Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns
Section 9-318. - Canvass of votes for state officers.

The votes for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General shall be canvassed by the persons authorized to receive and count the same, within thirty days next after they were cast, unless a complaint under the provisions of section 9-324 is pending, in which case such canvass shall not be made until after the third Monday of December next after they were cast. In making such canvass, the votes upon the returns made by presiding officers shall be counted in conformity to the decision of the judge of the Superior Court or of the Supreme Court, as the case may be, and such canvass shall be in conformity to such decision, and a fair list of such votes made to conform to the original returns of the presiding officers, as corrected or affected by the finding or decision of such judge, with the original returns of the presiding officers and certified copies of the decision of such judge, shall, on the first day of the session, be laid before the General Assembly, which shall declare who are elected to said offices respectively.

(1949 Rev., S. 1108; 1953, S. 796d.)
Compared with Secs. 9-310 and 9-311. 16 CS 37.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 9 - Elections

Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns

Section 9-307. - Certificate of check lists; exception for certain elections and primaries held in 2020 and 2021.

Section 9-308. - Canvass of returns.

Section 9-309. - Procedure for announcing results; exception for certain elections held in 2020 and 2021. Temporary interruption of canvass after transmission of preliminary totals to Secretary of the State. Security of tabulators and other materials...

Section 9-310. - Sealing of tabulator by moderator.

Section 9-311. - Recanvass in case of discrepancy; exceptions for certain elections held in 2020 and 2021.

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 9-314. - Return of preliminary and duplicate lists of votes by moderator; exceptions for certain elections held in 2020 and 2021.

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 9-320. - Returns of municipal elections by clerks. Elected town clerk who is registrar of vital statistics ex officio.

Section 9-320f. - Manual or electronic audit of votes by registrar of voters or town clerk. Offices subject to audit. University of Connecticut analysis. Discrepancy recanvass. Voting tabulator failure to record votes. Secretary of the State investig...

Section 9-320g. - Authorization of electronic equipment by Secretary of the State for conduct of an audit.

Section 9-321. - Return by moderator of election of town clerk and registrar of vital statistics.

Section 9-322. - Failure of moderator to make returns.

Section 9-322a. - Correction of errors in returns. Clerk to file listing of returns. Certification of lists. Exception for certain regular elections held in 2020 and 2021.

Section 9-322b. - Candidate elected to two or more offices in a municipality and prohibited from holding more than one office. Determination of officeholder.