If (1) at a state or district convention no person other than a party-endorsed candidate has received at least fifteen per cent of the votes of the delegates present and voting on any roll-call vote taken on the endorsement or proposed endorsement of a candidate for a state or district office, and (2) within the time specified in section 9-400, no candidacy for nomination by a political party to a state or district office has been filed by or on behalf of a person other than a party-endorsed candidate in conformity with the provisions of section 9-400, no primary shall be held by such party for such office and the party-endorsed candidate for such office shall be deemed to have been lawfully chosen as the nominee of such party for such office.
(June, 1955, S. 587d; November, 1955, S. N67; 1958 Rev., S. 9-95; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 43; P.A. 79-616, S. 12; P.A. 93-342, S. 3; P.A. 03-241, S. 34.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 79-616 changed reference from Sec. 9-399 to Sec. 9-400 where appearing; P.A. 93-342 substituted “fifteen per cent” for “twenty per cent”; P.A. 03-241 inserted Subdiv. designators, substituted “section 9-400” for “sections 9-400 to 9-414, inclusive,” and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
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.