Title 9, Title 9: Elections

Sec. 9-187. Terms. (a) The terms of office of elective municipal officers, when not otherwise prescribed by law, shall be for two years from the date on which such terms begin as set forth in section 9-187a and until their successors are elected and have qualified. When not other…

Sec. 9-187a. Date term to begin. Except as provided in sections 9-164b to 9-164f, inclusive, the term of each elected municipal official shall begin within seventy days after the municipal election at which such official is elected, on the day within such period prescribed by spe…

Sec. 9-188. First selectman and selectmen. Election procedure. Dual candidacy prohibited. Minority representation; restricted voting. Tie vote. Unless otherwise provided by law each town shall, at its regular municipal election, elect a first selectman, who shall be town agent un…

Sec. 9-189. Town clerks, treasurers and tax collectors. (a) Each town, unless otherwise provided by law, shall, at its regular municipal election elect a town clerk for a term of not less than two years and not more than six years, a town treasurer for the term of two years and a…

Sec. 9-189a. Four-year terms for town clerks, registrars and treasurers. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-189 and 9-190a, any town or municipality may, by charter or ordinance, provide that the treasurer or the town clerk of said town or municipality, or the registrar…

Sec. 9-190. Registrars of voters. On and after January 9, 2013, each municipality shall have two registrars of voters for the entire municipality, except as otherwise provided for in this section. Each registrar of voters shall reside in the municipality for which the registrar o…

Sec. 9-190a. Election of registrars at state elections. Any provision of any special act to the contrary notwithstanding, the registrars of voters in each municipality which elects registrars of voters shall be elected at the state election to be held in 1964, and biennially ther…

Sec. 9-190b. Temporary relief of registrar by Secretary of the State; procedure. If a registrar of voters fails to attain or maintain, whichever is applicable, certification required under subsection (a) of section 9-192a or is the subject of an investigation of any matter relate…

Sec. 9-190c. Removal of registrar. Whenever the Secretary of the State is of the opinion that a registrar of voters has engaged in misconduct, wilful and material neglect of duty or incompetence in the conduct of such registrar's office, the Secretary may seek removal of such reg…

Sec. 9-191. Election of registrars for each voting district. The provisions of section 9-190 to the contrary notwithstanding, each municipality which is divided into two voting districts and which elected registrars of voters for each voting district prior to July 8, 1955, shall …

Sec. 9-192. Deputy registrar. Registrar vacancy. Assistant registrars. Special assistant registrars. Each registrar of voters immediately after his election shall appoint a deputy registrar of voters to hold office during his pleasure and may, at any time, fill any vacancy in sai…

Sec. 9-192a. Secretary of the State to establish program and criteria for certification of registrars. Committee to advise Secretary on programs and procedures for training, examining and certifying registrars, deputies and assistants. Training program for poll workers. (a)(1) Th…

Sec. 9-192b. Designation of registrar, deputy or an assistant to receive instruction. Each registrar of voters shall annually designate either said registrar, the deputy registrar of voters or an assistant registrar of voters to receive at least ten hours of instruction under the…

Sec. 9-193. Registrar's oath. Each registrar of voters, deputy registrar and assistant, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall be sworn. (1949 Rev., S. 995; 1953, S. 674d.) See Sec. 1-25 re forms of oaths. No vacancy exists in office between election or succession a…

Sec. 9-194. Compensation of registrars, deputies and assistants. The registrars of voters, deputy registrars and assistants shall receive for their services such sum as may be allowed by the selectmen, and all expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties shall be audited by…

Sec. 9-195. Compensation of registrars and town clerks for duties as to enrollment. For the performance of the duties relating to the enrollment of electors on enrollment lists, each registrar and deputy registrar actually engaged therein, and each town clerk not upon a salary, s…

Secs. 9-196 and 9-197. Assessors. Minority representation for assessors in towns holding annual elections. Sections 9-196 and 9-197 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 502, 503, 515; 1951, S. 106b; 1953, S. 677d, 678d; P.A. 76-173, S. 12.)

Sec. 9-198. Determination of number, method of election or appointment, term and compensation of assessors. Section 9-198 is repealed, effective October 1, 2010. (1949 Rev., S. 504; 1953, S. 679d; P.A. 10-84, S. 5.)

Sec. 9-199. Boards of assessment appeals. Alternate and additional members. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, each town shall elect a board of assessment appeals consisting of three members and shall elect such officers at regular municipal elections for terms of four years. …

Sec. 9-200. Constables. Each town shall elect, at its regular municipal election, unless otherwise provided by law and except as provided in section 9-185, not more than seven constables; except that the town of Groton may elect fourteen constables. When the number of constables …

Sec. 9-201. Election of five-member boards of police commissioners. Any town, at the next regular municipal election following action under section 7-274, shall elect two members of the board of police commissioners to serve for a term of two years and three for four years. At ea…

Sec. 9-202. Board of finance. Any town adopting a resolution for which provision is made in section 7-340 shall, at the next regular municipal election elect six electors of such town who shall constitute the board of finance, two of whom shall be elected to serve until the next …

Sec. 9-203. Number and term of members of boards of education. The board of education in each town shall consist of three, six, nine or twelve residents of such town, except as provided in section 9-205. In a town holding annual elections one-third of the members of such board sh…

Sec. 9-204. Minority representation on board of education. (a) Unless otherwise provided by special act or charter provision, including the charter provisions described in subsection (b) of this section, when the number of members to be elected to the board of education for the s…

Sec. 9-204a. Nomination and voting for full number of board members to be elected authorized. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-204 and 9-414 and of any special act or town charter, any town may, by charter, or by referendum vote taken at any regular election in such t…

Sec. 9-204b. Optional alternative system for towns with four-year terms for board of education. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute to the contrary, in any town which provides for four-year terms for members to be elected to the board of education and whose legi…

Sec. 9-205. Election of board of education when number of members revised. (a) Any town may, at any time, by ordinance, make the number of its board of education five, seven or eight. If any town which holds biennial town elections, by ordinance, makes the number of its board of …

Sec. 9-206. Election of board of education in towns adopting biennial elections. Alternate rotation of terms and length of terms permitted. (a) In any town having a board of education of three, six, nine or twelve members established in accordance with the general statutes which …

Sec. 9-206a. Optional number of members and terms of boards of education. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-203, 9-205 and 9-206, any town may, by charter provision, provide for the election of a board of education consisting of not less than three nor more than tw…

Sec. 9-207. Library directors. Any municipality, after establishing a library under the provisions of sections 11-20 and 11-21, shall at the first regular municipal election after the establishment of such library, elect one-third of the directors to hold office until the next su…

Sec. 9-208. Election of library directors on change from annual to biennial election. Section 9-208 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1659; 1953, 1955, S. 689d; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 8; P.A. 76-173, S. 12.)

Sec. 9-209. Certificate filed with secretary when planning or zoning members to be elected. The town clerk of any town which has provided by ordinance for the election of the members of its planning commission, zoning commission or zoning board of appeals shall file a certificate…

Sec. 9-210. Incompatible town offices. No selectman shall hold the office of town clerk, town treasurer or collector of town taxes during the same official year, nor that of judge of probate for the district within which such town is located; no town treasurer shall hold the offi…

Sec. 9-211. United States senator; vacancy. (a) In case of a vacancy in the office of senator in Congress, the Governor, except as otherwise provided by federal or state law, shall, not more than ten days after the occurrence of such vacancy, issue writs of election directed to t…

Sec. 9-211a. Fifty or more vacancies in the office of senator in Congress among the states. Connecticut vacancy. Governor's power to appoint. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-211, in the event that among the states there are fifty or more vacancies in the office of sen…

Sec. 9-212. Representative in Congress. (a) In case of a vacancy in the office of representative in Congress from any district, the Governor, except as otherwise provided by law, shall not more than ten days after the occurrence of such vacancy issue writs of election directed to…

Sec. 9-213. Secretary, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General. (a) If the office of Secretary of the State or Comptroller becomes vacant, the General Assembly, if in session, shall fill it; but, if the vacancy occurs when the General Assembly is not in session or if the Gene…

Sec. 9-214. State representative. Section 9-214 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1086; 1953, S. 695d; 1957, P.A. 119, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 475, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 84; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 3.)

Sec. 9-215. Member or member-elect of the General Assembly. (a) When any member or member-elect of the General Assembly resigns, the member or member-elect shall resign by notifying the Secretary of the State of the member's or member-elect's decision, and if any member or member…

Sec. 9-216. Nomination by petition. Nominations may also be made by petition in vacancy elections for the offices of state senator and state representative in the manner provided in sections 9-379 and 9-453a to 9-453p, inclusive, which petitions shall be submitted to the town cle…

Sec. 9-217. List of candidates. The Secretary of the State shall provide to the clerk of the municipality in which such election is to be held a list of the candidates of each party for such office by the thirty-fourth day before the commencement of the period of early voting at …

Sec. 9-218. Probate judge. When there is no election of probate judge in any district by reason of two or more having an equal and the highest number of votes, or when a new probate district is created and no provision made for the election of a judge thereof, or whenever it is s…

Sec. 9-219. Justice of the peace. Section 9-219 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7549; 1953, S. 698d; P.A. 73-475, S. 2, 3.)

Sec. 9-220. Town office. If any town office in any town is vacant from any cause, such town, if such office is elective, shall, except as otherwise provided by law, fill the vacancy at the next town election or at a special election called for such purpose in accordance with the …

Sec. 9-221. Municipal office vacancy election provisions inapplicable in certain circumstances. (a) When under the provisions of any general statute, special act or charter, it is required that a vacancy in any municipal office be filled at the next municipal election, such provi…

Sec. 9-222. Filling of vacancy in office of first selectman or selectman. Petition for special election. When a vacancy occurs in the office of first selectman or in the office of selectman it shall be filled within thirty days after the day of its occurrence by the remaining mem…