(a) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, party-endorsed candidates of any party in any municipality for municipal office shall be selected, in accordance with the rules of such party, by: (1) The enrolled members of such party in such municipality in caucus, (2) delegates to a convention chosen in accordance with such rules by such enrolled members, or (3) the town committee of such party. The town chairman or his designee shall give notice in a newspaper having a general circulation in the town of the date, time, location and purpose of a caucus held pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection. Such notice shall be given not less than five days prior to the date set for the caucus; provided, if the rules of the party in any municipality require earlier notice, such party rules shall prevail.
(b) Delegates to conventions shall be selected, in accordance with the rules of such party, by the method prescribed in either subdivision (1) or (3) of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, party-endorsed candidates of any party in any municipality for town committee members shall be selected, in accordance with the rules of such party, by the method prescribed in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section.
(d) The selection of party-endorsed candidates in the manner provided in subsection (a) or (c) of this section and the selection of delegates to conventions in the manner provided in subsection (b) of this section shall be made and certified to the clerk of the municipality or the Secretary of the State, as the case may be, within the time specified in section 9-391.
(e) (1) In the endorsement of any person for an office or a position as committee member, in the manner provided in subsection (a) or (c) of this section, for whom only the electors of a political subdivision of such municipality or of a senatorial district or assembly district located in such municipality may vote, only the enrolled party members, delegates or town committee members, as the case may be, from such political subdivision or district may participate, except that, in a municipality in which the town committee is elected at large and is the endorsing authority, such endorsement shall be made by the town committee as a whole and except that, whenever no member of the endorsing authority resides in such political subdivision or district from which the endorsement is to be made, then such endorsing authority as a whole shall endorse.
(2) In the selection of any person for a position as delegate to a convention, in the manner provided in subsection (b) of this section, where only the electors of a political subdivision of such municipality or of a senatorial district or assembly district located in such municipality may vote for the offices to be voted upon at such convention, only the enrolled party members or town committee members, as the case may be, from such political subdivision or district may participate, except that (A) in a municipality in which the town committee is elected at-large and is the selecting authority, the town committee as a whole shall select, and (B) in a municipality in which the town committee is elected from political subdivisions and is the selecting authority, whenever no member of the town committee resides in such political subdivision or district from which the selection is to be made, the town committee as a whole shall select.
(f) Candidates endorsed in the manner provided in subsection (a) or (c) of this section shall run in the primary of such party as party-endorsed candidates, except as provided in section 9-417. Delegates to conventions selected in the manner provided in subsection (b) of this section shall be deemed to have been lawfully selected as such delegates.
(g) Any party in any municipality may by its rules provide that no selection be made of party-endorsed candidates for municipal office or town committee members and that the nominees of such party for such municipal office or town committee members of such party be chosen at direct primaries in accordance with the provisions of sections 9-405, 9-406, 9-409 to 9-412, inclusive, and 9-414, except as provided in sections 9-418 and 9-419.
(h) This section shall not apply to district delegates to conventions.
(November, 1955, S. N61; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 9; 1958 Rev., S. 9-88; 1961, P.A. 147; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 18; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 11; P.A. 79-133; P.A. 80-249, S. 1; 80-379, S. 2, 3; P.A. 87-472, S. 3; P.A. 03-241, S. 21; P.A. 04-58, S. 6; P.A. 06-137, S. 5.)
History: 1961 act made provision for endorsement by town committee as a whole, in towns where town committee is elected at large, of persons for whom only a political subdivision or district in town may vote; 1963 act restated previous provisions; 1967 act added provision for endorsement by full committee when no member of endorsing authority resides in political subdivision from which endorsement to be made and added “assembly district” to “senatorial district” where appearing; P.A. 79-133 provided that party-endorsed candidates for delegates to conventions shall be selected either by enrolled party members in caucus or by the party's town committee and further provided that party-endorsed candidates for town committee members shall be selected only by caucus of enrolled party members; P.A. 80-249 provided that certification may also contain last name of a candidate for delegate to a convention selected for placement on the ballot label pursuant to Sec. 9-437; P.A. 80-379 provided for newspaper publication of notice pertaining to any caucus; P.A. 87-472 repealed provisions in Subsec. (d) re information contained in certification; P.A. 03-241 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, party-endorsed candidates of any party in any municipality for”, designated existing provisions of Subsec. (e) as Subdiv. (1), removed “delegate” from application of Subsec. (e)(1) and deleted reference to Subsec. (b) therefrom, added Subsec. (e)(2) re selection of delegates, amended Subsec. (f) by adding provision requiring that delegates selected in manner provided in Subsec. (b) be deemed to have been lawfully selected as such delegates and by making a conforming change, and amended Subsec. (g) by making a conforming changes, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date; P.A. 04-58 amended Subsec. (d) by deleting reference to Subsec. (b) in provision re selection of party-endorsed candidates and inserting “and the selection of delegates to conventions in the manner provided in subsection (b) of this section”; P.A. 06-137 amended Subsec. (d) to include reference to the Secretary of the State, effective January 1, 2007.
See Sec. 9-434 re verification of candidates' names.
Cited. 232 C. 65.
Cited. 30 CS 34.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties
Section 9-373. - Nominations to public office.
Section 9-373a. - Registration of write-in candidates.
Section 9-373b. - Cross endorsement of a candidate.
Section 9-374. - Party rules to be filed.
Section 9-375. - Amendment of party rules.
Section 9-375a. - Amendment of party rules in 1972.
Section 9-375b. - Amendment of party rules following a census.
Section 9-376. - Postponement of primary day.
Section 9-377. - Write-in spaces on ballots prohibited.
Section 9-378. - Nominations without party designation excepted.
Section 9-379. - Eligibility for placing on ballot.
Section 9-380. - Newly-created offices.
Section 9-381. - Nomination procedure.
Section 9-381a. - Election procedures applicable to primaries unless otherwise provided.
Section 9-382. - Party-endorsed candidates; state or district office.
Section 9-383. - Time and place of convention.
Section 9-384. - Calls for conventions.
Section 9-384a. - Calls for 1974 party conventions.
Section 9-385. - Roll-call vote or polling by delegation at convention.
Section 9-385a. - Voting by delegation at state convention.
Section 9-386. - Tie vote on endorsement.
Section 9-387. - Dispute as to endorsement of a candidate or selection of a delegate.
Section 9-388. - Report to Secretary of the State.
Section 9-389. - Publication of names; information concerning filing of candidacies.
Section 9-390a. - Election of town committee members in 1972.
Section 9-392. - Selection of town committees.
Section 9-393. - Selection of town committee members and delegates.
Section 9-394. - District delegates.
Section 9-394a. - Senatorial and assembly district convention delegates.
Section 9-395. - Publication of information concerning municipal primaries.
Section 9-396. - Ballot vote at caucus; eligibility to vote.
Section 9-397. - Tie vote on endorsement.
Section 9-398 and 9-399. - Dispute as to endorsement. Time for filing candidacies.
Section 9-406a. - Penalty for fraudulent certification.
Section 9-411. - Number of candidates required on petition for town committee members.
Section 9-413. - Deposition of deposit filed with registrar.
Section 9-414. - Nominations not to exceed places to be filled; municipal primaries.
Section 9-415. - When primary required.
Section 9-416. - No-contest nominations; state or district office.
Section 9-416a. - Failure of party to endorse; state or district office.
Section 9-417. - No-contest nominations; municipal office and town committee members.
Section 9-418. - Failure of party to endorse; municipal office.
Section 9-419. - Failure of party to endorse; town committee members.
Section 9-420. - Persons selected as convention delegates by party deemed lawfully selected.
Section 9-421. - When primary not to be held for town committee members.
Section 9-422. - Primaries for justices of the peace.
Section 9-423. - Time for primaries; state, district or municipal office.
Section 9-424. - Time for primaries; delegates.
Section 9-425. - Time for primaries; town committees.
Section 9-428. - Vacancy in party-endorsed candidacy.
Section 9-430. - Withdrawal procedure.
Section 9-431. - Eligibility to vote at primary.
Section 9-431a. - Eligibility to vote at caucus, primary or town convention.
Section 9-431b. - Eligibility to vote on removal from one town in state or district to another.
Section 9-432. - Verification of names on filing with secretary.
Section 9-434. - Verification of names on filing with municipal clerk. Exception.
Section 9-436a. - Candidate checkers.
Section 9-438. - Hours and places of voting.
Section 9-439. - Duties of officials.
Section 9-439a. - Remedy for denial of right to vote.
Section 9-439b. - Penalty for false statement.
Section 9-440. - Moderators to make returns.
Section 9-441. - Compensation of registrars and municipal clerks.
Section 9-442. - When party has no registrar.
Section 9-443. - Votes for justices of the peace.
Section 9-444. - Determination of nominee, town committee members or justices of the peace.
Section 9-445. - Recanvass on close vote.
Section 9-447. - Unlocking of voting tabulators.
Section 9-448. - Recount of paper ballots.
Section 9-450. - Vacancy elections.
Section 9-450a. - Special elections in 1974.
Section 9-451. - Minor parties.
Section 9-452. - Time for making nominations. Certification. Late certification void.
Section 9-452a. - Notice of party meetings.
Section 9-453. - Petition requirements.
Section 9-453a. - Petition form.
Section 9-453c. - When single petition may be used.
Section 9-453d. - Number of signatures.
Section 9-453f. - Signature pages.
Section 9-453g. - False signing.
Section 9-453h. - Withdrawal of signatures.
Section 9-453i. - Submission to town clerk or Secretary of the State.
Section 9-453j. - Statement by circulator.
Section 9-453l. - Delegation of signature check to registrars.
Section 9-453m. - Signatures, effect of variations.
Section 9-453n. - Date for filing with secretary.
Section 9-453p. - Withdrawal of candidacy.
Section 9-453q. - Use of party levers for petitioning candidates.
Section 9-453r. - Position of candidates' names on ballot.
Section 9-453s. - Vacancies in candidacies. Ballot.
Section 9-453u. (Formerly Sec. 9-378m). - Reservation of party designation.
Section 9-459. - Vacancy elections.
Section 9-461. - Filing of list of candidates with Secretary.
Section 9-462. - Lists of candidates for state and district offices.