All minor parties nominating candidates for any elective office shall make such nominations and certify and file a list of such nominations, as required by this section, not later than the sixty-second day prior to the day of the election at which such candidates are to be voted for. A list of nominees in printed or typewritten form that includes each candidate's name as authorized by each candidate to appear on the ballot, the signature of each candidate, the full street address of each candidate and the title and district of the office for which each candidate is nominated shall be certified by the presiding officer of the committee, meeting or other authority making such nomination and shall be filed by such presiding officer with the Secretary of the State, in the case of any state, district or municipal office to be voted upon at a state election, or with the clerk of the municipality, in the case of any municipal office to be voted upon at a municipal election, not later than the sixty-second day prior to the day of the election. The registrars of voters of such municipality shall promptly verify and correct the names on any such list filed with him, or the names of nominees forwarded to the clerk of the municipality by the Secretary of the State, in accordance with the registry list of such municipality and endorse the same as having been so verified and corrected. For purposes of this section, a list of nominations shall be deemed to be filed when it is received by the Secretary of the State or clerk of the municipality, as appropriate. If such certificate of a party's nomination is not received by the Secretary of the State or clerk of the municipality, as appropriate, by such time, such certificate shall be invalid and such party, for purposes of sections
9-460,
9-461 and
9-462, shall be deemed to have neither made nor certified any nomination of any candidate for such office. A candidacy for nomination by a minor party to a district or municipal office may be filed on behalf of any person whose name appears on the last-completed registry list of the district or municipality represented by such office, as the case may be. A candidacy for nomination by a minor party to a state office may be filed on behalf of any person whose name appears on the last-completed registry list of the state.
(November, 1955, S. N106; 1958 Rev., S. 9-128; 1961, P.A. 202; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 76; P.A. 77-188, S. 1, 2; P.A. 83-475, S. 32, 43; P.A. 07-194, S. 12; P.A. 11-173, S. 51; P.A. 15-224, S. 15.)
History: 1961 act provided for filing list with municipal clerk not less than 32, rather than 25, days prior to election; 1963 act entirely replaced prior provisions; P.A. 77-188 changed from five to six weeks time prior to election as deadline for nominating candidates for municipal office and changed from 32 to 38 days prior to election day as deadline for delivering a list of nominees to the clerk of the municipality; P.A. 83-475 amended section to require uniform date of certification of filing, not later than the fifty-fifth day prior to election; P.A. 07-194 changed “fifty-fifth” to “sixty-second” day prior to day of election and added “the municipal office of state representative, state senator or judge of probate”, effective July 5, 2007; P.A. 11-173 added requirement that list of nominees include name authorized by candidate, signature and address of candidate and title and district of the office, changed clerk to registrars re persons to verify and correct names, and made technical changes, effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 15-224 replaced provision re filing of list of nominees with Secretary of the State in the case of state, district or municipal office with provisions requiring filing of list of nominees with Secretary of the State for state, district or municipal office to be voted upon at state election and with municipal clerk for municipal office to be voted upon at municipal election, added provision re certificate of party's nomination to be invalid if not timely received by Secretary of the State or municipal clerk, as appropriate, and added requirements for district and municipal offices that name of candidate appear on last-completed registry list of district or municipality represented by such office and for state offices that name of candidate appear on last-completed registry list of state, effective January 1, 2016.
Notes of Decisions
Price v. Indep. Party of CT, 147 A.3d 1032 (Conn. 2016).
· cites it 4× “" General Statutes § 9-452 ; see also General Statutes § 9-452a ("presiding officer" shall give written notice of party meetings).”
Indep. Party of CT-State Cent. v. Merrill, 200 A.3d 1118 (Conn. 2019).
· cites it 2× “**699 That same day, the plaintiffs filed a response declining to submit additional filings and refusing to waive the 120 day decision deadline, stating that a decision was needed to facilitate plans for the 2018 elections in light of the upcoming September 5, 2018 nomination…”
Reform Party v. Bysiewicz, 760 A.2d 1257 (Conn. 2000).
· cites it 4× “I conclude, nevertheless, that, for purposes of General Statutes § 9-452, there was a Reform Party nominating convention in Long Beach, California, which duly nominated Buchanan and Foster for president and vice president of the United States.”
Alves v. Giegler, 348 Conn. 364 (Conn. 2024).
· cites it 25× “a dispute over two slates of candidates each pur- porting to be the endorsed slate of the Independent Party of Danbury (Independent Party) for various municipal offices in the city of Danbury (city), raises two issues under the statutes governing nominations to municipal office…”
Repub. Party of Connecticut v. Tashjian, 770 F.2d 265 (2d Cir. 1985).
“Conn.Gen.Stat. §§ 9-452, 9-453. Candidates not nominated by a major or minor party may still appear on the ballot by presenting the Sec *268 retary of the State with a petition bearing signatures equal to one percent of the votes cast for the same office at the preceding…”
Price v. Indep. Party of CT--State Cent. (Conn. 2016).
· cites it 2× “General Statutes § 9-452. Thus, whereas elections and primaries are conducted by trained officials appointed by the state and municipali- ties, according to rules prescribed by statute, party cau- cuses of the type involved in the present case are structured and conducted almost…”
Lewis v. Kohler (D. Conn. 2022).
· cites it 2× “Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-452 . Candidates who do not have access to the ballot through the major or minor party rules must petition to have their name printed on ballots and must petition for each race rather than for complete ballot access for the party as a whole, although a…”
Reale v. Bysiewicz, 6 A.3d 1138 (Conn. 2010).
· cites it 3× “Section 9-372 (6) defines a “ ‘[m]inor party,’ ” for purposes of General Statutes § 9-452, as “a political party or organization which is not a major party and whose candidate for the office in question received at the last- *813 preceding regular election for such office, under…”
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