Sec. 9-433. Notice of primary; state and district office.
Sec. 9-433. Notice of primary; state and district office. After the deadline set
forth in section 9-400 for filing candidacies, and upon the completion of the tabulation
of petition signatures, if any, if one or more candidacies for nomination by a political
party to a state or district office have been filed in accordance with the provisions of
section 9-400, the Secretary of the State shall notify the clerk of each town within the
state or within the district, as the case may be, that a primary is to be held by such party
for the nomination of such party to such office. Such notice shall include a list of all the
proposed candidates, those endorsed by the convention as well as those filing candidacies, together with their addresses and the titles of the office for which they are candidates
and, if applicable, a statement that unaffiliated electors may vote in the primary. The
clerk of each such town shall thereupon cause such notice to be published forthwith in
a newspaper having a general circulation in such town, together with a statement of the
date upon which the primary is to be held, the hours during which the polls shall be
open and the location of the polls.
(June, 1955, S. 597d; November, 1955, S. N80; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 26; 1958 Rev., S. 9-108; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 59; 393,
S. 5; P.A 79-616, S. 22; P.A. 87-509, S. 14, 24; P.A. 03-241, S. 41.)
History: 1963 acts restated previous provisions and deleted requirement that notice be posted on public signpost; P.A.
79-616 deleted reference to petition signatures under Sec. 9-403 and substituted reference to expiration of the fourteen-day period under Sec. 9-400 and further provided for notification of primary where one or more candidacies have been
filed; P.A. 87-509 required notice to include, if applicable, statement that unaffiliated electors may vote in primary; P.A.
03-241 substituted "After the deadline set forth in section 9-400 for filing candidacies, and upon the completion of the
tabulation of petition signatures, if any," for "Upon the expiration of the fourteen-day period prescribed by section 9-400,
and" and made a technical change, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after
that date.