Sec. 9-705. Grants for primary and general election campaigns. Supplemental grants for petitioning and minor party candidates.
Sec. 9-705. Grants for primary and general election campaigns. Supplemental
grants for petitioning and minor party candidates. (a)(1) The qualified candidate
committee of a major party candidate for the office of Governor who has a primary for
nomination to said office shall be eligible to receive a grant from the Citizens' Election
Fund for the primary campaign in the amount of one million two hundred fifty thousand
dollars, provided, in the case of a primary held in 2014, or thereafter, said amount shall
be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section.
(2) The qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of Governor
who has been nominated, or who has qualified to appear on the election ballot in accordance with the provisions of subpart C of part III of chapter 153, shall be eligible to
receive a grant from the fund for the general election campaign in the amount of three
million dollars, provided in the case of an election held in 2014, or thereafter, said
amount shall be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section.
(b) (1) The qualified candidate committee of a major party candidate for the office
of Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or
State Treasurer who has a primary for nomination to said office shall be eligible to
receive a grant from the fund for the primary campaign in the amount of three hundred
seventy-five thousand dollars, provided, in the case of a primary held in 2014, or thereafter, said amount shall be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section.
(2) The qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of Attorney
General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer who has been
nominated, or who has qualified to appear on the election ballot in accordance with the
provisions of subpart C of part III of chapter 153, shall be eligible to receive a grant
from the fund for the general election campaign in the amount of seven hundred fifty
thousand dollars, provided in the case of an election held in 2014, or thereafter, said
amount shall be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section,
the qualified candidate committee of an eligible minor party candidate for the office of
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the
State or State Treasurer shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the general
election campaign if the candidate of the same minor party for the same office at the
last preceding regular election received at least ten per cent of the whole number of
votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election. The amount of the grant shall
be one-third of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a)
or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, provided (A) if the candidate
of the same minor party for the same office at the last preceding regular election received
at least fifteen per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said
office at said election, the amount of the grant shall be two-thirds of the amount of the
general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a candidate
for the same office, (B) if the candidate of the same minor party for the same office at
the last preceding regular election received at least twenty per cent of the whole number
of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election, the amount of the grant
shall be the same as the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection
(a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, and (C) in the case of an
election held in 2014, or thereafter, said amounts shall be adjusted under subsection (d)
of this section.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the
qualified candidate committee of an eligible petitioning party candidate for the office
of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of
the State or State Treasurer shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the
general election campaign if said candidate's nominating petition has been signed by a
number of qualified electors equal to at least ten per cent of the whole number of votes
cast for the same office at the last preceding regular election. The amount of the grant
shall be one-third of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection
(a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, provided (A) if said candidate's nominating petition has been signed by a number of qualified electors equal to
at least fifteen per cent of the whole number of votes cast for the same office at the last
preceding regular election, the amount of the grant shall be two-thirds of the amount of
the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a
candidate for the same office, (B) if said candidate's nominating petition has been signed
by a number of qualified electors equal to at least twenty per cent of the whole number
of votes cast for the same office at the last preceding regular election, the amount of the
grant shall be the same as the amount of the general election campaign grant under
subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, and (C) in the
case of an election held in 2014, or thereafter, said amounts shall be adjusted under
subsection (d) of this section.
(3) In addition to the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, the
qualified candidate committee of an eligible petitioning party candidate and the qualified
candidate committee of an eligible minor party candidate for the office of Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or
State Treasurer shall be eligible to receive a supplemental grant from the fund after the
general election if the treasurer of such candidate committee reports a deficit in the first
statement filed after the general election, pursuant to section 9-608, and such candidate
received a greater per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said
office at said election than the per cent of votes utilized by such candidate to obtain a
general election campaign grant described in subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection.
The amount of such supplemental grant shall be calculated as follows:
(A) In the case of any such candidate who receives more than ten per cent, but not
more than fifteen per cent, of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said
office at said election, the grant shall be the product of (i) a fraction in which the numerator is the difference between the percentage of such whole number of votes received by
such candidate and ten per cent and the denominator is ten, and (ii) two-thirds of the
amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section
for a major party candidate for the same office.
(B) In the case of any such candidate who receives more than fifteen per cent, but
less than twenty per cent, of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said
office at said election, the grant shall be the product of (i) a fraction in which the numerator is the difference between the percentage of such whole number of votes received by
such candidate and fifteen per cent and the denominator is five, and (ii) one-third of the
amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section
for a major party candidate for the same office.
(C) The sum of the general election campaign grant received by any such candidate
and a supplemental grant under this subdivision shall not exceed one hundred per cent
of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this
section for a major party candidate for the same office.
(d) For elections held in 2014, and thereafter, the amount of the grants in subsections
(a), (b) and (c) of this section shall be adjusted by the State Elections Enforcement
Commission not later than January 15, 2014, and quadrennially thereafter, in accordance
with any change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers as published by
the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, during the period
beginning on January 1, 2010, and ending on December thirty-first in the year preceding
the year in which said adjustment is to be made.
(e) (1) The qualified candidate committee of a major party candidate for the office
of state senator who has a primary for nomination to said office shall be eligible to
receive a grant from the fund for the primary campaign in the amount of thirty-five
thousand dollars, provided (A) if the percentage of the electors in the district served by
said office who are enrolled in said major party exceeds the percentage of the electors
in said district who are enrolled in another major party by at least twenty percentage
points, the amount of said grant shall be seventy-five thousand dollars, and (B) in the
case of a primary held in 2010, or thereafter, said amounts shall be adjusted under
subsection (h) of this section. For the purposes of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision,
the number of enrolled members of a major party and the number of electors in a district
shall be determined by the latest enrollment and voter registration records in the office
of the Secretary of the State submitted in accordance with the provisions of section 9-65. The names of electors on the inactive registry list compiled under section 9-35 shall
not be counted for such purposes.
(2) The qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of state senator
who has been nominated, or has qualified to appear on the election ballot in accordance
with subpart C of part III of chapter 153, shall be eligible to receive a grant from the
fund for the general election campaign in the amount of eighty-five thousand dollars,
provided in the case of an election held in 2010, or thereafter, said amount shall be
adjusted under subsection (h) of this section.
(f) (1) The qualified candidate committee of a major party candidate for the office
of state representative who has a primary for nomination to said office shall be eligible
to receive a grant from the fund for the primary campaign in the amount of ten thousand
dollars, provided (A) if the percentage of the electors in the district served by said office
who are enrolled in said major party exceeds the percentage of the electors in said district
who are enrolled in another major party by at least twenty percentage points, the amount
of said grant shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, and (B) in the case of a primary held
in 2010, or thereafter, said amounts shall be adjusted under subsection (h) of this section.
For the purposes of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, the number of enrolled members of a major party and the number of electors in a district shall be determined by the
latest enrollment and voter registration records in the office of the Secretary of the State
submitted in accordance with the provisions of section 9-65. The names of electors on
the inactive registry list compiled under section 9-35 shall not be counted for such
purposes.
(2) The qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of state representative who has been nominated, or has qualified to appear on the election ballot in
accordance with subpart C of part III of chapter 153, shall be eligible to receive a grant
from the fund for the general election campaign in the amount of twenty-five thousand
dollars, provided in the case of an election held in 2010, or thereafter, said amount shall
be adjusted under subsection (h) of this section.
(g) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (e) and (f) of this section,
the qualified candidate committee of an eligible minor party candidate for the office of
state senator or state representative shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for
the general election campaign if the candidate of the same minor party for the same
office at the last preceding regular election received at least ten per cent of the whole
number of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election. The amount of
the grant shall be one-third of the amount of the general election campaign grant under
subsection (e) or (f) of this section for a candidate for the same office, provided (A) if
the candidate of the same minor party for the same office at the last preceding regular
election received at least fifteen per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all
candidates for said office at said election, the amount of the grant shall be two-thirds
of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (e) or (f) of this
section for a candidate for the same office, (B) if the candidate of the same minor party
for the same office at the last preceding regular election received at least twenty per
cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election,
the amount of the grant shall be the same as the amount of the general election campaign
grant under subsection (e) or (f) of this section for a candidate for the same office, and
(C) in the case of an election held in 2010, or thereafter, said amounts shall be adjusted
under subsection (h) of this section.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (e) and (f) of this section, the
qualified candidate committee of an eligible petitioning party candidate for the office
of state senator or state representative shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund
for the general election campaign if said candidate's nominating petition has been signed
by a number of qualified electors equal to at least ten per cent of the whole number of
votes cast for the same office at the last preceding regular election. The amount of the
grant shall be one-third of the amount of the general election campaign grant under
subsection (e) or (f) of this section for a candidate for the same office, provided (A) if
said candidate's nominating petition has been signed by a number of qualified electors
equal to at least fifteen per cent of the whole number of votes cast for the same office
at the last preceding regular election, the amount of the grant shall be two-thirds of the
amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (e) or (f) of this section
for a candidate for the same office, (B) if said candidate's nominating petition has been
signed by a number of qualified electors equal to at least twenty per cent of the whole
number of votes cast for the same office at the last preceding regular election, the amount
of the grant shall be the same as the amount of the general election campaign grant under
subsection (e) or (f) of this section for a candidate for the same office, and (C) in the
case of an election held in 2010, or thereafter, said amounts shall be adjusted under
subsection (h) of this section.
(3) In addition to the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, the
qualified candidate committee of an eligible petitioning party candidate and the qualified
candidate committee of an eligible minor party candidate for the office of state senator
or state representative shall be eligible to receive a supplemental grant from the fund
after the general election if the treasurer of such candidate committee reports a deficit
in the first statement filed after the general election, pursuant to section 9-608, and such
candidate received a greater per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates
for said office at said election than the per cent of votes utilized by such candidate to
obtain a general election campaign grant described in subdivision (1) or (2) of this
subsection. The amount of such supplemental grant shall be calculated as follows:
(A) In the case of any such candidate who receives more than ten per cent, but less
than fifteen per cent, of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said office
at said election, the grant shall be the product of (i) a fraction in which the numerator
is the difference between the percentage of such whole number of votes received by
such candidate and ten per cent and the denominator is ten, and (ii) two-thirds of the
amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section
for a major party candidate for the same office.
(B) In the case of any such candidate who receives more than fifteen per cent, but
less than twenty per cent, of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said
office at said election, the grant shall be the product of (i) a fraction in which the numerator is the difference between the percentage of such whole number of votes received by
such candidate and fifteen per cent and the denominator is five, and (ii) one-third of the
amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section
for a major party candidate for the same office.
(C) The sum of the general election campaign grant received by any such candidate
and a supplemental grant under this subdivision shall not exceed one hundred per cent
of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this
section for a major party candidate for the same office.
(h) For elections held in 2010, and thereafter, the amount of the grants in subsections
(e), (f) and (g) of this section shall be adjusted by the State Elections Enforcement
Commission not later than January 15, 2010, and biennially thereafter, in accordance
with any change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers as published by
the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, during the period
beginning on January 1, 2008, and ending on December thirty-first in the year preceding
the year in which said adjustment is to be made.
(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (e), (f) and (g) of this section, in
the case of a special election for the office of state senator or state representative, the
amount of the grant for a general election campaign shall be seventy-five per cent of
the amount authorized under the applicable said subsection (e), (f) or (g).
(j) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section:
(1) The initial grant that a qualified candidate committee for a candidate is eligible
to receive under subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section shall be reduced by the
amount of any personal funds that the candidate provides for the candidate's campaign
for nomination or election pursuant to subsection (c) of section 9-710;
(2) If a participating candidate is nominated at a primary and does not expend the
entire grant for the primary campaign authorized under subsection (a), (b), (e) or (f) of
this section or all moneys that may be received for the primary campaign under section
9-713 or 9-714, the amount of the grant for the general election campaign shall be
reduced by the total amount of any such unexpended primary campaign grant and
moneys;
(3) If a participating candidate who is nominated for election does not have any
opponent in the general election campaign, the amount of the general election campaign
grant for which the qualified candidate committee for said candidate shall be eligible
shall be thirty per cent of the applicable amount set forth in subsections (a) to (i), inclusive; and
(4) If the only opponent or opponents of a participating candidate who is nominated
for election to an office are eligible minor party candidates or eligible petitioning party
candidates and no such eligible minor party candidate's or eligible petitioning party
candidate's candidate committee has received a total amount of contributions of any
type that is equal to or greater than the amount of the qualifying contributions that a
candidate for such office is required to receive under section 9-704 to be eligible for
grants from the Citizens' Election Fund, the amount of the general election campaign
grant for such participating candidate shall be sixty per cent of the applicable amount
set forth in this section.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 6; P.A. 06-137, S. 19.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date;
P.A. 06-137 amended Subsecs. (a) to (c) and (e) to (g) to eliminate certain references to "major party", made conforming
changes in Subdivs. (1) and (2) of Subsecs. (c) and (g), and added Subdiv. (3) in Subsecs. (c) and (g) re supplemental
grants to eligible minor and petitioning party candidates, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held
on or after that date (Revisor's note: In Subsecs. (a)(2), (b)(2), (e)(2) and (f)(2), the references to "part III C of chapter
153" were changed editorially by the Revisors to "subpart C of part III of chapter 153" to conform with P.A. 06-196).
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.