Find Legal Information

Chapter 153

• Sec. 9-372. Definitions.
• Sec. 9-373. Nominations to public office.
• Sec. 9-373a. Registration of write-in candidates.
• Sec. 9-374. Party rules to be filed.
• Sec. 9-375. Amendment of party rules.
• Sec. 9-375a. Amendment of party rules in 1972.
• Sec. 9-375b. Amendment of party rules in 1992.
• Sec. 9-376. Postponement of primary day.
• Sec. 9-377. Write-in ballots.
• Sec. 9-378. Nominations without party designation excepted.
• Secs. 9-378a to 9-378l.
• Sec. 9-378m.
• Sec. 9-379. Eligibility for placing on ballot.
• Sec. 9-380. Newly-created offices.
• Sec. 9-381. Nomination procedure.
• Sec. 9-381a. Election procedures applicable to primaries unless otherwise provided.
• Sec. 9-382. Party-endorsed candidates; state or district office.
• Sec. 9-383. Time and place of convention.
• Sec. 9-384. Calls for conventions.
• Sec. 9-384a. Calls for 1974 party conventions.
• Sec. 9-385. Roll-call vote or polling by delegation at convention.
• Sec. 9-385a. Voting by delegation at state convention.
• Sec. 9-386. Tie vote on endorsement.
• Sec. 9-387. Dispute as to endorsement of a candidate or selection of a delegate.
• Sec. 9-388. Report to Secretary of the State.
• Sec. 9-389. Publication of names; information concerning filing of candidacies.
• Sec. 9-390. Selection of party-endorsed candidates for municipal office and selection of delegates to conventions.
• Sec. 9-390a. Election of town committee members in 1972.
• Sec. 9-391. Time for party endorsements for municipal offices and town committee members. Time for selection of delegates to conventions. Certification. Late certification void.
• Sec. 9-392. Selection of town committees.
• Sec. 9-393. Selection of town committee members and delegates.
• Sec. 9-394. District delegates.
• Sec. 9-394a. Senatorial and assembly district convention delegates.
• Sec. 9-395. Publication of information concerning municipal primaries.
• Sec. 9-396. Ballot vote at caucus; eligibility to vote.
• Sec. 9-397. Tie vote on endorsement.
• Secs. 9-398 and 9-399. Dispute as to endorsement. Time for filing candidacies.
• Sec. 9-400. Filing of candidacies; state or district office.
• Secs. 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 s
• Sec. 9-404a. Availability and issuance of primary petition forms for candidacies for nomination to state or district office.
• Sec. 9-404b. Primary petition forms for candidacies for nomination to state or district office. Signatures. Circulation.
• Sec. 9-404c. Registrar's receipt and verification of petitions for candidacies for nomination to state or district office. Filing with Secretary. Tabulation.
• Sec. 9-405. Time for filing primary petition candidacies for municipal offices and town committee members.
• Sec. 9-406. Filing of primary petition candidacies for municipal offices and town committee members.
• Sec. 9-406a. Penalty for fraudulent certification.
• Secs. 9-407 and 9-408. Filing of candidacies; delegates. Filing of primary petition candidacies for district delegates.
• Sec. 9-409. Availability and issuance of primary petition forms for candidacies for nomination to municipal office or election as town committee members.
• Sec. 9-410. Primary petition forms for candidacies for nomination to municipal office or election as town committee members. Signatures. Circulation.
• Sec. 9-411. Number of candidates required on petition for town committee members.
• Sec. 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.
• Sec. 9-413. Deposition of deposit filed with registrar.
• Sec. 9-413a. Registrar to certify accuracy of enrollment list provided to candidate circulating primary petition.
• Sec. 9-414. Nominations not to exceed places to be filled; municipal primaries.
• Sec. 9-415. When primary required.
• Sec. 9-416. No-contest nominations; state or district office.
• Sec. 9-416a. Failure of party to endorse; state or district office.
• Sec. 9-417. No-contest nominations; municipal office and town committee members.
• Sec. 9-418. Failure of party to endorse; municipal office.
• Sec. 9-419. Failure of party to endorse; town committee members.
• Sec. 9-420. Persons selected as convention delegates by party deemed lawfully selected.
• Sec. 9-421. When primary not to be held for town committee members.
• Sec. 9-422. Primaries for justices of the peace.
• Sec. 9-423. Time for primaries; state, district or municipal office.
• Sec. 9-424. Time for primaries; delegates.
• Sec. 9-425. Time for primaries; town committees.
• Sec. 9-426. Cancellation of primary for office or town committee due to vacancies in non-party-endorsed candidacies. Slate vacancies.
• Sec. 9-427. Cancellation of delegate primary due to vacancies in party-endorsed candidacies; filling of vacancies when incomplete party-endorsed slate wins delegate primary.
• Sec. 9-428. Vacancy in party-endorsed candidacy.
• Sec. 9-429. Cancellation of primary for office or town committee when vacancies in candidacies result in no contest.
• Sec. 9-430. Withdrawal procedure.
• Sec. 9-431. Eligibility to vote at primary.
• Sec. 9-431a. Eligibility to vote at caucus, primary or town convention.
• Sec. 9-431b. Eligibility to vote on removal from one town in state or district to another.
• Sec. 9-432. Verification of names on filing with secretary.
• Sec. 9-433. Notice of primary; state and district office.
• Sec. 9-434. Verification of names on filing with municipal clerk. Exception.
• Sec. 9-435. Notice of primary; municipal office or town committee members.
• Sec. 9-436. Use, number and adjustment of voting machines; conditions and rules for use of paper ballots; qualification and appointment of primary officials.
• Sec. 9-436a. Candidate checkers.
• Sec. 9-437. Form of ballot label. Position of candidates' names on ballot. Sample ballot labels. Voting instructions and information.
• Sec. 9-438. Hours and places of voting.
• Sec. 9-439. Duties of officials.
• Sec. 9-439a. Remedy for denial of right to vote.
• Sec. 9-439b. Penalty for false statement.
• Sec. 9-440. Moderators to make returns.
• Sec. 9-441. Compensation of registrars and municipal clerks.
• Sec. 9-442. When party has no registrar.
• Sec. 9-443. Votes for justices of the peace.
• Sec. 9-444. Determination of nominee, town committee members or justices of the peace.
• Sec. 9-445. Recanvass on close vote.
• Sec. 9-446. Tie vote.
• Sec. 9-447. Unlocking of voting machines.
• Sec. 9-448. Recount of paper ballots.
• Sec. 9-449.
• Sec. 9-450. Vacancy elections.
• Sec. 9-450a. Special elections in 1974.
• Sec. 9-451. Minor parties.
• Sec. 9-452. Time for making nominations; certification.
• Sec. 9-452a. Notice of party meetings.
• Sec. 9-453. Petition requirements.
• Sec. 9-453a. Petition form.
• Sec. 9-453b. Issuance of petition forms; restrictions. Application requirements.
• Sec. 9-453c. When single petition may be used.
• Sec. 9-453d. Number of signatures.
• Sec. 9-453e. Circulator.
• Sec. 9-453f. Signature pages.
• Sec. 9-453g. False signing.
• Sec. 9-453h. Withdrawal of signatures.
• Sec. 9-453i. Submission to town clerk or Secretary of the State.
• Sec. 9-453j. Statement by circulator.
• Sec. 9-453k. Signing and certification of circulator's statement; receipt for pages; certification of signatures.
• Sec. 9-453l. Delegation of signature check to registrars.
• Sec. 9-453m. Signatures, effect of variations.
• Sec. 9-453n. Date for filing with secretary.
• Sec. 9-453o. Rejection of defective pages. Cure for omission by town clerk. Approval of petitions.
• Sec. 9-453p. Withdrawal of candidacy.
• Sec. 9-453q. Use of party levers for petitioning candidates.
• Sec. 9-453r. Position of candidates' names on ballot.
• Sec. 9-453s. Vacancies in candidacies. Ballot label.
• Sec. 9-453t. Candidate nominated by major or minor party prohibited from appearing on ballot by nominating petition. Exception.
• Sec. 9-453u. (Formerly Sec. 9-378m). Reservation of party designation.
• Secs. 9-454 to 9-458. Petition: Form; signatures; circulation and filing; town clerk's duties; platform statement required, when; false signing.
• Sec. 9-459. Vacancy elections.
• Sec. 9-460. Vacancy in nomination; withdrawal procedure. Certification of replacement nomination; time limitations. Ballot labels.
• Sec. 9-461. Filing of list of candidates with secretary.
• Sec. 9-462. Lists of candidates for state and district offices.