Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties
Section 9-435. - Notice of primary for municipal office or election for town committee. Exception for certain primaries and elections held in 2021.

(a) Except as provided in sections 9-418 and 9-419, if in any municipality, within the time specified in section 9-405, a candidacy for nomination by a political party to any municipal office or for election as a town committee member is filed with the registrar, in conformity with the provisions of sections 9-405 to 9-412, inclusive, and section 9-414, by or on behalf of any person other than party-endorsed candidates, the registrar shall forthwith after the deadline for certification of party-endorsed candidates notify the clerk of such municipality that a primary is to be held by such party for the nomination of such party to such office or for the election by such party of town committee members, as the case may be. Such notice shall include a list of all the proposed candidates, those endorsed as well as those filing candidacies, together with their addresses and the titles of the offices or positions for which they are candidates. In the case of a primary for justices of the peace, such notice shall also contain the complete ballot designation of each slate pursuant to subsection (h) of section 9-437. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the clerk of the municipality shall thereupon cause such notice to be published forthwith in a newspaper having a general circulation in such municipality, together with a statement of the date upon which the primary is to be held, the hours during which the polls shall be open and the location of the polls. The clerk of the municipality shall also file such notice with the Secretary of the State not later than three business days after receipt of such notice from the registrar of voters. The clerk shall forthwith publish any change in the proposed candidates, listing such changes.

(b) For any primary for nomination by a political party to a municipal office, or for the election by a political party of town committee members, held on or after June 23, 2021, but prior to November 3, 2021, the notice published by the clerk of the municipality under subsection (a) of this section shall be so published not more than seven nor less than four days previous to holding such election.
(June, 1955, S. 598d; November, 1955, S. N81; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 27; 1958 Rev., S. 9-109; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 61; 393, S. 6; P.A. 79-616, S. 19; P.A. 87-472, S. 7; P.A. 03-241, S. 42; P.A. 11-20, S. 26; 11-173, S. 22; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 134.)
History: 1963 acts restated previous provisions and deleted requirement that notice be posted on public signpost; P.A. 79-616 changed reference to Sec. 9-399 to Sec. 9-400 and further added “of such notice” to the provision for a copy to be sent to the secretary of the state; P.A. 87-472 required notice, in case of primary for convention delegates, to also contain complete ballot label designation of each slate pursuant to Sec. 9-437(h); P.A. 03-241 removed convention delegate candidacies from application of section, changed section references, applied provisions to persons other than party-endorsed candidates, added reference to notification “after the deadline for certification of party-endorsed candidates” and substituted “justices of the peace” for “delegates to a convention”, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date; P.A. 11-20 replaced “ballot label” with “ballot” and replaced provision re notice to Secretary of the State and recording same with provision requiring clerk to file notice with Secretary not later than 3 business days after receipt thereof from registrar, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 11-173 made identical changes as P.A. 11-20, effective July 13, 2011; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re exception for certain primaries and elections held prior to November 3, 2021, effective June 23, 2021.

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