Connecticut General Statutes
Title 9 - Elections
Chapter 146 - Elections

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 - Sections 9-165 to 9-167, inclusive, are repealed.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 - Section 9-168c is repealed.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...

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Connecticut General Statutes Title 9 - Elections Chapter 146 - Elections

Connecticut General Statutes
Title 9 - Elections
Chapter 146 - Elections