General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6901
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 3864
*03864_______GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6901
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 3864
*03864_______GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR PARTY CANDIDATE CERTIFICATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 9-452 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):
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 state or district office or the municipal office of state representative, state senator or judge of probate, or with the clerk of the municipality, in the case of any other municipal office, not later than the sixty-second day prior to the day of the election. All minor parties shall send via first-class mail written notification to each candidate of any such nomination and shall send a copy of such notification to the Secretary of the State or the clerk of the municipality, as appropriate, not later than the sixty-second day prior to the day of the election. The registrars of voters of [such] a municipality shall promptly verify and correct the names on any such list [filed with him] of nominations filed with the clerk of the municipality, or the names of nominees forwarded to [the clerk of the municipality] such clerk 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 or clerk, as appropriate.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2015 9-452
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2015
9-452
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) remove the requirement that a person nominated by a minor party as a candidate for elective office must sign the nomination form to be filed with the Secretary of the State or the clerk of the municipality, as the case may be, and (2) ensure such person is made aware that he or she has been so nominated and can accordingly, under section 9-460, decline such nomination by advising the Secretary or clerk, as the case may be, of his or her withdrawal.
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