The votes returned as cast for a senator in Congress, representatives in Congress and presidential electors shall be publicly counted by the Treasurer, Secretary of the State and Comptroller on the last Wednesday of the month in which they were cast, and such votes shall be counted in conformity to any decision rendered by the judges of the Supreme Court as provided in section 9-323. In accordance with the count so made, they shall, on said day, declare what persons are elected senators in the Congress of the United States or representatives in Congress, and the Secretary of the State shall forthwith notify them by mail of their election; and they shall declare the proper number of persons having the greatest number of votes to be presidential electors and, in case of an equal vote for said electors, shall determine by lot from the persons having such equal number of votes the persons appointed, and the Secretary of the State shall forthwith notify them by mail of their appointment.
(1949 Rev., S. 1112; 1953, S. 793d; P.A. 85-577, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 85-577 required that candidates for U.S. Senate and House of Representatives be notified by mail immediately of their election and abolished requirement that names of persons appointed as presidential electors be published in two Hartford newspapers.
Cited. 231 C. 602.
Cited. 16 CS 36.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns
Section 9-308. - Canvass of returns.
Section 9-310. - Sealing of tabulator by moderator.
Section 9-311a. - Recanvass on close vote.
Section 9-311b. - Recanvass on tie vote.
Section 9-312. - Declaration of result; returns to secretary.
Section 9-313. - Forms for returns.
Section 9-315. - Canvass for presidential electors, U.S. senator and members of Congress.
Section 9-316. - Canvass in vacancy election of U.S. senator or representative.
Section 9-317. - Certification of election of U.S. senator.
Section 9-318. - Canvass of votes for state officers.
Section 9-319. - Canvass of votes for state senators and representatives and judges of probate.
Section 9-321. - Return by moderator of election of town clerk and registrar of vital statistics.