Title 9, Title 9: Elections

Sec. 9-316. Canvass in vacancy election of U.S. senator or representative. The Treasurer, Secretary of the State and Comptroller shall, within thirty days after a vacancy election for a senator in Congress or representative in Congress, subject to the provisions of section 9-323,…

Sec. 9-317. Certification of election of U.S. senator. When any senator in Congress has been elected, the Governor shall certify his election under the seal of the state to the President of the Senate of the United States, which certificate shall be countersigned by the Secretary…

Sec. 9-318. Canvass of votes for state officers. The votes for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General shall be canvassed by the persons authorized to receive and count the same, within thirty days next after they were ca…

Sec. 9-319. Canvass of votes for state senators and representatives and judges of probate. The votes for state senators, state representatives and judges of probate, as returned by the moderators, shall be canvassed, during the month in which they are cast, by the Treasurer, Secr…

Sec. 9-320. Returns of municipal elections by clerks. Elected town clerk who is registrar of vital statistics ex officio. (a) The clerk of each municipality shall, within ten days after the municipal election, return to the Secretary of the State a statement of the name, post-off…

Sec. 9-320f. Manual or electronic audit of votes by registrar of voters or town clerk. Offices subject to audit. University of Connecticut analysis. Discrepancy recanvass. Voting tabulator failure to record votes. Secretary of the State investigation and report. Regulations. Defi…

Sec. 9-320g. Authorization of electronic equipment by Secretary of the State for conduct of an audit. Notwithstanding any provision of this title, the Secretary of the State, in consultation and coordination with The University of Connecticut, may authorize the use of electronic …

Sec. 9-321. Return by moderator of election of town clerk and registrar of vital statistics. Section 9-321 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 522; 1953, S. 799d; P.A. 88-45, S. 3.)

Sec. 9-322. Failure of moderator to make returns. Each moderator of an election who neglects to make any return required by law shall be fined twenty dollars. (1949 Rev., S. 526; 1953, S. 257d.)

Sec. 9-322a. Correction of errors in returns. Clerk to file listing of returns. Certification of lists. (a) Not later than forty-eight hours following each regular election, the registrars of voters shall provide the results of the votes cast at such election to the town clerk. N…

Sec. 9-322b. Candidate elected to two or more offices in a municipality and prohibited from holding more than one office. Determination of officeholder. Notwithstanding the provisions of this title, if a candidate is elected to two or more offices in a municipality at the same el…

Sec. 9-323. Contests and complaints in election of presidential electors, U.S. senator and representative. Any elector or candidate who claims that he or she is aggrieved by any ruling of any election official in connection with any election for presidential electors and for a se…

Sec. 9-324. Contests and complaints in election of state officers and judges of probate. Any elector or candidate who claims that such elector or candidate is aggrieved by any ruling of any election official in connection with any election for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secre…

Sec. 9-325. Appeals and reservations of law to be taken to Supreme Court. If, upon any such hearing by a judge of the Superior Court, any question of law is raised which any party to the complaint claims should be reviewed by the Supreme Court, such judge, instead of filing the c…

Sec. 9-326. Contest in election of sheriff or judge of probate. Section 9-326 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1096; 1953, S. 804d; P.A. 78-125, S. 13.)

Sec. 9-327. Bond of complainant. The complainant in any complaint or proceeding under sections 9-323, 9-324, 9-328 or 9-329a, shall give a good and sufficient bond for prosecution for the payment of costs, and the judge or judges hearing such application shall make such order reg…

Sec. 9-328. Contests and complaints in election of municipal officers and nomination of justices of the peace. Any elector or candidate claiming to have been aggrieved by any ruling of any election official in connection with an election for any municipal office or a primary for …

Sec. 9-329. Appeal to Supreme Court. Section 9-329 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 528; 1953, S. 807d; P.A. 78-125, S. 13; 78-280, S. 2, 127.)

Sec. 9-329a. (Formerly Sec. 9-449). Contests and complaints in connection with any primary. (a) Any (1) elector or candidate aggrieved by a ruling of an election official in connection with any primary held pursuant to (A) section 9-423, 9-425 or 9-464, or (B) a special act, (2) …

Sec. 9-329b. Removal of candidate's name from ballot. (a) At any time prior to a primary held before April 1, 2024, and pursuant to sections 9-423, 9-425 and 9-464, or a special act, or prior to any election held before April 1, 2024, the Superior Court may issue an order removin…

Sec. 9-330. Examination and testing of tabulators. Any judge having jurisdiction over any action brought under section 9-323, 9-324, 9-328 or 9-329a shall have the power, if sufficient reason is shown, to order the examination and testing of any voting tabulators. (1957, P.A. 526…

Sec. 9-331. Tie vote for or vacancy in office of sheriff. Section 9-331 is repealed, effective December 1, 2000. (1949 Rev., S. 1095; 1953, S. 809d; P.A. 00-99, S. 153, 154.)

Sec. 9-332. Adjourned election in tie vote. Withdrawal of candidate. If the electors fail to choose a candidate for any office by reason of an equality of votes at any election, and no provision is otherwise made by law for the election of a candidate to such office, such electio…

Secs. 9-333 to 9-333y. Transferred to Chapter 155, Secs. 9-600 to 9-623, inclusive.

Secs. 9-334 to 9-343. Forms for statements. Definitions. Principal campaign treasurer and campaign treasurers, appointment, duties. Contributions. Filing of statements and reports, fee. Contributions or expenditures by: Stock corporations and other business organizations to candi…

Secs. 9-345 and 9-346. Penalties. Powers of state referees and judges. Sections 9-345 and 9-346 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1167, 1170; 1953, S. 822d, 823d; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 97; 1972, P.A. 31; P.A. 74-183, S. 185, 291; 74-213, S. 6, 9; P.A. 75-571, S. 33, 34; P.A. 76-436, S. 3…

Secs. 9-347 to 9-348dd. Preservation of testimony and securing of witnesses. Expenses of inquiry. Application of provisions. Formation of committees; designation and responsibilities of campaign treasurer and deputy treasurer; appointment and responsibilities of solicitor. Contri…

Secs. 9-348ee to 9-348gg. Transferred to Chapter 156, Secs. 9-675 to 9-677, inclusive.

Sec. 9-349. Unlawful sessions of board for admission. Section 9-349 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1120; 1953, S. 826d; P.A. 83-391, S. 23, 24.)

Sec. 9-350. Failure to warn election. Any person whose duty it is to warn any election and who fails to warn such election as required by law shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. (1949 Rev., S. 1118; 1953, S. 827d.)

Sec. 9-351. Delay in counting or declaring vote. Any moderator of any election or voting district who, wilfully and without cause, delays the counting or declaration of the number of votes cast shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or…

Sec. 9-352. Tampering with tabulator by election official. Any election official who, with intent to cause or permit any voting tabulator to fail to correctly register all votes cast thereon, tampers with or disarranges such tabulator in any way or any part or appliance thereof, …

Sec. 9-353. False statement, certificate or return. Any election official who, at the close of the polls, purposely causes the vote registered on the tabulator to be incorrectly taken down as to any candidate or proposition voted on, or who knowingly causes to be made or signed a…

Sec. 9-354. Improper printing of ballot. Any person who prints or causes to be printed upon any official ballot the name of any person not a candidate of a party whose name is printed at the head of the column containing such nominees or who prints or causes to be printed any aut…

Sec. 9-355. Official neglect or fraud. Any person who, without reasonable cause, neglects to perform any of the duties required of him by the laws relating to elections or primaries and for which neglect no other punishment is provided, and any person who is guilty of fraud in th…

Sec. 9-356. Neglect to elect grand jurors. Section 9-356 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 508; 1953, S. 833d; 1961, P.A. 15, S. 4.)

Sec. 9-357. Fraudulent registration. Any person who fraudulently procures himself or another to be registered as an elector shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned. (1949 Rev., S. 1029; 1953, S. 834d.)…

Sec. 9-358. False swearing before registrar, moderator, board or State Elections Enforcement Commission. Any person who, upon oath or affirmation, legally administered, wilfully and corruptly testifies or affirms, before any registrar of voters, any moderator of any election, pri…

Sec. 9-359. Absentee ballots. Any (1) person who executes an absentee ballot for the purpose of informing any other person how he votes, or procures any absentee ballot to be prepared for such purpose, (2) municipal clerk or moderator, elector appointed to count any absentee ball…

Sec. 9-359a. False statement in absentee balloting. Class D felony. (a) A person is guilty of false statement in absentee balloting when he intentionally makes a false written statement in or on or signs the name of another person to the application for an absentee ballot or the …

Sec. 9-360. Fraudulent voting. Any person not legally qualified who fraudulently votes in any town meeting, primary, election or referendum in which the person is not qualified to vote, and any legally qualified person who, at such meeting, primary, election or referendum, fraudu…

Sec. 9-361. Primary or enrollment violations. The following persons shall be guilty of primary or enrollment violations: (1) Any person unlawfully voting or participating or attempting to vote or participate in any primary in which he is not eligible to vote or participate; (2) i…

Sec. 9-362. Decision of election officials no bar to prosecution. The decision of the board for admission of electors or of the registrars or of a moderator, as to a person's right to be admitted to the elector's oath, to registration or to cast his vote, shall, in no case, be a …

Sec. 9-363. Circulation of misleading instructions. Any person who, with intent to defraud any elector of his or her vote or cause any elector to lose his or her vote or any part thereof, gives in any way, or prints, writes or circulates, or causes to be written, printed or circu…

Sec. 9-364. Influencing elector to refrain from voting. Any person who, with intent to disenfranchise any elector, influences or attempts to influence by force or threat, bribery or corrupt, fraudulent or deliberately deceitful means any elector to stay away from any election or …

Sec. 9-364a. (Formerly Sec. 9-344). Acts prohibited in elections, primaries, referenda, caucuses and conventions. Public disclosure of election worker personally identifying information. Criminal penalties, civil cause of action. (a) As used in this section, “election worker” mea…