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. 9-412. 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 a candidacy for a municipal
office or for member of a town committee, the registrar shall forthwith sign and give
to the person submitting the petition a receipt in duplicate, stating the number of pages
filed and the date and time of filing and shall forthwith certify on each such page the
number of signers on the page who were enrolled on the last-completed enrollment list
of such party in the municipality or political subdivision, as the case may be, and shall
forthwith file such certified page in person or by mail, as described in section 9-140b,
with the clerk of the municipality, together with the registrar's certificate as to the whole
number of names on the last-completed enrollment list of such party in such municipality
or political subdivision, as the case may be, within seven days after receipt of the page.
In checking signatures on primary petition pages, the registrar shall reject any name if
such name does not appear on the last-completed enrollment list in the municipality or
political subdivision, as the case may be. Such rejection shall be indicated by placing
a mark in a manner prescribed by the Secretary before the name so rejected. The registrar
may place a check mark before each name appearing on the enrollment list to indicate
approval but shall place no other mark on the page except as provided in this chapter.
The registrar shall not reject any name for which the street address on the petition is
different from the street address on the enrollment list, if (1) such person is eligible to
vote for the candidate or candidates named in the petition, and (2) the person's date of
birth, as shown on the petition page, is the same as the date of birth on the person's
registration record. The registrar shall reject any page of a petition which does not contain
the certifications provided in section 9-410, or which the registrar determines to have
been circulated in violation of any other provision of section 9-410. Petitions filed with
the municipal clerk shall be preserved for a period of three years and then may be
destroyed.
(June, 1955, S. 593d; November, 1955, S. N76; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 23; 1958 Rev., S. 9-104; 1959, P.A. 49; 1963, P.A.
17, S. 39; P.A. 77-213, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-125, S. 4; 78-153, S. 26, 32; P.A. 93-384, S. 16; P.A. 03-241, S. 31.)
History: 1959 act reduced from five to three years period municipal clerk must preserve petitions; 1963 act restated
previous provisions; P.A. 77-213 provided for each circulator to be given a signed receipt by the registrar for the number
of pages and date and time submitted; P.A. 78-125 provided for rejection by registrar of any sheet of a petition determined
to have been circulated in violation of any other provisions in addition to omission of certifications required under Sec. 9-410; P.A. 78-153 substituted for "each circulator submitting a page or pages", "the person so submitting a page or pages"
to whom a receipt is given, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-384 added provision re rejection of name by registrar for
which street address on petition is different from street address on enrollment list; P.A. 03-241 removed delegate petitions
from application of section, substituted "Upon the receipt of any page of a petition" for "Upon the filing of any petition",
required registrar to "forthwith" sign and give person submitting petition a receipt "in duplicate", inserted references to
"political subdivision", required registrar to file petitions with clerk "in person or by mail, as described in section 9-140b"
and "within seven days after receipt of the page", substituted "placing a mark in a manner prescribed by the Secretary"
for "the placing of an "R" and made conforming and technical changes, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to
primaries and elections held on or after that date.