Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-405 (2026)

(a)(1) Candidacies of persons other than party-endorsed candidates for nomination by a political party to a municipal office to be voted upon at a municipal election, or for election as town committee members shall be filed with the registrar, as provided in section 9-406, not later than four o'clock p.m. on the thirty-fourth day preceding the day of the primary of such party for the nomination of candidates for such office or for the election of town committee members. Said day and hour shall be specified on the petition forms.

(2) Candidacies of persons, other than party-endorsed candidates, for nomination by a political party to a municipal office to be voted upon at a state election shall be filed with the registrars, as provided in section 9-406, not later than four o'clock p.m. on the sixty-third day preceding the day of the primary for such office. Said day and hour shall be specified on the petition forms.

(b) On the last day for filing primary petition candidacies, in accordance with the provisions of this section, the office or office facilities of the registrars of voters shall open not later than one o'clock p.m., and remain open until at least four o'clock p.m., and such registrars or their deputy or assistant registrars shall be present.

(June, 1955, S. 576d; November, 1955, S. N48; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 3; 1958 Rev., S. 9-77; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 33; P.A. 74-25, S. 7, 13; P.A. 83-475, S. 26, 43; P.A. 84-1, S. 2, 3; P.A. 85-235, S. 2; 85-577, S. 11; P.A. 87-382, S. 42, 55; P.A. 89-297, S. 14, 18; P.A. 03-241, S. 27; P.A. 06-137, S. 7.)

History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 74-25 changed filing deadline from twenty-first to twenty-fifth day preceding day of primary; P.A. 83-475 amended section to advance filing deadline by one week; P.A. 84-1 changed time limit for filing of candidacies for election as convention delegates; P.A. 85-235 amended section to require filing of candidacies for unendorsed candidates by the thirty-second day preceding the day of the primary, deleting deadline of twenty-fifth day preceding primary applicable only to election of convention delegates; P.A. 85-577 required the office of registrars to open not later than one o'clock p.m., and remain open until at least four o'clock p.m. on last day for filing candidacies; P.A. 87-382 deleted provision extending deadline for filing candidacies when falling on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday; P.A. 89-297 amended filing deadline from thirty-second day preceding primary day to thirty-fourth day; P.A. 03-241 divided existing provisions into Subsecs. (a)(1) and (b), amended Subsec. (a)(1) by inserting “to be voted upon at a municipal election”, removing delegates to conventions from application of Subsec. (a)(1) and making technical changes, added Subsec. (a)(2) re filing of candidacies to municipal offices to be voted upon at state elections, and amended Subsec. (b) by making conforming and technical changes, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date; P.A. 06-137 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to change deadline for filing of candidacies to be voted upon at a state election from not later than four o'clock p.m. on the fourteenth day following the making of the party's endorsement of a candidate to not later than four o'clock p.m. on the sixty-third day preceding the day of the primary, effective January 1, 2007.

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