Sec. 9-376. Postponement of primary day.
Sec. 9-376. Postponement of primary day. (a) (1) If the day fixed for any primary
falls on a Sunday or a legal holiday or on a day on which the tenets of a religion forbid
secular activity, the primary shall be held on the next succeeding day other than a Sunday
or a legal or such religious holiday. (2) If the day fixed for any primary falls on the
Tuesday immediately following Labor Day, the primary shall be held on the next succeeding Tuesday.
(b) If a primary is held on a day prescribed by subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of
this section, the day of the primary shall be considered to be the day on which such
primary would have been held except for subdivision (1) of said subsection, for all
other purposes including the calculation of any period of time having reference to such
primary, except that the calculation of any deadline relating to a person becoming eligible to vote in such primary shall be made from the day on which the primary is actually held.
(November, 1955, S. N53; September, 1957, P.A. 1, S. 4; 1958 Rev., S. 9-82; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 5; 1967, P.A. 767, S.
1; P.A. 83-544, S. 1, 4; P.A. 87-472, S. 2, 14; P.A. 89-297, S. 17.)
History: 1963 act restated existing provisions; 1967 act added provision concerning religious holiday to the days on
which a primary will not be held; P.A. 83-544 designated the former statute Subsec. (a), adding a new Subdiv. (2) which
deals with primaries which fall on the Tuesday after Labor Day, and added a new Subsec. (b) containing provisions formerly
contained in Subsec. (a); P.A. 87-472 made Subsec. (b) applicable only to primary held on day prescribed by Subsec.
(a)(1); P.A. 89-297 added exception in Subsec. (b) for calculation of any deadline relating to a person becoming eligible
to vote in a primary under Subsec. (a)(1).