Sec. 9-468. Circulation, filing and verification of petition.
Sec. 9-468. Circulation, filing and verification of petition. Except as hereinafter
provided, such petitions shall be circulated, filed with the registrars of voters, and verified by said registrars, as nearly as may be, in accordance with the provisions of sections
9-410 and 9-412. Each page of such a petition shall be filed with the registrar of voters
of the party holding the primary in the town of voting residence of the signers thereof,
not later than four o'clock p.m. of the fiftieth day preceding the day of the primary; and
such registrar shall verify the signatures on each such page and forward it to the secretary
not later than four o'clock p.m. of the forty-sixth day preceding the day of the primary.
If, prior to such last day for filing such pages with the registrar, such a petition was
issued under section 9-467, the office or office facilities of each registrar of such party
in each town shall open not later than one o'clock p.m. and remain open until at least
four o'clock p.m., and each such registrar or his deputy assistant registrar shall be present
therein.
(P.A. 77-535, S. 6; P.A. 79-481, S. 6; P.A. 83-475, S. 39, 43; P.A. 85-577, S. 19; P.A. 07-132, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 79-481 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes; P.A. 83-475 amended section to refer to
Secs. 9-410 and 9-412 instead of Secs. 9-402 and 9-403; P.A. 85-577 amended section to provide open office hours at the
registrar of voters, if prior to the last day for filing petition pages, a petition was issued under Sec. 9-467; P.A. 07-132
changed "forty-sixth day" to "fiftieth day" and "forty-second day" to "forty-sixth day", effective June 25, 2007.