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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-416a (2025)

Failure of party to endorse; state or district office

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If a party has made no endorsement of a candidate for a particular state or district office, and if within the time specified in section 9-400, a candidacy for such party's nomination to such office is filed in conformity with the provisions of said section by not more than one person, no primary shall be held by such party for such office and the person filing such candidacy shall be deemed to have been lawfully chosen as the nominee of such party for such office.

(P.A. 81-447, S. 2, 23.)

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Cited in 4 cases, 1995–2016 · leading case: Butts v. Bysiewicz, 5 A.3d 932 (Conn. 2010).
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Butts v. Bysiewicz, 5 A.3d 932 (Conn. 2010). · cites it 6× “” 12 General Statutes § 9-416a provides: “If a party has made no endorsement of a candidate for a particular state or district office, and if within the time specified in section 9-400, a candidacy for such party’s nomination to such office is filed in conformity with the…”
Price v. Indep. Party of CT, 147 A.3d 1032 (Conn. 2016). “General Statutes § 9-415 (a) provides: "If a candidacy for nomination by a political party to a state office is filed by or on behalf of any person other than a party-endorsed candidate within the time specified in subsection (a) of section 9-400 and in conformity with the…”
Nielsen v. Kezer, 652 A.2d 1013 (Conn. 1995). “If a certificate of a party’s endorsement for a particular state or district office is not received by the secretary of the state by such time, such party, for purposes of section 9-416 and section 9-416a shall be deemed to have made no endorsement of any candidate for such…”
Price v. Indep. Party of CT--State Cent., No. SC19769 (Conn. Nov. 1, 2016). “14 General Statutes § 9-415 (a) provides: ‘‘If a candidacy for nomination by a political party to a state office is filed by or on behalf of any person other than a party-endorsed candidate within the time specified in subsection (a) of section 9-400 and in conformity with the…”
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