Title 9, Title 9: Elections

Sec. 9-676. (Formerly Sec. 9-348ff). Conversion of data from paper format to electronic format. The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall, within available appropriations, convert all data in statements required by section 9-608 that are filed in paper format on and after …

Sec. 9-677. (Formerly Sec. 9-348gg). Public access to computerized data from campaign finance statements. The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall make all computerized data from statements required by section 9-608 available to the public through (1) computer terminals a…

Sec. 9-700. Definitions. As used in sections 9-700 to 9-716, inclusive: (1) “Commission” means the State Elections Enforcement Commission. (2) “Convention campaign” means, in the case of a major party candidate for Governor, the period beginning the day such candidate files the a…

Sec. 9-701. Citizens' Election Fund. There is established the “Citizens' Election Fund”, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The fund may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund. Investment earnings credited to the assets …

Sec. 9-702. Citizens' Election Program established. Eligibility for grants. (a) There is established a Citizens' Election Program under which (1) the candidate committee of a major party candidate for nomination to the office of Governor in 2026, or thereafter, may receive a gran…

Sec. 9-703. Affidavit certifying candidate's intent to abide or not abide by expenditure limits. (a) Each candidate for nomination or election to the office of state senator or state representative in 2008, or thereafter, or the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney G…

Sec. 9-704. Qualifying contributions. (a) The amount of qualifying contributions that the candidate committee of a candidate shall be required to receive in order to be eligible for grants from the Citizens' Election Fund shall be: (1) In the case of a candidate for nomination or…

Sec. 9-705. Grant for convention campaign for major party candidate for Governor; grants for primary and general election campaigns. Supplemental grants for petitioning and minor party candidates. (a)(1)(A) The qualified candidate committee of a major party candidate for the offi…

Sec. 9-706. Grant applications and payment. (a)(1)(A) A participating major party candidate for nomination to the office of Governor in 2026, or thereafter, may apply to the State Elections Enforcement Commission for a grant from the fund under the Citizens' Election Program for …

Sec. 9-707. Limit on deposits into depository account of a qualified candidate committee. Following the initial deposit of moneys from the Citizens' Election Fund into the depository account of a qualified candidate committee, no contribution, loan, amount of the candidate's own …

Sec. 9-708. Payment of primary or general election campaign grant to eligible qualified candidate committee. (a)(1) A qualified candidate committee of a major party candidate for the office of Governor that received moneys from the Citizens' Election Fund for a convention campaig…

Sec. 9-709. Joint campaigning by candidates for offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor. (a) For purposes of this section, expenditures made to aid or promote the success of both a candidate for nomination or election to the office of Governor and a candidate for nomination o…

Sec. 9-710. Loans and personal funds for campaigns. Limits. (a) The candidate committee for a candidate who intends to participate in the Citizens' Election Program may borrow moneys on behalf of a campaign for a primary or a general election from one or more financial institutio…

Sec. 9-711. Excess expenditures: Penalties. (a) If an expenditure in excess of the applicable expenditure limit set forth in subsection (c) of section 9-702 is made or incurred by a qualified candidate committee that receives a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund pursuant to s…

Sec. 9-712. Supplemental statements. Declaration of excess expenditures statement. (a)(1) The treasurer of each candidate committee in a primary campaign or a general election campaign in which there is at least one participating candidate shall file weekly supplemental campaign …

Secs. 9-713 and 9-714. Excess expenditures: Payment of additional moneys to opposing participating candidates. Independent expenditures: Payment of additional matching moneys to participating candidates. Sections 9-713 and 9-714 are repealed, effective August 13, 2010. (Oct. 25 S…

Sec. 9-715. Voter registration lists for participating candidates. The Secretary of the State shall provide to each participating candidate a copy of the voter registration list for the state or the applicable district, which is generated from the state-wide centralized voter reg…

Sec. 9-716. *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (b) and effective date.) Report on status of Citizens' Election Fund. Determination of fund sufficiency. Reserve account. (a) Not later than June 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, the State Elections Enforcement C…

Sec. 9-717. Severability. (a) Each section, subsection, subdivision, subparagraph, clause, provision or portion of public act 05-5 of the October 25 special session* or any subsequent amendment to any such section, subsection, subdivision, subparagraph, clause, provision or porti…

Sec. 9-718. Organization expenditure by town committee, legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee for state senator or state representative. Limit for general election and primary campaign. Aggregation of limits by committees, per written agreement. Biennia…

Sec. 9-719. Grant amounts and expenditures: Analysis; report. (a) After each general election, the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall compile and analyze the following: (1) The amount of grants made during the election cycle from the Citizens' Election Fund established …

Secs. 9-720 to 9-749. Reserved for future use. PART II FUNDING

Sec. 9-750. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Portion of revenues from tax under chapter 208 to be deposited in Citizens' Election Fund if insufficiency in fund. Deduction from amount deposited. (a) If, (1) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, or …

Sec. 9-751. Contributions to Citizens' Election Fund. Any person, business entity, organization, party committee or political committee, as such terms are defined in section 9-601, may contribute to the Citizens' Election Fund established in section 9-701. Any such contribution s…

Sec. 9-760. Pilot program for public financing of campaigns of candidates for certain municipal offices. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-192a, the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall establish a pilot program for the public financing of campaigns of candidate…