Connecticut General Statutes
Title 9 - Elections
Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties

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 - Section 9-384a is repealed.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 - Section 9-389 is repealed.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 - Section 9-390a is repealed.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...

Section 9-394. - District delegates. - If the state rules of a party provide that certain...

Section 9-394a. - Senatorial and assembly district convention delegates. - Any major party in any part of a town which...

Section 9-395. - Publication of information concerning municipal primaries. - (a) Forthwith upon the certification provided in section 9-391, the...

Section 9-396. - Ballot vote at caucus; eligibility to vote. - At any caucus of the enrolled members of any party...

Section 9-397. - Tie vote on endorsement. - If a vote taken under sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive,...

Section 9-398 and 9-399. - Dispute as to endorsement. Time for filing candidacies. - Sections 9-398 and 9-399 are repealed. (June, 1955, S. 576d;...

Section 9-400. - Time for filing of candidacies for state or district office. Certification. Late certification void. - (a) A candidacy for nomination by a political party to...

Section 9-401 to 9-404. - Availability of petition forms. Petition form; circulation of petitions for state or district office; prohibited acts. Registrar's receipt and verification of petitions for state or district office; rejection by Secretary of... - Sections 9-401 to 9-404, inclusive, are repealed. (June, 1955, S....

Section 9-404a. - Availability and issuance of primary petition forms for candidacies for nomination to state or district office. - Petition forms for candidacies for nomination by a political party...

Section 9-404b. - Primary petition forms for candidacies for nomination to state or district office. Signatures. Circulation. - (a) The petition form for candidacies for nomination to state...

Section 9-404c. - Registrar's receipt and verification of petitions for candidacies for nomination to state or district office. Filing with Secretary. Tabulation. - (a) Upon the receipt of any page of a petition...

Section 9-405. - Time for filing primary petition candidacies for municipal offices and town committee members. - (a)(1) Candidacies of persons other than party-endorsed candidates for nomination...

Section 9-406. - Filing of primary petition candidacies for municipal offices and town committee members. - A candidacy for nomination by a political party to a...

Section 9-406a. - Penalty for fraudulent certification. - Any person who fraudulently signs, attests or files a false...

Section 9-407 and 9-408. - Filing of candidacies; delegates. Filing of primary petition candidacies for district delegates. - Sections 9-407 and 9-408 are repealed, effective January 1, 2004,...

Section 9-409. - Availability and issuance of primary petition forms for candidacies for nomination to municipal office or election as town committee members. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 9-410. - Primary petition forms for candidacies for nomination to municipal office or election as town committee members. Signatures. Circulation. - (a) The petition form for candidacies for nomination to municipal...

Section 9-411. - Number of candidates required on petition for town committee members. - Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no primary...

Section 9-412. - Registrar's receipt and verification of petitions for candidacies for nomination to municipal office or election as town committee members. Filing with clerk. - Upon the receipt of any page of a petition proposing...

Section 9-413. - Deposition of deposit filed with registrar. - Section 9-413 is repealed. (June, 1955, S. 595d; November, 1955,...

Section 9-413a. - Registrar to certify accuracy of enrollment list provided to candidate circulating primary petition. - A registrar of voters who provides an enrollment list of...

Section 9-414. - Nominations not to exceed places to be filled; municipal primaries. - No town committee, caucus or convention shall endorse and certify...

Section 9-415. - When primary required. - (a) If a candidacy for nomination by a political party...

Section 9-416. - No-contest nominations; state or district office. - If (1) at a state or district convention no person...

Section 9-416a. - Failure of party to endorse; state or district office. - If a party has made no endorsement of a candidate...

Section 9-417. - No-contest nominations; municipal office and town committee members. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 9-418. - Failure of party to endorse; municipal office. - (a) If within the time specified in section 9-391, a...

Section 9-419. - Failure of party to endorse; town committee members. - If within the time specified in section 9-391, a party...

Section 9-420. - Persons selected as convention delegates by party deemed lawfully selected. - The persons selected by a political party to serve as...

Section 9-421. - When primary not to be held for town committee members. - Any provision of sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, to the...

Section 9-422. - Primaries for justices of the peace. - Any provision of sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, to the...

Section 9-423. - Time for primaries; state, district or municipal office. - (a) The primaries of all parties for nomination to an...

Section 9-424. - Time for primaries; delegates. - Section 9-424 is repealed, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable...

Section 9-425. - Time for primaries; town committees. - The day for holding a primary for the election of...

Section 9-426. - Cancellation of primary for office or town committee due to vacancies in non-party-endorsed candidacies. Slate vacancies. - If only one candidacy has been filed by a person...

Section 9-427. - Cancellation of delegate primary due to vacancies in party-endorsed candidacies; filling of vacancies when incomplete party-endorsed slate wins delegate primary. - Section 9-427 is repealed, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable...

Section 9-428. - Vacancy in party-endorsed candidacy. - If a party-endorsed candidate for nomination to an office or...

Section 9-429. - Cancellation of primary for office or town committee when vacancies in candidacies result in no contest. - If, prior to the opening of the polls at a...

Section 9-430. - Withdrawal procedure. - No candidate shall be deemed to have withdrawn under the...

Section 9-431. - Eligibility to vote at primary. - (a) No person shall be permitted to vote at a...

Section 9-431a. - Eligibility to vote at caucus, primary or town convention. - A person whose name does not appear on the registry...

Section 9-431b. - Eligibility to vote on removal from one town in state or district to another. - Section 9-431b is repealed. (1971, P.A. 756, S. 1, 2;...

Section 9-432. - Verification of names on filing with secretary. - Section 9-432 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 518, S. 37; 1958...

Section 9-433. - Notice of primary; state and district office. Exception for certain primaries held in 2021. - (a)(1) After the deadline set forth in section 9-400 for...

Section 9-434. - Verification of names on filing with municipal clerk. Exception. - Upon the filing with the clerk of a municipality of...

Section 9-435. - Notice of primary for municipal office or election for town committee. Exception for certain primaries and elections held in 2021. - (a) Except as provided in sections 9-418 and 9-419, if...

Section 9-436. - Use, number and adjustment of voting tabulators; voting booths; conditions and rules for use of paper ballots; qualification, appointment and training of primary officials. - (a) Voting tabulators shall be used at each primary, provided,...

Section 9-436a. - Candidate checkers. - Each group of candidates whose names appear in one single...

Section 9-437. - Form of ballot. Position of candidates' names on ballot. Sample ballots. Voting instructions and information. - (a) At the top of each ballot shall be printed...

Section 9-438. - Hours and places of voting. - In each municipality or voting district, the polling places for...

Section 9-439. - Duties of officials. - The moderator in each polling place shall have charge of...

Section 9-439a. - Remedy for denial of right to vote. - Any elector qualified to vote at any primary and offering...

Section 9-439b. - Penalty for false statement. - Any person wilfully making a false statement in a statement...

Section 9-440. - Moderators to make returns. - Upon the closing of the polls at any primary held...

Section 9-441. - Compensation of registrars and municipal clerks. - For the performance of the duties imposed by this chapter,...

Section 9-442. - When party has no registrar. - In any municipality where there is no registrar affiliated with...

Section 9-443. - Votes for justices of the peace. - The vote for the party-endorsed slate or for any contesting...

Section 9-444. - Determination of nominee, town committee members or justices of the peace. - In the case of a primary for state or district...

Section 9-445. - Recanvass on close vote. - Forthwith after a primary for nomination to a municipal office...

Section 9-446. - Tie vote. - (a) If two or more candidates obtain the same and...

Section 9-447. - Unlocking of voting tabulators. - The voting tabulators used in any primary shall not be...

Section 9-448. - Recount of paper ballots. - The provisions of sections 9-445, 9-446 and 9-447 shall apply...

Section 9-450. - Vacancy elections. - (a) Nominations by major parties for any state, district or...

Section 9-450a. - Special elections in 1974. - Section 9-450a is repealed. (P.A. 74-25, S. 12, 13; P.A....

Section 9-451. - Minor parties. - The nomination by a minor party of any candidate for...

Section 9-452. - Time for making nominations. Certification. Late certification void. - All minor parties nominating candidates for any elective office shall...

Section 9-452a. - Notice of party meetings. - Not later than five days before a minor party holds...

Section 9-453. - Petition requirements. - Section 9-453 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1044; 1953, S....

Section 9-453a. - Petition form. - Each petition for nomination for elective office shall be on...

Section 9-453b. - Issuance of nominating petition forms; restrictions. Application requirements. Candidacy filing requirements. - The Secretary of the State shall not issue any nominating...

Section 9-453c. - When single petition may be used. - The names of any or all candidates under the same...

Section 9-453d. - Number of signatures. - Each petition shall be signed by a number of qualified...

Section 9-453e. - Circulator. - Each circulator of a nominating petition page shall be a...

Section 9-453f. - Signature pages. - Before any signatures may be obtained on a petition signatures...

Section 9-453g. - False signing. - Any person who signs a name other than his own...

Section 9-453h. - Withdrawal of signatures. - Any signer of a nominating petition may withdraw his signature...

Section 9-453i. - Submission to town clerk or Secretary of the State. - (a) Each page of a nominating petition proposing a candidate...

Section 9-453j. - Statement by circulator. - Each page of a nominating petition submitted to the town...

Section 9-453k. - Signing and certification of circulator's statement; receipt for pages; certification of signatures. - (a) The town clerk or Secretary of the State shall...

Section 9-453l. - Delegation of signature check to registrars. - Any town clerk may delegate his duty to check the...

Section 9-453m. - Signatures, effect of variations. - The use of titles, initials or customary abbreviations of given...

Section 9-453n. - Date for filing with secretary. - Any town clerk receiving any page of a nominating petition...

Section 9-453o. - Rejection of defective pages. Cure for omission by town clerk. Approval of petitions. - (a) The Secretary of the State may not count for...

Section 9-453p. - Withdrawal of candidacy. - A petitioning candidate may withdraw his candidacy but no such...

Section 9-453q. - Use of party levers for petitioning candidates. - Section 9-453q is repealed. (1971, P.A. 806, S. 21; P.A....

Section 9-453r. - Position of candidates' names on ballot. - (a) A separate row on the ballot shall be used...

Section 9-453s. - Vacancies in candidacies. Ballot. - Vacancies in candidacies occurring after all nominating petitions have been...

Section 9-453t. - Candidate nominated by major or minor party prohibited from appearing on ballot by nominating petition. Exception for cross endorsement. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes or...

Section 9-453u. (Formerly Sec. 9-378m). - Reservation of party designation. - (a) An application to reserve a party designation with the...

Section 9-454 to 9-458. - Petition: Form; signatures; circulation and filing; town clerk's duties; platform statement required, when; false signing. - Sections 9-454 to 9-458, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 9-459. - Vacancy elections. - Nominations for any state, district or municipal office to be...

Section 9-460. - Vacancy in nomination; withdrawal procedure. Certification of replacement nomination; time limitations. Ballots. - If any party has nominated a candidate for office, or,...

Section 9-461. - Filing of list of candidates with Secretary. - Not later than the seventh day following the date set...

Section 9-462. - Lists of candidates for state and district offices. - On September fifteenth in each year when a state election,...

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Connecticut General Statutes Title 9 - Elections Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties

Connecticut General Statutes
Title 9 - Elections
Chapter 153 - Nominations and Political Parties