Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns
Section 9-319. - Canvass of votes for state senators and representatives and judges of probate.

The votes for state senators, state representatives and judges of probate, as returned by the moderators, shall be canvassed, during the month in which they are cast, by the Treasurer, Secretary of the State and Comptroller, and they shall declare, except in case of a tie vote, who is elected senator in each senatorial district, representative in each assembly district and judge of probate in each probate district. The Secretary of the State shall, within three days after such declaration, give notice by mail to each person chosen state senator, state representative or judge of probate of his election.

(1949 Rev., S. 1087; 1953, S. 797d; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 6; P.A. 00-99, S. 31, 154.)
History: 1967 act provided for application of section to state senators and state representatives; P.A. 00-99 deleted references to sheriff, effective December 1, 2000.
Trial court lacked jurisdiction over plaintiff's claims and therefore it similarly lacked jurisdiction to enjoin state defendants from canvassing the votes and declaring a winner of the election, even temporarily. 331 C. 436.
Cited. 16 CS 36.

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.