated provision requiring primaries for justices of the peace to be by slate “as in the case of convention delegates”, and required such primaries to be held on same day as primaries for municipal offices “to be voted upon at a state election”, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-184. - Vacancy in office of justice of the peace when justice nominated by a major party.

Any vacancy in the office of a justice of the peace selected (1) pursuant to section 9-183b or (2) pursuant to section 9-183c shall be filled by appointment by the town committee of the political party of the vacating justice until the day on which the term of office of such vacating justice would have terminated. The town chairman or the secretary of the appointing town committee shall file with the town clerk a certificate of each such appointment and the town clerk shall record the certificate with the records of the town meeting. The town clerk shall notify the Secretary of the State of any such vacancy.
(1949 Rev., S. 7547; 1953, S. 666d; P.A. 73-475, S. 1, 3; P.A. 74-109, S. 3, 11; P.A. 80-215, S. 1; P.A. 94-230, S. 3, 10; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 118, 130.)
History: P.A. 73-475 provided for vacancies to be filled by town committee of the political party of the vacating justice, the chairman or secretary thereof to file with town clerk certificate of each such appointment, to be recorded with the records of the town meeting, effective upon adoption of amendment to the constitution repealing section 5 of article V or the provision therein for elections of justices of the peace; P.A. 74-109 substituted “nomination” for “election”, provided for term to end “four years thereafter”, further provided for form of justice filling a vacancy to end at time term of vacating justice would have ended, effective upon adoption of Senate Joint Resolution No. 22 of the 1973 session as an amendment to the constitution of Connecticut pursuant to article twelfth of the constitution; P.A. 80-215 provided for town clerk to notify secretary of the state and clerk of the superior court for judicial district in which town is located of any vacancy; P.A. 94-230 deleted prior provision re term of justices of the peace and inserted “selected pursuant to section 9-183b”, effective June 11, 1994; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 added reference to selection of justices of the peace pursuant to Sec. 9-183c, effective July 1, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-186. - Electoral status of municipal officers and justices of the peace.

Each elected municipal officer and each justice of the peace shall be an elector of the municipality in which he is elected, or in the case of a justice of the peace, nominated or appointed to office and, if for any reason he ceases to be an elector thereof, he shall thereupon cease to hold office therein and such office shall be deemed vacant.
(1949 Rev., S. 516; 1953, S. 251d; P.A. 76-173, S. 3; P.A. 80-281, S. 11, 31; P.A. 94-230, S. 8, 10.)
History: P.A. 76-173 changed “town” to “municipal” or “municipality” where appropriate; P.A. 80-281 added requirement for justice of the peace to be elector of municipality in which nominated; P.A. 94-230 inserted “or appointed”, effective June 11, 1994.
Cited. 162 C. 256.
Cited. 40 CA 643.
Court may not, in quo warranto proceeding, determine whether or not the defendant is an elector; selectmen and town clerk have exclusive jurisdiction to make such determination. 19 CS 487. The fact that for one to qualify for election to a town office he must be an elector, is an establishment of a minimum age qualification for municipal elective officials, including mayors, by the state. 31 CS 447.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-187. - Terms.

(a) The terms of office of elective municipal officers, when not otherwise prescribed by law, shall be for two years from the date on which such terms begin as set forth in section 9-187a and until their successors are elected and have qualified. When not otherwise prescribed by law, the terms of those town officers appointed by the board of selectmen shall expire on the termination date of the term of the board of selectmen appointing such officers.
(b) The terms of office of elected chief executive officers, members of boards of selectmen and the members of the legislative body of any town, city or borough as prescribed by charter or ordinance shall be two years or four years from the date or dates on which such terms begin as set forth in section 9-187a, and until their successors are elected and have qualified. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to authorize an ordinance prescribing terms of office to supersede the provisions of a charter concerning such terms of office.
(c) The term of office of any tax collector appointed pursuant to an ordinance adopted under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 9-189 shall be as provided in such ordinance.
(1949 Rev., S. 512; 1953, S. 668d; 1969, P.A. 570, S. 2; P.A. 76-296, S. 2; P.A. 95-224, S. 1; P.A. 97-244, S. 3, 13; P.A. 00-225, S. 1, 3; P.A. 01-195, S. 114, 181.)
History: 1969 act changed to two years terms of elective municipal officers not otherwise prescribed by law, deleted provision that terms run from date of election and referenced new Sec. 9-187a containing details concerning beginning of terms, added “and until their successors are elected and have qualified” and further provided for terms of officers appointed by board of selectmen not otherwise provided for, to parallel the term of such board; P.A. 76-296 added new Subsec. (b) providing for terms of office of elected chief executive officers; P.A. 95-224 applied Subsec. (b) to members of legislative bodies; P.A. 97-244 added Subsec. (c) re the terms of office of any tax collector appointed pursuant to an ordinance, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 00-225 amended Subsec. (b) to provide for terms of members of boards of selectmen and to permit terms to be set by ordinance, effective June 1, 2000; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes in Subsecs. (b) and (c), effective July 11, 2001.
Subsec. (a):
Under 2007 revision, municipal assessors are town officers and the town has authority to decide whether assessors are to be elected or appointed; if the town determines that the assessors are to be appointed, their terms of office expire at the time the term of the appointing board expires unless the town establishes an alternative term of office. 309 C. 790.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-187a. - Date term to begin.

Except as provided in sections 9-164b to 9-164f, inclusive, the term of each elected municipal official shall begin within seventy days after the municipal election at which such official is elected, on the day within such period prescribed by special act or charter provision, or, in the absence of such special act or charter provision, on the day within such period as is prescribed by action of the legislative body of such municipality, provided (1) in each municipality which holds its municipal election on the first Monday of May in the odd-numbered years, in the absence of such special act or charter provision, or action of the legislative body, such terms shall begin on the first day of July following the municipal election at which such official is elected, and (2) in each municipality which holds its municipal election on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November in the odd-numbered years, with the exception of the term of the town clerk, in the absence of such special act, or charter provision, or action of the legislative body, such term shall begin on the second Tuesday next following the day of the municipal election at which such official is elected, and (3) in each municipality which holds its municipal election on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in the odd-numbered years, the term of the town clerk shall be two years from the first Monday of January next succeeding his election, unless otherwise provided by charter or special act. Whenever the beginning date of the terms of elected municipal officials is so determined or changed, within the limits hereinabove specified, the authority providing therefor may provide for the conforming diminution or extension of terms of incumbents.
(1969, P.A. 570, S. 3; P.A. 75-91, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 121.)
History: P.A. 75-91 changed start of term of officials elected on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November from the day following the election to “the second Tuesday next” following the day of the municipal election, where not otherwise provided for; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 replaced “9-164a” with “9-164b”, effective January 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-189. - Town clerks, treasurers and tax collectors.

(a) Each town, unless otherwise provided by law, shall, at its regular municipal election elect a town clerk for a term of not less than two years and not more than six years, a town treasurer for the term of two years and a collector of town taxes for a term of not less than two years and not more than six. Each such clerk, treasurer and collector of taxes shall hold office for the term for which he is elected and until his successor is elected and has qualified.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the legislative body of a town may, by ordinance adopted by its legislative body or in any town in which the legislative body is a town meeting, by the board of selectmen, authorize appointment of a tax collector. Such ordinance shall include provisions for the appointment procedure and shall specify the term of appointment. If the charter, home rule ordinance or special act of a town provides for the method of appointment of a tax collector, the method shall be changed by charter, charter amendment or home rule amendment.
(1949 Rev., S. 505; 1953, S. 670d; P.A. 73-414; P.A. 76-173, S. 5; P.A. 95-224, S. 2; P.A. 97-244, S. 4, 13.)
History: P.A. 73-414 deleted references to “annual” town elections; P.A. 76-173 deleted reference to town election in odd-numbered years and substituted therefor “regular municipal election”, deleted references to the beginning of the terms, deleted reference to determination by voters at an annual or special meeting of increased length of term for tax collector and provided for a term of not less than two or more than six years; P.A. 95-224 changed town clerk's term from two years to “not less than two years and not more than six years”; P.A. 97-244 designated existing section as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) re adoption of ordinance appointing a tax collector, effective July 1, 1997.
See Sec. 7-16a re appointed town clerks.
Cited. 22 CS 125.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-189a. - Four-year terms for town clerks, registrars and treasurers.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-189 and 9-190a, any town or municipality may, by charter or ordinance, provide that the treasurer or the town clerk of said town or municipality, or the registrars of voters of said town, or any of such officers, shall, at the next succeeding regular election for such office and thereafter, be elected for a term of four years. In such event, such four-year term shall begin on the first Monday of January succeeding an election for treasurer or town clerk, except as provided in section 9-187a, and from the Wednesday following the first Monday of January succeeding an election for registrars of voters, provided, if any such town or municipality holds its town or municipal election on the first Monday of May of the odd-numbered years, the term of such treasurer or town clerk shall begin on the first day of July following the election, except as provided in section 9-187a.
(1971, P.A. 494; 1972, P.A. 100, S. 1; P.A. 00-225, S. 2, 3; P.A. 01-195, S. 115, 181.)
History: 1972 act added provision where election is held on first Monday in May of odd-numbered years that term of town clerk begin on first day of July after election except as provided in Sec. 9-187a; P.A. 00-225 extended the four-year term option to treasurers and allowed a charter to specify length of terms, effective June 1, 2000; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001.
See Sec. 7-16a re appointed town clerks.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-190. - Registrars of voters.

On and after January 9, 2013, each municipality shall have two registrars of voters for the entire municipality, except as otherwise provided for in this section. Each registrar of voters shall reside in the municipality for which the registrar of voters is elected. Notwithstanding any special act, for elections held on and after November 6, 2012, in each municipality in which registrars of voters are elected, no elector shall vote for more than one registrar of voters for the municipality. The candidate having the highest number of votes and the candidate having the next highest number of votes for the office of registrar of voters, who does not belong to the same political party as the candidate having the highest number, shall be declared elected registrars of voters for the municipality, provided, if the candidate for registrar of voters of a major party is not one of the registrars of voters so elected, such candidate of such major party shall also be declared elected registrar of voters. For purposes of this section, a major party shall be one having the largest or next largest total number of enrolled party members in the state, as determined by the latest enrollment records in the office of the Secretary of the State submitted in accordance with the provisions of section 9-65. The term of office of all registrars of voters for voting districts in office on January 7, 1995, shall expire on January 8, 1997, and on November 5, 1996, two registrars shall be elected for each municipality with more than two voting districts which previously elected registrars of voters for voting districts.
(1949 Rev., S. 509; 1953, 1955, S. 671d; 1959, P.A. 484; 630, S. 4; P.A. 76-173, S. 6; P.A. 95-171, S. 8, 14; P.A. 96-119, S. 6, 14; P.A. 11-173, S. 34.)
History: 1959 acts provided for minority representation in the office of registrar and made it mandatory that each major party have a registrar elected; P.A. 76-173 substituted vote of “its legislative body” for “any annual or special town meeting”; P.A. 95-171 added “two” re towns divided into voting districts, added provision re term of office of registrars for voting districts in office on January 7, 1995, and election of registrars in towns with more than two voting districts, effective October 1, 1995, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; P.A. 96-119 replaced “November 6, 1996” with “November 5, 1996,” effective May 24, 1996; P.A. 11-173 limited municipalities to 2 registrars of voters on and after January 9, 2013, and made conforming and technical changes, effective January 1, 2012.
Cited. 78 C. 671; 136 C. 637.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-190a. - Election of registrars at state elections.

Any provision of any special act to the contrary notwithstanding, the registrars of voters in each municipality which elects registrars of voters shall be elected at the state election to be held in 1964, and biennially thereafter, to hold office for the term of two years from the Wednesday following the first Monday of the January next succeeding their election until the Wednesday following the first Monday of the third January succeeding their election.
(1959, P.A. 630, S. 1; P.A. 73-616, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 73-616 made technical corrections.