Connecticut General Statutes
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-6 (2026)
Eligibility to vote
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At any town meeting other than a regular or special town election or at any meeting of any fire, sewer or school district or any other municipal subdivision of any town incorporated by any special act, any person who is an elector of such town may vote and any citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years or more who, jointly or severally, is liable to the town, district or subdivision for taxes assessed against him on an assessment of not less than one thousand dollars on the last-completed grand list of such town, district or subdivision, or who would be so liable if not entitled to an exemption under subdivision (17), (19), (22), (23), (25) or (26) of section 12-81, may vote, unless restricted by the provisions of any special act relating to such town, district or subdivision.
(1949 Rev., S. 496; 1953, 1955, S. 209d; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 5; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 3; P.A. 02-130, S. 15.)
History: 1963 act corrected erroneous references to subsections of Sec. 12-81; 1972 act changed voting age from 21 to 18; P.A. 02-130 replaced “citizen” with “citizen of the United States”, effective May 10, 2002.
See Sec. 9-1 for applicable definitions.
See Sec. 9-360 re penalty for fraudulent voting.
See Sec. 9-365 re employers' threat or punitive action relative to employees' vote.
Freehold estate ratable, but not rated, does not qualify. 2 D. 504. Cited. 184 C. 200; 212 C. 338; 234 C. 513.
Cited. 36 CA 584.
Requisite value necessary to vote determined without reference to existence of mortgage on the property; where husband and wife are joint owners, each is entitled to vote if assessed value is not less than $2,000; history of statute reviewed. 19 CS 234. Cited. 43 CS 297.
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases, 1975–2011 · leading case: Massad v. City of New London, 652 A.2d 531 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1993).
Massad v. City of New London, 652 A.2d 531 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1993). “The issues presented by the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment are (1) whether the referendum duly called by the defendant city and town of New London is a town meeting subject to the provisions of General Statutes § 7-6, and (2) whether the defendants violated the…”
Aho v. Anthony, 782 F. Supp. 2d 4 (D. Conn. 2011). “13, 1995) (holding that the right to petition, articulated in Conn.Gen. Stat. § 7-6, is a *7 fundamental right under the state and federal constitutions).”
Windham Taxpayers Ass'n v. Bd. of Selectmen, 662 A.2d 1281 (Conn. 1995). “Drapko, Superior Court, judicial district of Ansonia-Milford, Docket No.”
Hallas v. Town of Windsor, 562 A.2d 499 (Conn. 1989). “General Statutes § 7-6. The first count of the plaintiffs’ amended complaint alleged illegality with respect to an appropriation made by the town council for the construction of a road known as Corporate Drive; the second count made similar allegations with respect to a road…”
Stroiney v. Crescent Lake Tax Dist., 533 A.2d 208 (Conn. 1987). “organization, boundary changes, annual report, (a) Upon the petition of twenty or more voters, as defined by section 7-6, of any town, not residing within the territorial limits of any city or borough in such town, specifying the limits of a proposed district for any or all of…”
Stingone v. Elephant's Trunk Flea Mkt., 732 A.2d 200 (Conn. App. Ct. 1999). “We acknowledge that under Practice Book § 7-6, “fn]o document in any case shall be filed by the clerk unless it has been signed by counsel or a pro se party and contains the title of the case to which it belongs, the docket number assigned to it by the clerk and the nature of…”
STRORINEY v. Crescent Lake Tax Dist., 495 A.2d 1063 (Conn. 1985). “organization, boundary changes, annual report, (a) Upon the petition of twenty or more voters, as defined *83 by section 7-6, of any town, not residing within the territorial limits of any city or borough in such town, specifying the limits of a proposed district for any or all…”
Windham First Taxing Dist. v. Town of Windham, 546 A.2d 226 (Conn. 1988). “General Statutes § 7-325 provides in pertinent part: “organization, boundary changes, annual report, (a) Upon the petition of twenty or more voters, as defined by section 7-6, of any town, not residing within the territorial limits of any city or borough in such town, specifying…”
Raynor v. Hickock Realty Corp., 763 A.2d 54 (Conn. App. Ct. 2000). “A pleading must ‘be signed by at least one attorney of record in his individual name.”
Wright v. Woodridge Lake Sewer Dist., 588 A.2d 176 (Conn. 1991). “to 1966) § 7-325 provides in pertinent part: “Upon the petition of twenty or more voters, as defined by section 7-6, of any town . . . specifying the limits of a proposed district for any or all of the purposes set forth in section 7-326 .”
Atwood v. Reg'l Sch. Dist. No. 15, 363 A.2d 1038 (Conn. 1975). “Such referendum shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure provided in section 10-47e except that any person entitled to vote under section 7-6 may vote and the question shall he determined by the majority of those persons voting in the regional school district as a…”
Walton v. Burdick, 439 A.2d 942 (Conn. 1981). “By agreement of the parties two issues were to be determined: (1) may a qualified taxpayer, as defined by General Statutes § 7-6, 2 who is not a town resident vote at a meeting called to consider the establishment of a police tax district; and (2) may a referendum be held on the…”
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