Connecticut General Statutes
Title 9 - Elections

Section 9-1b. - “Tabulator” substituted for “machine”. “Ballot” substituted for “ballot label”. - On and after May 24, 2011, (1) “tabulator” shall be...

Section 9-2. - Calculation of period of time. - In this title and the sections listed in section 9-1,...

Section 9-2a. - Notice and warning requirements. - (a) Whenever in this title newspaper publication of any notice...

Section 9-3. - Secretary to be Commissioner of Elections. Presumption re rulings, instructions, opinions and orders. Order to correct irregularity or impropriety. - (a) The Secretary of the State, by virtue of the...

Section 9-4. - Duties of secretary. - The Secretary of the State, in addition to other duties...

Section 9-4a. - Voter guide for state elections. - (a) Not later than October first in each year in...

Section 9-4b. - Elections training unit. - The Secretary of the State shall establish an elections training...

Section 9-4c. - System for submitting electronic signature for purposes of signing elections forms and applications. - (a) The Secretary of the State shall develop and implement...

Section 9-5. - Copies of instructional materials for moderators. - At least one week prior to each state or municipal...

Section 9-5a. - Towns to supply registrars with office space and supplies. Records. - Each town shall provide the registrars of voters with office...

Section 9-5b. - Retention of records by registrars. - When the registrars of voters are required by law to...

Section 9-6. - Conferences of municipal clerks, registrars and Secretary. - Each registrar of voters or, in the absence of a...

Section 9-6a. - Conference for voting machine examiners. - Section 9-6a is repealed, effective May 24, 2011. (1969, P.A....

Section 9-6b. - Assistance to blind persons in the signing of petitions. - (a) Any provision of the general statutes to the contrary...

Section 9-6c. - Agreements between municipalities re performance of functions. - (a) Two or more municipalities may jointly perform any function...

Section 9-7. - Charter provisions not affected. - No provision of this title or the sections listed in...

Section 9-7a. (Formerly Sec. 9-368a). - State Elections Enforcement Commission. Reports. Political activity of members. Written complaints and statements. - (a) There is established a State Elections Enforcement Commission to...

Section 9-7b. (Formerly Sec. 9-368b). - State Elections Enforcement Commission's duties and powers. - (a) The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall have the following...

Section 9-7c. - Recommended appropriations. Allotments. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the appropriations...

Section 9-8. - Penalty for false statement. - Any person who makes a false statement in any statement...

Section 9-8a. - 1972 election of General Assembly. - Section 9-8a is repealed. (1972, P.A. 220, S. 1, 2;...

Chapter 142 - Congressional, Senatorial and Assembly Districts

Section 9-9. - Representatives in Congress. Districts. - For the purpose of representation in the Congress of the...

Section 9-10. - Senatorial districts. - Section 9-10 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 990; November, 1964,...

Section 9-10a. - State senators. Senatorial districts. - The Senate shall consist of thirty-six senators, and the state...

Section 9-10b to 9-10d. - State representatives. Assembly districts. Boundaries of local voting districts. - Obsolete. (November, 1964, P.A. 2, S. 1, 2, 6; December,...

Section 9-11. - Notice of election of congressmen and senators. - Section 9-11 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 172; 1953, S....

Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission

Section 9-12. - Who may be admitted. - (a) Each citizen of the United States who has attained...

Section 9-12a. - Residence of servicemen. - Section 9-12a is repealed. (1969, P.A. 492, S. 1; P.A....

Section 9-12b. - Admission of electors not prohibited on Sundays. - The provisions of section 53-302a shall not apply to activities...

Section 9-13. - Blind persons. - No applicant, otherwise qualified to be an elector in this...

Section 9-14. - Electors residing in state institutions. - No person shall be deemed to have lost his residence...

Section 9-14a. - Electors in custody of state. - Any person in the custody of the state being held...

Section 9-15. - Residence of pauper. - Section 9-15 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 9-15a. - Membership and quorum of board for admission of electors. - (a) The board for admission of electors in each town...

Section 9-16. - Notice of sessions of registrars of voters. - The registrars of voters in each town shall give notice...

Section 9-17. - Sessions of registrars of voters. Distribution of eligibility information at public high schools. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “primary day” means...

Section 9-17a. - “Admitting official” defined. - As used in sections 9-17, 9-19b, 9-19c, 9-20, 9-23a, 9-24,...

Section 9-18, 9-18a and 9-19. - Sessions of board during even-numbered years. Required monthly sessions. Additional sessions. - Sections 9-18, 9-18a and 9-19 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 9-19a. - Inconsistent provisions superseded. - The provisions of this chapter shall supersede any inconsistent provision...

Section 9-19b. - Applications for admission submitted to town clerk or registrar of voters. Locations for admission of electors. - (a) Except during the period between the last session for...

Section 9-19c. - Application for admission at place of employment, residence or study. - (a) Upon the presentation to the town clerk or either...

Section 9-19d. - Form of application. - The application provided for in section 9-19c shall be in...

Section 9-19e. - Cross-town application for admission. - Except during the period between the last session for the...

Section 9-19f. - Out-of-town assistance permitted at admission sessions. - The registrar of voters or the deputy or any assistant...

Section 9-19g. - Application for admission after established cutoff date. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-19b, during the period between...

Section 9-19h. - Availability of admissions information and materials at certain state agencies and libraries. Application for admission through Department of Motor Vehicles. Electronic application system. - (a) The Department of Social Services, the Labor Department and...

Section 9-19i. - Change of address form submitted for purposes of motor vehicle operator's license to serve as notification of change of address for voter registration purposes; exception; procedure. Electronic notification system. - (a) Any change of address form submitted by a person...

Section 9-19j. - Election day registration. Designation and certification to Secretary of one or more locations for processing applications. Applicant confirmation procedures. Counting of ballots. Activities prohibited near election day registration... - (a) As used in this subsection and subsections (b) to...

Section 9-19k. - Online voter registration system. - (a) The Secretary of the State shall establish and maintain...

Section 9-20. - Admission of electors; procedure. - (a) Each person who applies for admission as an elector...

Section 9-20a. - Proof of citizenship. - If the applicant is a naturalized citizen, or if the...

Section 9-20b. - Voter registration services for new citizens at naturalization ceremonies. - The Secretary of the State, within available appropriations and in...

Section 9-21. - Removal of elector from registry list. - (a) If any applicant for admission as an elector in...

Section 9-21a. - Search of computerized voter registration records. Duplicate registrations. - (a) The Secretary of the State, at such times as...

Section 9-22. - Instruction of electors at sessions for admission. - Section 9-22 is repealed. (1955, S. 521d; P.A. 83-391, S....

Section 9-23. - Registrars of voters. Posting of public hours. Maintenance of voter information. - (a) The registrars of voters shall post, at the town...

Section 9-23a. - When person admitted as an elector permitted to vote in primary. Exception. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 9-23g. - Mail-in application for admission. - (a) In addition to the procedures for admission of electors...

Section 9-23h. - Application form. - The application provided for in section 9-23g shall provide spaces...

Section 9-23i. - Prohibition on witnessing official charging a fee. - Section 9-23i is repealed, effective January 1, 1994. (P.A. 88-344,...

Section 9-23j. - Definition. - As used in sections 9-7b and 9-12, subsection (a) of...

Section 9-23k. - National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Coordination of state responsibilities. Enforcement. - The Secretary of the State shall be the chief state...

Section 9-23l. - Mail voter registration application form prescribed by Federal Election Commission. - Registrars of voters shall accept the mail voter registration application...

Section 9-23m. - Secretary to make form available. Changes to conform to federal law. - The Secretary of the State shall make available for distribution...

Section 9-23n. - Voter registration agencies. Duties. Electronic application system. - (a) As used in this section, “voter registration agency” means...

Section 9-23o. - Distribution of form by voter registration agencies. Declinations. Assistance. Use of electronic system. - A voter registration agency, as defined in section 9-23n shall...

Section 9-23p. - Public institutions of higher education to distribute voter registration application forms and provide assistance. Use of electronic application system. - Each public institution of higher education shall (1) distribute mail...

Section 9-23q. - State-wide student voter registration drive. - The Secretary of the State shall annually designate, after consultation...

Section 9-23r. - Submission of identifying information with mail voter registration application. - (a) On or after January 1, 2003, any person who...

Section 9-24. - Admission as electors of persons in armed forces; definitions. - As used in sections 9-25 to 9-31, inclusive, the term...

Section 9-25. - Admission of members of the armed forces as electors. - The town clerk or assistant town clerk or either registrar...

Section 9-25a. - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 9-26 and 9-28,...

Section 9-26. - Application of member of armed forces or related group or person temporarily residing outside of the United States who is unable to appear in person. - Any person who, because of service in the armed forces,...

Section 9-27. - Elector's oath. - Section 9-27 is repealed, effective January 1, 1995. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 9-27a. - Enrollment application sent to applicant for absentee admission. - Section 9-27a is repealed. (1972, P.A. 264, S. 1; P.A....

Section 9-28. - Town clerk to mail forms. - Either registrar of any town may, in writing, direct the...

Section 9-29. - Printing and distribution of forms. - The Secretary of the State shall cause to be printed,...

Section 9-30. - Action by town clerk. Notice. Appeal from rejection of application. - All such applications shall be examined by the town clerk...

Section 9-31. - Application of other statutes. - All provisions of the general statutes relating to electors, not...

Section 9-31a. - Special admission procedures for permanently physically disabled persons. - (a) As used in this section and section 9-31b, “permanently...

Section 9-31b. - Application form. - Such application shall be in form substantially as follows: APPLICATION...

Section 9-31c. - Physician's certificate. - Section 9-31c is repealed. (1959, P.A. 200, S. 4; 1961,...

Section 9-31d. - Town clerk or registrar to provide forms. - The form of application provided for in section 9-31a shall...

Section 9-31e to 9-31k. - Transfer of voting privileges between towns. Application for transfer and enrollment. Cancellation of registration in prior town. Town clerk's compensation. Reexamination of rejected applicant. Appeal from decision of admitt... - Sections 9-31e to 9-31k, inclusive, are repealed. (1963, P.A. 392,...

Section 9-31l. - Appeals of decisions re right of person to be or remain an elector. - (a)(1) A person who is denied admission as an elector...

Section 9-32. - Canvass to ascertain changes of residence. - (a) In each municipality the registrars, between January first and...

Section 9-33 and 9-34. - Record of applicants; change of name of married woman. Hours of sessions of registrars. - Sections 9-33 and 9-34 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1010,...

Section 9-35. - Making and arrangement of preliminary list. Active and inactive registry lists. Removal of names. Change of address within municipality. - (a) The registrars, on the Tuesday of the fifth week...

Section 9-35a. - Posting of names removed from registry list. - Immediately after the close of the session or immediately after...

Section 9-35b. - Relinquishment of registration by elector. - Except during the period between the last session for the...

Section 9-35c. - Names on inactive registry list not to be counted for computing required number of petition signatures, minimum percentage of voting electors. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-238, 9-406 and 9-436 and...

Section 9-36. - Availability of preliminary registry list. Distribution. - The list for which provision is made in section 9-35...

Section 9-37. - Final registry list. Availability of registrars of voters. - The registrars of voters or the assistant registrars of voters...

Section 9-38. - Availability of final registry list. Updated registry list. - The registrars of voters in all towns shall produce a...

Section 9-39. - Distribution of copies of final registry list. - The registrars of voters of each municipality shall print copies...

Section 9-39a and 9-40. - Designation of party affiliation on registry list. Privileges after removal to another municipality. - Sections 9-39a and 9-40 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 999;...

Section 9-40a. - Continuance of residence in certain cases. Procedure for removal of names for failure to vote. - (a) No person shall be deemed to have lost his...

Section 9-40b. - Continuance of enrollment for purposes of voting in state-wide primary. - Section 9-40b is repealed. (P.A. 77-298, S. 11; P.A. 79-189,...

Section 9-41 to 9-41b. - Application for restoration of name to registry list. Restoration to registry list of physically disabled person. Certificate of physician. - Sections 9-41 to 9-41b, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 9-42. - Restoration of names to active registry list under certain circumstances. Requirements re completion and use of inactive registry list. - (a) If it appears at any time that the name...

Section 9-42a. - Change of name on registry list. Change in name of candidate not to affect name appearing on ballot. - (a) On the written request of any elector who identifies...

Section 9-43. - Procedure for removal of name for nonresidence. - When the registrars in any municipality are unable to agree...

Section 9-44. - Appeal from decisions of registrars. - Section 9-44 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1006; 1953, S....

Section 9-45. - Removal from registry list of certain convicted felons who are committed to custody of Commissioner of Correction. - (a) The Commissioner of Correction shall, on or before the...

Section 9-46. - Forfeiture of electoral rights. - (a) A person shall forfeit such person's right to become...

Section 9-46a. - Restoration or granting of electoral privileges. - (a)(1) A person who has been convicted of a felony...

Section 9-47 to 9-50. - Commission on forfeited rights. Petitions for restoration of electoral rights; investigation. Hearings; no appeal. Notice to registrars and petitioner of action. - Sections 9-47 to 9-50, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 9-50a. - Compilation of changes to active and inactive registry lists. - The registrars of voters of each town shall compile a...

Section 9-50b. - State-wide centralized voter registration system. - (a) As used in this section, “state-wide centralized voter registration...

Section 9-50c. - Maintenance of state-wide centralized voter registration system. Intrastate and interstate data sharing. - (a) The Secretary of the State may enter into an...

Section 9-50d. - Nondisclosure of certain voter registration information. - (a) Whenever voter registration information maintained under this title by...

Section 9-51. - Enrollment sessions. - The registrars shall make changes and corrections in the list...

Section 9-52. - Discretionary enrollment sessions. - The registrars of voters in each municipality may hold additional...

Section 9-53. - Notice of sessions. - The registrars of voters in each municipality in which an...

Section 9-54. - Compilation and maintenance of enrollment lists and list of unaffiliated electors. - The registrars of voters shall compile separate lists of all...

Section 9-55. - Printing of complete enrollment lists and lists of unaffiliated electors. - (a) The registrars of voters shall cause to be printed...

Section 9-55a. - Compensation of registrars, clerks and other personnel. - For the performance of the duties imposed by sections 9-55...

Section 9-56. - Application for enrollment by unaffiliated elector. - Except as otherwise provided in the case of an elector...

Section 9-57. - Application for enrollment by new elector at time of admission. Attachment of party privileges. - Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act or charter to...

Section 9-57a. - Application for enrollment made at time of application for restoration. - Section 9-57a is repealed. (1961, P.A. 274, S. 1; P.A....

Section 9-58. - Applications for enrollment; record of, disposal after five years. - All applications for enrollment shall be arranged in alphabetical order...

Section 9-59. - Erasure or transfer of name. - Any elector whose name appears on any enrollment list or...

Section 9-60. - Discretionary erasure or exclusion from enrollment list for lack of good-faith party affiliation; citation and hearing. - Whenever the registrar of voters of any political party, or...

Section 9-61. - Prima facie evidence supporting discretionary erasure or exclusion. - Enrollment in any other political party or organization, active affiliation...

Section 9-62. - Hearings concerning discretionary erasure or exclusion. - At any hearing provided for in sections 9-60 and 9-61,...

Section 9-63. - Court appeal of discretionary erasure or exclusion. - Any elector whose name has been removed from an enrollment...

Section 9-64. - Erasure of name not on registry list. - Upon the written application of an enrolled elector of any...

Section 9-64a. - Removal, restoration or transfer of enrollment list names. - Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this chapter,...

Section 9-64b. - Removal of names from list to be used at caucus, primary or convention. - Prior to distributing any enrollment list for use in any...

Section 9-65. - Statement to Secretary of registration, enrollment and addition and removal statistics. - (a) After the last session of the registrars of voters...

Section 9-66. - Application of provisions. - The provisions of sections 9-51 to 9-67, inclusive, shall extend...

Section 9-67. - Party affiliation of electors of boroughs. - Any provision of the general statutes to the contrary notwithstanding,...

Chapter 144 - Nominations and Political Parties (Repealed)

Section 9-68 to 9-133. - Nominations and political parties. - Sections 9-68 to 9-133, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Chapter 144a - Absentee Voting at Primaries (Repealed)

Section 9-133a to 9-133e. - Eligibility for absentee voting. Application for ballot; distribution. Votes to be restricted to candidates appearing on ballot label. Voting and counting procedures. Form and printing of primary absentee ballot; filing of... - Sections 9-133a to 9-133e, inclusive, are repealed. (1971, P.A. 819,...

Chapter 145 - Absentee Voting

Section 9-133f. - Absentee voting procedures. - The provisions of this chapter shall govern procedures relating to...

Section 9-134. - Members of the armed forces; definitions. - The term “members of the armed forces”, wherever used in...

Section 9-135. - Absentee voting eligibility; expansion for certain elections, primaries and referenda held in 2020 and 2021. Misrepresentation prohibited. - (a) Any elector eligible to vote at a primary or...

Section 9-135a. - Form of absentee ballot. - (a) Each absentee ballot shall be arranged to resemble the...

Section 9-135b. - Preparation and printing of absentee ballots; layouts for public inspection; filing of ballot and affidavit with Secretary. Vacancies; procedure. Omissions or errors in printing. - (a) Immediately after the deadline for certification of all candidates...

Section 9-136 and 9-136a. - Form of absentee ballot. Form for municipal election to fill partisan and nonpartisan offices. - Sections 9-136 and 9-136a are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1140;...

Section 9-137. - Inner envelope for return of ballot; statement under false statement penalty. Exception for certain elections, primaries and referenda held in 2020 and 2021. - (a) Each absentee ballot shall be returned to the municipal...

Section 9-139. - Outer envelope for return of ballot. - The inner envelope, in which the absentee ballot has been...

Section 9-139a. (Formerly Sec. 9-155). - Secretary to furnish forms. Contents. Instructions. - (a) The Secretary of the State shall prescribe and furnish...

Section 9-139b. (Formerly Sec. 9-157). - Secretary authorized to change forms. Expanded authority for certain elections, primaries and referenda held in 2020 and 2021. - (a) The Secretary of the State may make any changes...

Section 9-139c. (Formerly Sec. 9-154). - Clerk to account to secretary for forms. - Within ten days after an election or primary, the municipal...

Section 9-140. - Application for and issuance of absentee ballots; online system; exception for certain elections, primaries and referenda held in 2020 and 2021 re mailing of ballots. Distribution of absentee ballot applications. Mailing unsolicited... - (a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 9-140a. (Formerly Sec. 9-138). - Signing of form. Insertion of ballot in envelopes. - Each absentee ballot applicant shall sign the form on the...

Section 9-140b. (Formerly Sec. 9-146). - Return of absentee ballots; use of secure drop box. Possession of ballots and envelopes restricted. - (a) An absentee ballot shall be cast at a primary,...

Section 9-140c. (Formerly Sec. 9-147). - List of applicants returning ballots to clerk. Sorting of ballots and checking of names on registry list; rejection of ballot if name not on list. Times for delivery of ballots by clerk to registrars. Preserva... - (a) The municipal clerk shall retain the envelopes containing absentee...

Section 9-140d. (Formerly Sec. 9-152). - Validity of armed forces member's ballot after death. - No absentee ballot executed by a member of the armed...

Section 9-140e. - Elector who is permanently physically disabled or suffering from a long-term illness. Status for receipt of absentee ballots. - (a) Any elector who is permanently physically disabled or suffering...

Section 9-140f. - Electronic provision of absentee ballot for visually impaired electors. - In the case of an elector unable to appear at...

Section 9-144 and 9-145. - Materials to be furnished to absentee ballot applicants. Marking of ballots. - Sections 9-144 and 9-145 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1137,...

Section 9-147a. - Central counting of absentee ballots; designation of location by registrars of voters. Exception for counting in respective polling places. Exception re processing of absentee ballots for certain elections, primaries and referenda h... - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) of...

Section 9-147c. - Appointment of absentee ballot counters, central counting moderator and alternate moderator. Count not to be disclosed prior to close of polls. - Each registrar of voters shall appoint one or more electors...

Section 9-147d. - Central counting of absentee ballots timely received after 11 a.m. of day before election. - Section 9-147d is repealed. (P.A. 75-300, S. 4, 9; P.A....

Section 9-148. - Counting of absentee ballots; training of counters. - The appointment of absentee ballot counters shall be made by...

Section 9-149 and 9-150. - Counting of ballots, procedure; ballot rejected if inner-envelope statement not executed; public may observe central counting; questions decided by moderator, intent of elector to govern, presumptions when intent not clear,... - Sections 9-149 and 9-150 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1144,...

Section 9-150a. - Absentee ballot counting procedures. - (a) Starting time designated by registrars of voters. The absentee...

Section 9-150b. - Duties of moderators and municipal clerks. Declaration of count. - (a) Moderator to record result of each count. The moderator...

Section 9-150c. - Procedure for delivery of ballot in case of late-occurring illness, disability or hospitalization. - An applicant who applies for an absentee ballot because of...

Section 9-150d. - Use of voting tabulators to count absentee ballots. - A voting tabulator approved by the Secretary of the State...

Section 9-150e. - Procedures for processing of absentee ballots before the day of certain elections, primaries or referenda held in 2020 and 2021. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-150a, for the state election...

Section 9-151. - Voting in person after absentee ballot has been sent. - Section 9-151 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1147; 1953, 1955,...

Section 9-153. - Clerk to preserve counters' notes, worksheets and other written materials and envelopes, applications and void and unused ballots. - Section 9-153 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1145; 1953, 1955,...

Section 9-153a. (Formerly Sec. 9-141). - Use of federal ballot application form. - The form of absentee ballot application provided by any federal...

Section 9-153b. (Formerly Sec. 9-142). - Additional ballots. - (a) If any absentee ballot applicant applies for an additional...

Section 9-153c. (Formerly Sec. 9-136b). - Procedure in case of omission or error in printing or issuing of ballot. - (a) If a municipal clerk has omitted the name of...

Section 9-153d. (Formerly Sec. 9-143). - Mailing of ballots to persons living outside of United States, military personnel, spouses or dependents. - (a) Either registrar of voters may, not more than ninety...

Section 9-153e. (Formerly Sec. 9-143a). - Alternate application procedure for certain military personnel. - A member of the armed forces who is an elector...

Section 9-153f. (Formerly Sec. 9-143b). - Alternate application procedure and early ballot for electors residing or traveling outside United States and certain military personnel. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-140, any elector who is...

Section 9-153g. - Method for return of ballot used by certain military personnel. Report. - On or before October 1, 2013, the Secretary of the...

Section 9-156. - Distribution and receipt of ballots by secretary. - Section 9-156 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1150; 1953, S....

Section 9-158. - Eligibility to vote for presidential electors after removal from state. - Section 9-158 is repealed. (1953, S. 655d; September, 1957, P.A....

Section 9-158a. - Presidential and federal elections; overseas balloting. Definitions. - As used in sections 9-139c, 9-140b, 9-158a to 9-158m, inclusive,...

Section 9-158b. - Eligibility for presidential or overseas ballot. - (a) Each citizen of the United States who is at...

Section 9-158c. - Application for ballot. - (a)(1) Not earlier than forty-five days before the election and...

Section 9-158d. - Application form. - (a) The application for a presidential ballot shall be a...

Section 9-158e. - Identification required from person applying for presidential ballot. Mailing or giving of presidential ballot to applicant. Mailing overseas ballot to applicant. - (a) A person applying for a presidential ballot in person...

Section 9-158f. - Envelope. - (a) The voter, after marking his presidential ballot so as...

Section 9-158g. - Return to town clerk. - The voter shall sign the certification upon the inner envelope,...

Section 9-158h. - List of applicants. - The clerk shall prepare and keep open to public inspection...

Section 9-158i. - Secretary to prepare and distribute ballots and forms. - The Secretary of the State shall prepare, print and distribute...

Section 9-158j. - Notice to registrars. - Upon receipt of an application for a “Presidential Ballot” or...

Section 9-158k. - Town clerk to maintain file of information from other states or towns. - Section 9-158k is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (1972, P.A....

Section 9-158l. - False statements. Neglect of duty by public official. - Any person wilfully making a false statement on any statement...

Section 9-158m. - Absentee voting law applicable. - Except as otherwise provided in sections 9-158a to 9-158m, inclusive,...

Section 9-158n. - Voting in person. - Section 9-158n is repealed. (1972, P.A. 196, S. 17; P.A....

Section 9-159 to 9-159m. - Ballots. Overseas ballots. - Sections 9-159 to 9-159m, inclusive, are repealed. (September, 1957, P.A....

Section 9-159o. (Formerly Sec. 9-151a). - Voting in person after ballot has been sent; exception for certain elections, primaries and referenda held in 2020 and 2021. - (a) Any elector who has returned an absentee ballot to...

Section 9-159p. (Formerly Sec. 9-232g). - Challenge of absentee ballots. - (a) Any elector may challenge the right of any person...

Section 9-159q. (Formerly Sec. 9-159n). - Supervised absentee voting by patients at institutions upon request of registrar, administrator. Secretary of the State's authority to suspend supervised absentee voting for civil preparedness and public heal... - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Institution” means a...

Section 9-159r. - Mandatory supervised absentee voting at institutions. Procedure. Exception for certain elections, primaries and referenda held in 2020 and 2021. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the...

Section 9-159s. - Notice to conservators and guardians re residents' voting opportunities and voting registration. Optional notice to person with power of attorney. - (a) The administrator of an institution, as defined in subsection...

Section 9-160 to 9-163j. - Affidavit; envelopes. Application for absentee ballot. Procedure for voting. Notice to registrars of voters; delivery and counting of ballots. Voting by new residents in presidential elections. - Sections 9-160 to 9-163j, inclusive, are repealed. (September, 1957, P.A....

Section 9-163k. - Pilot program for absentee voting. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commission” means the...

Chapter 146 - Elections

Section 9-164. - Regular and special municipal elections. - (a)(1)(A) On and after January 1, 2022, and notwithstanding any...

Section 9-164a. - Transitional terms of office. - Section 9-164a is repealed, effective January 1, 2022. (1969, P.A....

Section 9-164b. - Deferred terms. - As to any board or commission of a municipality with...

Section 9-164c. - Change of municipal election date. - On and after January 1, 2022, (1) any municipality may...

Section 9-164d. - Notification to secretary. - The clerk of a municipality shall forthwith notify the Secretary...

Section 9-164e. - Proposed action to be submitted to municipal attorney. - Before any action is taken under sections 9-164b to 9-164f,...

Section 9-164f. - Election of registrars unaffected. - Nothing in sections 9-164b to 9-164e, inclusive, 9-187 and 9-187a,...

Section 9-165 to 9-167. - Biennial town elections: Change to from annual elections, unexpired terms; term and method of rotation of board members. - Sections 9-165 to 9-167, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 9-167a. - Minority representation. - (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection,...

Section 9-168. - Place of holding elections. - In any town not divided into voting districts, the place...

Section 9-168a. - Polling places for voting districts whose lines differ from the district lines as constituted in a municipal election year and for voting districts with less than one thousand five hundred electors who vote for officers that no othe... - (a) Any provision of the general statutes to the contrary...

Section 9-168b. - Designation of polling places in adjacent voting districts. - When in the written opinion of the registrars of any...

Section 9-168c. - Accessibility of polling places to physically disabled voters. - Section 9-168c is repealed. (P.A. 75-280; P.A. 78-117, S. 2.)

Section 9-168d. - Accessibility of polling places to voters with physical disabilities. Certification. Waiver of requirements. - (a) On or before July 1, 1980, each polling place...

Section 9-168e. - Parking spaces at polling places for handicapped and infirm elderly persons. - If space is available at a polling place, the registrars...

Section 9-169. - Voting districts. - The legislative body of any town, consolidated town and city...

Section 9-169a. - Split voting districts. - For the purposes of this section and section 9-169, “split...

Section 9-169b. - Effective date of changes in voting districts. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-168b and 9-169, any change...

Section 9-169c. - At-large election of members of legislative bodies of certain towns. - Notwithstanding the provisions of any charter or special act to...

Section 9-169d. - Voting districts crossing legislative district lines, permitted for municipal elections. - The legislative body of any town, consolidated town and city...

Section 9-169e. - Voting districts in special elections held to fill vacancy in district or municipal office. - Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, any special...

Section 9-169f. - Reapportionment required for certain municipal legislative bodies. - Not later than June first in the year after the...

Section 9-169g. - Town clerks required to submit voting district maps to Secretary of the State. Use of maps by General Assembly. - (a) The town clerk of any municipality (1) which is...

Section 9-169h. - Adjustment of decennial census information re certain incarcerated individuals for purposes of determining state legislative and municipal voting districts. - (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection,...

Section 9-170. - Eligibility to vote at town elections. - At any regular or special town election any person may...

Section 9-171. - Eligibility to vote at city elections. - In all cities, unless otherwise provided by law, any person...

Section 9-172. - Eligibility to vote at state elections. - At any regular or special state election any person may...

Section 9-172a. - Revised registry list defined for purposes of special elections. - For purposes of special elections, the term “revised registry list...

Section 9-172b. - Updated list and registration deadline for special election or referendum. - (a) In each municipality or political subdivision in which a...

Section 9-173. - Plurality required for election. - In the election for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the...

Section 9-174. - Hours of voting and election day registration. Voting by electors and election day registration applicants in line at eight o'clock p.m. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute, special act...

Section 9-174a. - Emergency contingency plan for elections. Model plan. - (a) For each municipality, the registrars of voters, in consultation...

Section 9-174b. - Notification re extension of hours of polling place. - (a) Each candidate on a ballot for any election, as...

Section 9-175. - Presidential and vice presidential electors. Write-in candidates and ballots. - (a) The electors in the several towns in the state,...

Section 9-175a. - Agreement Among the States to Elect the President of the United States by National Popular Vote. - The Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by...

Section 9-176. - Meeting of presidential electors. - The presidential electors shall meet at the office of the...

Section 9-177. - Compensation of presidential electors. - Each elector of President and Vice President of the United...

Section 9-178. - Senator in Congress. - A senator in Congress shall be elected by the electors...

Section 9-179. - Representative in Congress. - At each state election the electors of the several towns...

Section 9-180. - Representative at large. - Section 9-180 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1101; 1953, S....

Section 9-181. - State officers. - At the state election to be held in 1966, and...

Section 9-182. - Sheriffs. - Section 9-182 is repealed, effective December 1, 2000. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 9-183. - Justices of the peace. - Section 9-183 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7545, 7546; 1953,...

Section 9-183a. - Number of justices of the peace, exceptions. - (a) The number of justices of the peace for each...

Section 9-183b. (Formerly Sec. 9-252). - Nomination of justices of the peace by parties qualifying as major parties based on enrollment. Terms. Primaries. - In 1994, 1996, and quadrennially thereafter, two-thirds of the total...

Section 9-183c. - Nomination of justices of the peace by parties qualifying as major parties based solely on gubernatorial vote. Terms. Primaries. - In 1994, 1996, and quadrennially thereafter, when there is a...

Section 9-184. - Vacancy in office of justice of the peace when justice nominated by a major party. - Any vacancy in the office of a justice of the...

Section 9-184c. - Appointment as justices of the peace of electors who are not members of major parties. Terms. Vacancies. - (a) In 1994, 1996, and quadrennially thereafter, the town clerk...

Section 9-185. - Municipal officers. - Unless otherwise provided by special act or charter, (1) members...

Section 9-186. - Electoral status of municipal officers and justices of the peace. - Each elected municipal officer and each justice of the peace...

Section 9-187. - Terms. - (a) The terms of office of elective municipal officers, when...

Section 9-187a. - Date term to begin. - Except as provided in sections 9-164b to 9-164f, inclusive, the...

Section 9-188. - First selectman and selectmen. Election procedure. Dual candidacy prohibited. Minority representation; restricted voting. Tie vote. - Unless otherwise provided by law each town shall, at its...

Section 9-189. - Town clerks, treasurers and tax collectors. - (a) Each town, unless otherwise provided by law, shall, at...

Section 9-189a. - Four-year terms for town clerks, registrars and treasurers. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-189 and 9-190a, any town...

Section 9-190. - Registrars of voters. - On and after January 9, 2013, each municipality shall have...

Section 9-190a. - Election of registrars at state elections. - Any provision of any special act to the contrary notwithstanding,...

Section 9-190b. - Temporary relief of registrar by Secretary of the State; procedure. - If a registrar of voters fails to attain or maintain,...

Section 9-190c. - Removal of registrar. - Whenever the Secretary of the State is of the opinion...

Section 9-191. - Election of registrars for each voting district. - The provisions of section 9-190 to the contrary notwithstanding, each...

Section 9-192. - Deputy registrar. Registrar vacancy. Assistant registrars. Special assistant registrars. - Each registrar of voters immediately after his election shall appoint...

Section 9-192a. - Secretary of the State to establish program and criteria for certification of registrars. Committee to advise Secretary on programs and procedures for training, examining and certifying registrars, deputies and assistants. Training... - (a)(1) The Secretary of the State shall, in consultation with...

Section 9-192b. - Designation of registrar, deputy or an assistant to receive instruction. - Each registrar of voters shall annually designate either said registrar,...

Section 9-193. - Registrar's oath. - Each registrar of voters, deputy registrar and assistant, before entering...

Section 9-194. - Compensation of registrars, deputies and assistants. - The registrars of voters, deputy registrars and assistants shall receive...

Section 9-195. - Compensation of registrars and town clerks for duties as to enrollment. - For the performance of the duties relating to the enrollment...

Section 9-196 and 9-197. - Assessors. Minority representation for assessors in towns holding annual elections. - Sections 9-196 and 9-197 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 502,...

Section 9-198. - Determination of number, method of election or appointment, term and compensation of assessors. - Section 9-198 is repealed, effective October 1, 2010. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 9-199. - Boards of assessment appeals. Alternate and additional members. - (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, each town shall elect...

Section 9-200. - Constables. - Each town shall elect, at its regular municipal election, unless...

Section 9-201. - Election of five-member boards of police commissioners. - Any town, at the next regular municipal election following action...

Section 9-202. - Board of finance. - Any town adopting a resolution for which provision is made...

Section 9-203. - Number and term of members of boards of education. - The board of education in each town shall consist of...

Section 9-204. - Minority representation on board of education. - (a) Unless otherwise provided by special act or charter provision,...

Section 9-204a. - Nomination and voting for full number of board members to be elected authorized. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-204 and 9-414 and of...

Section 9-204b. - Optional alternative system for towns with four-year terms for board of education. - Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute to the contrary,...

Section 9-205. - Election of board of education when number of members revised. - (a) Any town may, at any time, by ordinance, make...

Section 9-206. - Election of board of education in towns adopting biennial elections. Alternate rotation of terms and length of terms permitted. - (a) In any town having a board of education of...

Section 9-206a. - Optional number of members and terms of boards of education. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-203, 9-205 and 9-206,...

Section 9-207. - Library directors. - Any municipality, after establishing a library under the provisions of...

Section 9-208. - Election of library directors on change from annual to biennial election. - Section 9-208 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1659; 1953, 1955,...

Section 9-209. - Certificate filed with secretary when planning or zoning members to be elected. - The town clerk of any town which has provided by...

Section 9-210. - Incompatible town offices. - No selectman shall hold the office of town clerk, town...

Section 9-211. - United States senator; vacancy. - (a) In case of a vacancy in the office of...

Section 9-211a. - Fifty or more vacancies in the office of senator in Congress among the states. Connecticut vacancy. Governor's power to appoint. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-211, in the event that...

Section 9-212. - Representative in Congress. - (a) In case of a vacancy in the office of...

Section 9-213. - Secretary, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General. - (a) If the office of Secretary of the State or...

Section 9-214. - State representative. - Section 9-214 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1086; 1953, S....

Section 9-215. - Member or member-elect of the General Assembly. - (a) When any member or member-elect of the General Assembly...

Section 9-216. - Nomination by petition. - Nominations may also be made by petition in vacancy elections...

Section 9-217. - List of candidates. - The Secretary of the State shall provide to the clerk...

Section 9-218. - Probate judge. - When there is no election of probate judge in any...

Section 9-219. - Justice of the peace. - Section 9-219 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7549; 1953, S....

Section 9-220. - Town office. - If any town office in any town is vacant from...

Section 9-221. - Municipal office vacancy election provisions inapplicable in certain circumstances. - (a) When under the provisions of any general statute, special...

Section 9-222. - Filling of vacancy in office of first selectman or selectman. Petition for special election. - When a vacancy occurs in the office of first selectman...

Section 9-223. - Notice of vacancy in municipal office. - The clerk of any town, the mayor of any city...

Section 9-224. - Special election on same day as regular election. - If any special election is called to fill a vacancy...

Section 9-224a. - No election if only one candidate in special election to fill vacancy. - At any special election called to fill a vacancy in...

Section 9-224b. - Registration as write-in candidate in special election to fill vacancy. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 9-225. - State elections; exception for certain elections held in 2020 and 2021. - (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection,...

Section 9-226. - Municipal elections; exception for certain elections held in 2021. - (a) The warning of each municipal election shall specify the...

Section 9-227. - Record of warning of municipal election. - Section 9-227 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 494; 1953, S....

Section 9-228. - Municipal elections. - All municipal elections shall be held and conducted, as far...

Section 9-228a. - Certification re location of polling place. Report to Secretary of the State identifying moderators. Removal of moderator by Secretary. - (a) The registrars of voters of each municipality shall, not...

Section 9-229. - Appointment of moderators. Certification and duties of regional election monitors. Instruction and certification of moderators. Regulations. Alternate moderators. - (a) The registrars of voters in the several towns and,...

Section 9-229a. - Election or primary day polling place observers. Appointment. Duties. Training program. Regulations. Additional election officials. Code of ethics for polling place observers. - Section 9-229a is repealed, effective July 13, 2011. (P.A. 07-194,...

Section 9-229b. - Regional election monitors. Contract. Memorandum of understanding. - (a) There shall be a regional election monitor within each...

Section 9-230. - Authority of registrars and moderators to prevent or suppress disorder. - The registrars of voters may request the head of the...

Section 9-231. - Oath of election officials. - All election officials shall be sworn to the faithful performance...

Section 9-232. - Challenges to the right of any person offering to vote. Challenges to not be indiscriminate and to be under oath. - (a) Any elector may challenge the right of any person...

Section 9-232a. - Remedy for denial of voting rights. - Any elector qualified to vote and offering to vote at...

Section 9-232b. - Penalty for false statement. - Any person wilfully making a false statement in a statement...

Section 9-232c. - Moderator to keep memorandum of challenge; form. - The moderator shall keep an accurate memorandum of the challenge...

Section 9-232d. - Request for challenged ballot. - If the moderator's decision pursuant to section 9-232 is not...

Section 9-232e. - Casting of challenged ballot, procedure. - Any person requesting a challenged ballot and entitled thereto shall...

Section 9-232f. - Preservation and counting of challenged ballots. - The town clerk shall preserve such ballots in the sealed...

Section 9-232i. - Definition. - As used in this section and sections 9-23r and 9-232l,...

Section 9-232j. - Provisional ballot packets for elections for federal office. - The moderator of the election in each voting district shall...

Section 9-232k. - Secretary of the State to prescribe and provide provisional ballots. - The Secretary of the State shall prescribe and provide to...

Section 9-232l. - Applications for provisional ballots. - (a) An individual may apply for and be issued a...

Section 9-232m. - Casting of provisional ballots. - Upon receipt of an application for provisional ballot, the moderator...

Section 9-232n. - Determination of eligibility of provisional ballot applicants to vote. Report. Corrected return. - Immediately after the close of the polls, the moderator shall...

Section 9-232o. - Counting of provisional ballots. - Except as otherwise provided by the general statutes, section 9-23r...

Section 9-233. - Voting tabulator tenders. - Prior to each election, the registrars of voters of each...

Section 9-234. - Presence of registrars. Official checkers. Checking of elector's name. - (a) Each registrar of voters shall be present during the...

Section 9-235. - Unofficial checkers. - (a) At least forty-eight hours prior to each election to...

Section 9-235a. - Temporary absence of election officials. - The provisions of this title requiring the attendance of election...

Section 9-235b. - Runners. - At any election or primary, any person may serve as...

Section 9-235c. - Voluntary service by election, primary or referendum officials. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary...

Section 9-235d. - Citizens sixteen or seventeen years of age authorized to serve as election or primary officials. Requirements. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of sections 9-233, 9-235 and 9-258...

Section 9-235e. - Secretary of the State allowed access to polling place. - Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary of...

Section 9-236. - Activities prohibited in and near polling place; distance markers; entry restricted; exceptions. - (a) On the day of any primary, referendum or election,...

Section 9-236a. - Spare voting tabulator or ballot box for educational use of students. - Any town, on its own initiative or upon a request...

Section 9-236b. - Voter's Bill of Rights. Sample ballots. Voters in line when polls scheduled to close permitted to vote. Voting instructions and information. Display of identification requirements. - (a) The Secretary of the State shall provide each municipality...

Section 9-237. - Display of national and state flags. - A United States flag, at least three feet by five...

Section 9-237a. - Telephones at polling places. - The registrars of voters shall provide a telephone for each...

Chapter 147 - Voting Methods

Section 9-238. - Voting tabulators required. Notification of purchase or discontinuance of use. - (a) Except as provided in section 9-272, voting tabulators shall...

Section 9-238a. - Report to Secretary of number of voting tabulators. - During the first week of February in each year, the...

Section 9-239. - Payment for voting tabulators. - The fiscal authority in each municipality shall authorize payment of...

Section 9-240. - Provision of voting tabulators and booths. - The board of selectmen in each town, unless otherwise provided...

Section 9-240a. - Periodic examination of voting tabulators. - Not more than two hundred ten days nor less than...

Section 9-241. - Examination and approval of tabulators by Secretary. Subsequent alteration made by voting tabulator companies. Use of hole-punch voting tabulators prohibited. Regulations. Agreement with The University of Connecticut or Connecticut S... - (a) Any person owning or holding an interest in any...

Section 9-242. - Voting tabulator and direct recording electronic voting tabulator construction requirements. Attribution of unknown votes for cross-endorsed candidates. - (a) A voting tabulator approved by the Secretary of the...

Section 9-242a. - Regulations concerning use of voting machines. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary,...

Section 9-242b. - Procedures for use of direct recording electronic voting tabulators. - The following procedures shall apply to any election or primary...

Section 9-242c. - Voting Technology Standards Board. - Section 9-242c is repealed, effective May 24, 2011. (P.A. 05-235,...

Section 9-243. - Mechanics. Instruction and certification by the Secretary of the State. - Section 9-243 is repealed, effective May 24, 2011. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 9-244. - Inspection by party watchers, party chairpersons, candidates and officials. - (a) Such registrars of voters shall give written notice to...

Section 9-245. - Filing of reports. - The reports of the registrars of voters, provided for under...

Section 9-246. - Duties of registrars re condition of tabulators. Repairs made on election day. Required reports. - (a) The registrar or registrars shall file a written report...

Section 9-247. - Preparation of tabulators. - The registrars of voters shall, before the day of the...

Section 9-247a. - Candidates, immediate family members and associated business entities prohibited from transporting, preparing, repairing or maintaining voting tabulator. Exception. - No candidate, as defined in section 9-601, member of the...

Section 9-248. - Furnishing of supplies. - When a voting tabulator is purchased or leased or otherwise...

Section 9-249. - Instruction of election officials. - (a) Before each election, the registrars of voters and the...

Section 9-249a. - Order of parties on ballots. - (a) The names of the parties shall be arranged on...

Section 9-249b. - Arrangement of ballots when more than nine party designations and petitioning candidate rows. - (a) If, after applying the provisions of sections 9-249a and...

Section 9-250. - Form of ballots. - Ballots shall be printed in plain clear type and on...

Section 9-250a. - Blank space where party fails to nominate. - When a political party has failed to nominate a candidate...

Section 9-251. - Order of office on ballots. - In the preparation of ballots for use at a state...

Section 9-253. - Order of names of party nominees for multiple-opening office determined by lot. Order when candidate nominated by more than one party. - When a major or minor party is entitled to nominate...

Section 9-254. - List of municipal offices to be filled. - Each municipal clerk shall, not later than the one hundred...

Section 9-255. - Sample ballots. - The registrars of voters shall provide for all polling places...

Section 9-255a. - Certification re number of ballots ordered. - (a) The registrars of voters and municipal clerk from each...

Section 9-256. - Filing of sample ballot with Secretary. - The registrars of voters of each municipality shall, not less...

Section 9-257. - Location of voting tabulator and stationing of officials. - The room in which the election is held shall be...

Section 9-258. - Election officials; additional lines of electors. - (a) For municipalities with more than one voting district, the...

Section 9-258a. - Two shifts of election officials. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, special acts or...

Section 9-259. - Duties of election officials before polls open; moderator's return certificates. - (a) The moderator of the election in each municipality, voting...

Section 9-260. - Instruction by means of demonstrator device. - A demonstrator device shall be provided inside the polling place...

Section 9-261. - Process of voting. - (a) In each primary, election or referendum, when an elector...

Section 9-261a. - Preparation of polling place form of identification by committee prohibited. - No committee, as defined in section 9-601, shall prepare any...

Section 9-261b. - Privacy sleeve. - The registrars of voters shall either ensure that each ballot...

Section 9-261c. - Electronic devices used to check names of electors. - The Secretary of the State shall review, in consultation and...

Section 9-262. - Duties of election officials during voting hours. - During the entire period of an election, at least one...

Section 9-263. - Use of paper ballots when voting machine damaged. - Section 9-263 is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 9-264. - Assistance to elector who is blind, has disability or is unable to write or to read the ballot. - An elector who requires assistance to vote, by reason of...

Section 9-265. - Write-in votes. - (a) A write-in vote for an office, cast for a...

Section 9-266. - Keys to be kept. Storage of voting tabulator. - When the voting tabulator has been locked at the close...

Section 9-267. - Removal of officials. - If, at any time during the performance of his or...

Section 9-268. - Duties of selectmen imposed on other officials. - Whenever the duties imposed by this part upon selectmen are...

Section 9-269. - Borough election officials. - In the case of a borough election, the duties and...

Section 9-270 and 9-271. - Votes by paper ballots. Referenda by paper ballots. - Sections 9-270 and 9-271 are repealed, effective May 24, 2011....

Section 9-272. - Conditions under which use of voting tabulators may be discontinued. - If, owing to the number of candidates to be voted...

Section 9-273 to 9-276. - Preparation of ballots. Secretary may prescribe forms. Secret ballot. Form for printing ballots. - Sections 9-273 to 9-276, inclusive, are repealed, effective May 24,...

Section 9-277 and 9-278. - Straight and split ticket sections. Form of straight ticket section. - Sections 9-277 and 9-278 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1036,...

Section 9-279 to 9-306. - Form of ballot. Sample ballots. Insertion on ballot on death of nominee. Ballot to resolve tie vote. Secretary to transmit ballots. Clerks to obtain ballots if not received two days before election. Packaging of ballots, met... - Sections 9-279 to 9-306, inclusive, are repealed, effective May 24,...

Chapter 148 - Election Canvass and Returns

Section 9-307. - Certificate of check lists; exception for certain elections and primaries held in 2020 and 2021. - (a) Immediately after the polls are closed, the official checker...

Section 9-308. - Canvass of returns. - Immediately on the close of the polls, the election officials...

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... - (a) Upon the close of the polls, the moderator, in...

Section 9-310. - Sealing of tabulator by moderator. - As soon as the count is completed and the moderator's...

Section 9-311. - Recanvass in case of discrepancy; exceptions for certain elections held in 2020 and 2021. - (a)(1) If, within three days after an election, it appears...

Section 9-311a. - Recanvass on close vote. - For purposes of this section, state, district and municipal offices...

Section 9-311b. - Recanvass on tie vote. - If the electors fail to elect a candidate for any...

Section 9-312. - Declaration of result; returns to secretary. - In each municipality divided into voting districts, unless otherwise provided...

Section 9-313. - Forms for returns. - The Secretary of the State shall transmit to the town...

Section 9-314. - Return of preliminary and duplicate lists of votes by moderator; exceptions for certain elections held in 2020 and 2021. - (a) As used in this subsection, “moderator” means the moderator...

Section 9-315. - Canvass for presidential electors, U.S. senator and members of Congress. - The votes returned as cast for a senator in Congress,...

Section 9-316. - Canvass in vacancy election of U.S. senator or representative. - The Treasurer, Secretary of the State and Comptroller shall, within...

Section 9-317. - Certification of election of U.S. senator. - When any senator in Congress has been elected, the Governor...

Section 9-318. - Canvass of votes for state officers. - The votes for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State,...

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...

Section 9-320. - Returns of municipal elections by clerks. Elected town clerk who is registrar of vital statistics ex officio. - (a) The clerk of each municipality shall, within ten days...

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... - (a) Not earlier than the fifteenth day after any election...

Section 9-320g. - Authorization of electronic equipment by Secretary of the State for conduct of an audit. - Notwithstanding any provision of this title, the Secretary of the...

Section 9-321. - Return by moderator of election of town clerk and registrar of vital statistics. - Section 9-321 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 522; 1953, S....

Section 9-322. - Failure of moderator to make returns. - Each moderator of an election who neglects to make any...

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. - (a)(1) Not later than forty-eight hours following each regular election,...

Section 9-322b. - Candidate elected to two or more offices in a municipality and prohibited from holding more than one office. Determination of officeholder. - Notwithstanding the provisions of this title, if a candidate is...

Chapter 149 - Elections and Primaries: Contested

Section 9-323. - Contests and complaints in election of presidential electors, U.S. senator and representative. - Any elector or candidate who claims that he is aggrieved...

Section 9-324. - Contests and complaints in election of state officers and judges of probate. - Any elector or candidate who claims that such elector or...

Section 9-325. - Appeals and reservations of law to be taken to Supreme Court. - If, upon any such hearing by a judge of the...

Section 9-326. - Contest in election of sheriff or judge of probate. - Section 9-326 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1096; 1953, S....

Section 9-327. - Bond of complainant. - The complainant in any complaint or proceeding under sections 9-323,...

Section 9-328. - Contests and complaints in election of municipal officers and nomination of justices of the peace. - Any elector or candidate claiming to have been aggrieved by...

Section 9-329. - Appeal to Supreme Court. - Section 9-329 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 528; 1953, S....

Section 9-329a. (Formerly Sec. 9-449). - Contests and complaints in connection with any primary. - (a) Any (1) elector or candidate aggrieved by a ruling...

Section 9-329b. - Removal of candidate's name from ballot. - At any time prior to a primary held pursuant to...

Section 9-330. - Examination and testing of tabulators. - Any judge having jurisdiction over any action brought under section...

Section 9-331. - Tie vote for or vacancy in office of sheriff. - Section 9-331 is repealed, effective December 1, 2000. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 9-332. - Adjourned election in tie vote. Withdrawal of candidate. - If the electors fail to choose a candidate for any...

Chapter 150 - Elections: Campaign Financing (See Chapter 155)

Section 9-334 to 9-343. - Forms for statements. Definitions. Principal campaign treasurer and campaign treasurers, appointment, duties. Contributions. Filing of statements and reports, fee. Contributions or expenditures by: Stock corporations and oth... - Sections 9-334 to 9-343, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 9-345 and 9-346. - Penalties. Powers of state referees and judges. - Sections 9-345 and 9-346 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1167,...

Section 9-347 to 9-348dd. - Preservation of testimony and securing of witnesses. Expenses of inquiry. Application of provisions. Formation of committees; designation and responsibilities of campaign treasurer and deputy treasurer; appointment and res... - Sections 9-347 to 9-348dd, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Chapter 151 - Elections: Prohibited Acts and Penalties

Section 9-349. - Unlawful sessions of board for admission. - Section 9-349 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1120; 1953, S....

Section 9-350. - Failure to warn election. - Any person whose duty it is to warn any election...

Section 9-351. - Delay in counting or declaring vote. - Any moderator of any election or voting district who, wilfully...

Section 9-352. - Tampering with tabulator by election official. - Any election official who, with intent to cause or permit...

Section 9-353. - False statement, certificate or return. - Any election official who, at the close of the polls,...

Section 9-354. - Improper printing of ballot. - Any person who prints or causes to be printed upon...

Section 9-355. - Official neglect or fraud. - Any person who, without reasonable cause, neglects to perform any...

Section 9-356. - Neglect to elect grand jurors. - Section 9-356 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 508; 1953, S....

Section 9-357. - Fraudulent registration. - Any person who fraudulently procures himself or another to be...

Section 9-358. - False swearing before registrar, moderator, board or State Elections Enforcement Commission. - Any person who, upon oath or affirmation, legally administered, wilfully...

Section 9-359. - Absentee ballots. - Any (1) person who executes an absentee ballot for the...

Section 9-359a. - False statement in absentee balloting. Class D felony. - (a) A person is guilty of false statement in absentee...

Section 9-360. - Fraudulent voting. - Any person not legally qualified who fraudulently votes in any...

Section 9-361. - Primary or enrollment violations. - The following persons shall be guilty of primary or enrollment...

Section 9-362. - Decision of election officials no bar to prosecution. - The decision of the board for admission of electors or...

Section 9-363. - Circulation of misleading instructions. - Any person who, with intent to defraud any elector of...

Section 9-364. - Influencing elector to refrain from voting. - Any person who, with intent to disenfranchise any elector, influences...

Section 9-364a. (Formerly Sec. 9-344). - Acts prohibited in elections, primaries, referenda, caucuses and conventions. Penalties. - Any person who influences or attempts to influence by force...

Section 9-364b. - Restrictions on incumbents' use of public funds. - Section 9-364b is repealed. (P.A. 78-153, S. 30, 32; P.A....

Section 9-365. - Employers' threats. - Any person who (1) during the period that is sixty...

Section 9-366. - Interference with electors in voting. - Any person who induces or attempts to induce any elector...

Section 9-367. - Tampering with ballot or voting tabulator. - Any person, not being an election official, who, with intent...

Section 9-368. - Arrest of accused. - Upon the written complaint of any three electors of a...

Section 9-368c. - Misrepresentation of contents of a petition. - (a) No person shall intentionally misrepresent the contents of a...

Chapter 152 - Referenda

Section 9-369. - Procedure for holding referendum. - Whenever at any regular or special state or municipal election...

Section 9-369a. - Submission of local questions at election. - Whenever by law it is provided that a question may...

Section 9-369b. - Local questions and proposals. Preparation, printing and dissemination of explanatory texts and other materials. Use of community notification systems. Expenditure of state and municipal funds to influence vote prohibited; exception... - (a)(1)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection,...

Section 9-369c. - Absentee ballots for referendum voting. - (a) Whenever a referendum, as defined in subdivision (2) or...

Section 9-369d. - Submission of local question to voters who are not electors. Vote by electors and voters held in conjunction with an election. - (a) Whenever by law a question may be submitted to...

Section 9-370. - Submission of local questions at elections. - Any provision of any special act to the contrary notwithstanding,...

Section 9-370a. - Recanvass on close question vote. - In the case of an election or referendum wherein the...

Section 9-371. - Report of referendum result to secretary. - Whenever any town, city or borough has conducted a referendum...

Section 9-371a. - Nonbinding referendum re selection of legislative body. - Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes or any public...

Section 9-371b. - Rulings by election officials re referendum. Complaints to Superior Court. Time limitation. Notice to Secretary of the State and State Elections Enforcement Commission. Hearing. Orders. - Any person (1) claiming to have been aggrieved by any...

Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties

Section 9-372. - Definitions. - The following terms, as used in this chapter, chapter 157...

Section 9-373. - Nominations to public office. - All nominees for state, district and municipal office, all members...

Section 9-373a. - Registration of write-in candidates. - Any person desiring to be a write-in candidate for any...

Section 9-373b. - Cross endorsement of a candidate. - A candidate for an office appearing on a ballot for...

Section 9-374. - Party rules to be filed. - No authority of the state or any political subdivision thereof...

Section 9-375. - Amendment of party rules. - The local party rules, governing a political party in any...

Section 9-375a. - Amendment of party rules in 1972. - Section 9-375a is repealed. (1972, P.A. 63, S. 1; P.A....

Section 9-375b. - Amendment of party rules following a census. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-374 and 9-375, during the...

Section 9-376. - Postponement of primary day. - (a)(1) If the day fixed for any primary falls on...

Section 9-377. - Write-in spaces on ballots prohibited. - At a primary votes may be cast and counted only...

Section 9-378. - Nominations without party designation excepted. - In any municipality which, under the provisions of a special...

Section 9-379. - Eligibility for placing on ballot. - No name of any candidate shall be printed on any...

Section 9-380. - Newly-created offices. - In the case of an office created after the last-preceding...

Section 9-381. - Nomination procedure. - The provisions of sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, shall apply...

Section 9-381a. - Election procedures applicable to primaries unless otherwise provided. - Except as otherwise provided by statute, the provisions of the...

Section 9-382. - Party-endorsed candidates; state or district office. - The state or district convention, as the case may be,...

Section 9-383. - Time and place of convention. - The time and place of meeting of a state or...

Section 9-384. - Calls for conventions. - Each convention shall originate by call of the chairman of...

Section 9-384a. - Calls for 1974 party conventions. - Section 9-384a is repealed. (P.A. 74-25, S. 11, 13; P.A....

Section 9-385. - Roll-call vote or polling by delegation at convention. - Whenever one-fifth or more of the accredited delegates to, and...

Section 9-385a. - Voting by delegation at state convention. - The delegates to the state convention of each party elected...

Section 9-386. - Tie vote on endorsement. - If a vote taken under sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive,...

Section 9-387. - Dispute as to endorsement of a candidate or selection of a delegate. - The state rules of each party shall prescribe the manner...

Section 9-388. - Report to Secretary of the State. - Whenever a convention of a political party is held for...

Section 9-389. - Publication of names; information concerning filing of candidacies. - Section 9-389 is repealed. (June, 1955, S. 583d; November, 1955,...

Section 9-390. - Selection of party-endorsed candidates for municipal office and selection of delegates to conventions. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section,...

Section 9-390a. - Election of town committee members in 1972. - Section 9-390a is repealed. (1972, P.A. 3, S. 1; 220,...

Section 9-391. - Time for party endorsements for municipal offices and town committee members. Time for selection of delegates to conventions. Certification. Late certification void. - (a) Each endorsement of a candidate to run in a...

Section 9-392. - Selection of town committees. - A town committee shall be selected by each party in...

Section 9-393. - Selection of town committee members and delegates. - All town committee members and delegates to conventions shall be...

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Connecticut General Statutes Title 9 - Elections

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Title 9 - Elections