The state rules of each party shall prescribe the manner in which any dispute as to the endorsement by such party of a candidate for state, district or municipal office or for town committee member, or as to the selection by such party of a delegate to a convention, including conflicting claims to such endorsement or selection, shall be resolved.
(November, 1955, S. N64; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 11; 1958 Rev., S. 9-91; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 15; P.A. 81-447, S. 6, 23; P.A. 03-241, S. 20.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 81-447 required that state rules of each party shall prescribe manner of resolution of disputes concerning endorsement by party of candidates for municipal office, delegate or town committee member; P.A. 03-241 removed “delegate” from application of provision re dispute as to endorsement and added provisions re dispute as to selection of a delegate, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
Cited. 232 C. 65. Remedy for party's intraparty dispute regarding the filing of slates of candidates lies within its own bylaws and any dispute resolution mechanism provided therein as required by section, coupled with judicial enforcement of the party's internal resolution of that dispute. 348 C. 364.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
3
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2024 · leading case:
Nielsen v. Kezer, 652 A.2d 1013 (Conn. 1995).
Nielsen v. Kezer, 652 A.2d 1013 (Conn. 1995).
· cites it 11× “In accordance with General Statutes § 9-387 11 and ACP rules, 12 the executive committee met on August 2,1994, to resolve the dispute concerning Hamad’s purported endorsement of Nielsen.”
Peterson v. Robles, 39 A.3d 763 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012).
· cites it 7× “5 The plaintiff also sought relief purportedly pursuant to General Statutes § 9-387, on the basis of her subordinate claim that Robles engaged in fraudulent conduct in obtaining the party’s endorsement and *320 receiving public campaign funding.”
Alves v. Giegler, 348 Conn. 364 (Conn. 2024).
· cites it 4× “As was heavily discussed at oral argu- ment before this court, the Independent Party’s remedy for what Rouen characterizes as a ‘‘coup’’ by interlopers who joined the party mere days before the August 11, 2023 meeting lies within its own bylaws and any dispute resolution…”
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