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	3	+	LCO No. 18 1 of 1
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4		-	LCO No. 6184 1 of 22
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6		-	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5041
	5	+	General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5041
7	6		January Session, 2019
8		-	LCO No. ~~6184~~
	7	+	LCO No. 18
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11	10		Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
12	11		AND ELECTIONS
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15	14		Introduced by:
16		-	~~(GAE)~~
	15	+	REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING MAJOR PARTY CONVENTIONS.
21	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	21		Assembly convened:
23	22
24		-	Section 1. Subdivision (2) of section 9-372 of the general statutes is 1
25		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
26		-	passage): 3
27		-	(2) "Convention" means [a] any meeting of delegates of a political 4
28		-	party that may be held for the purpose of designating the candidate or 5
29		-	candidates to be endorsed by such party in a primary of such party for 6
30		-	state or district office or for the purpose of transacting other business 7
31		-	of such party; 8
32		-	Sec. 2. Subdivision (9) of section 9-372 of the general statutes is 9
33		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 10
34		-	passage): 11
35		-	(9) "Party-endorsed candidate" means (A) in the case of a candidate 12
36		-	for state or district office, a person endorsed by [the] a convention of a 13
37		-	political party as a candidate in a primary to be held by such party, 14
38		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
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40		-
41		-	LCO No. 6184 2 of 22
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43		-	and (B) in the case of a candidate for municipal office or for member of 15
44		-	a town committee, a person endorsed by the town committee, a caucus 16
45		-	or a convention, as the case may be, of a political party as a candidate 17
46		-	in a primary to be held by such party; 18
47		-	Sec. 3. Section 9-382 of the general statutes is repealed and the 19
48		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 20
49		-	[The state or district convention, as the case may be, shall, in a 21
50		-	manner conforming with applicable law and with the rules of the party 22
51		-	calling such convention, choose a candidate for nomination to each of 23
52		-	the state or district offices, as the case may be. No such convention 24
53		-	shall choose more than one candidate for nomination to any such 25
54		-	office. Candidates] A party shall not be required to hold a state or 26
55		-	district convention, as applicable, for the purpose of choosing a 27
56		-	candidate for nomination to any state or district office, as applicable, 28
57		-	but a party may provide in such party's rules for the holding of any 29
58		-	such convention for such purpose. If any convention is held for such 30
59		-	purpose, (1) such choice shall be made in a manner conforming with 31
60		-	applicable law and with such rules, (2) such convention shall not 32
61		-	choose more than one candidate for nomination to any such office, and 33
62		-	(3) each candidate so chosen shall run in the primary of such party as 34
63		-	the party-endorsed [candidates] candidate, except as provided in 35
64		-	section 9-416. 36
65		-	Sec. 4. Section 9-383 of the general statutes is repealed and the 37
66		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 38
67		-	The time and place of meeting of [a] any state or district convention 39
68		-	that may be held shall be fixed by the state central committee or other 40
69		-	authority of the party holding such convention, in accordance with the 41
70		-	rules of such party; provided [each] any such convention held to 42
71		-	endorse candidates for state or district office to be voted upon at a state 43
72		-	election shall be convened not earlier than the ninety-eighth day and 44
73		-	closed not later than the seventy-seventh day preceding the day of the 45
74		-	primary for such office. 46
75		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
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78		-	LCO No. 6184 3 of 22
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80		-	Sec. 5. Section 9-384 of the general statutes is repealed and the 47
81		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 48
82		-	[Each] Any convention that may be held shall originate by call of the 49
83		-	chairman of the state central committee or other authority of the party 50
84		-	holding such convention, in accordance with the rules of such party. 51
85		-	Sec. 6. Subsection (b) of section 9-390 of the general statutes is 52
86		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 53
87		-	passage): 54
88		-	(b) Delegates to [conventions] any convention that may be held shall 55
89		-	be selected, in accordance with the rules of such party, by the method 56
90		-	prescribed in either subdivision (1) or (3) of subsection (a) of this 57
91		-	section. 58
92		-	Sec. 7. Subsection (b) of section 9-391 of the general statutes is 59
93		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 60
94		-	passage): 61
95		-	(b) Each selection of delegates to [a] any state or district convention 62
96		-	that may be held shall be made in accordance with the provisions of 63
97		-	section 9-390, as amended by this act, not earlier than the one-64
98		-	hundred-fortieth day and not later than the one-hundred-thirty-third 65
99		-	day preceding the day of the primary for such state or district office. 66
100		-	Such selection shall be certified to the clerk of the municipality by 67
101		-	either the chairperson or presiding officer or the secretary of the town 68
102		-	committee or caucus, as the case may be, not later than four o'clock 69
103		-	p.m. on the one-hundred-thirty-second day preceding the day of such 70
104		-	primary. Each such certification shall contain the name and street 71
105		-	address of each person so selected, the position as delegate, and the 72
106		-	name or number of the political subdivision or district, if any, for 73
107		-	which each such person is selected. If such a certificate of a party's 74
108		-	selection is not received by the clerk of the municipality by such time, 75
109		-	such certificate shall be invalid and such party, for the purposes of 76
110		-	sections 9-417 and 9-420, as amended by this act, shall be deemed to 77
111		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
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113		-
114		-	LCO No. 6184 4 of 22
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116		-	have neither made nor certified any selection of any person for the 78
117		-	position of delegate. 79
118		-	Sec. 8. Section 9-393 of the general statutes is repealed and the 80
119		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 81
120		-	All town committee members and delegates to [conventions] any 82
121		-	convention that may be held shall be chosen as provided in sections 9-83
122		-	382 to 9-450, inclusive, as amended by this act. Vacancies in town 84
123		-	committees, arising from any cause including failure to elect, shall be 85
124		-	filled in such manner as the rules of the party prescribe. The chairman 86
125		-	of a town committee may be chosen by the town committee from 87
126		-	within or without the membership of the town committee as the rules 88
127		-	of the party prescribe. Any town committee may, by party rules 89
128		-	adopted in accordance with section 9-375 and filed under section 9-374, 90
129		-	increase its membership and fill new positions created by such 91
130		-	increase in the manner prescribed in the applicable party rules. The 92
131		-	rules of a party may provide methods for the filling of vacancies in 93
132		-	delegations to conventions, which methods may include prescribing 94
133		-	that each delegate selected in conformity with the provisions of 95
134		-	sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, as amended by this act, may 96
135		-	designate an alternate delegate or a proxy to act for him in his absence. 97
136		-	Sec. 9. Section 9-394 of the general statutes is repealed and the 98
137		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 99
138		-	If the state rules of a party provide that certain delegates to [state 100
139		-	conventions] any state convention that may be held shall be chosen 101
140		-	from senatorial districts, the party-endorsed candidates for election as 102
141		-	such district delegates shall be selected in such manner as is prescribed 103
142		-	in such rules; provided such selection shall be made within the time 104
143		-	specified in section 9-391, as amended by this act; and provided, upon 105
144		-	such selection, the information required in section 9-390, as amended 106
145		-	by this act, shall forthwith be certified, in such manner as is prescribed 107
146		-	in such rules, to the clerk of each municipality in such district, and 108
147		-	such certification shall be deemed the certification of the party in such 109
148		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
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150		-
151		-	LCO No. 6184 5 of 22
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153		-	municipality. Delegates allocated to and selected from towns shall not 110
154		-	be deemed to be district delegates. 111
155		-	Sec. 10. Section 9-394a of the general statutes is repealed and the 112
156		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 113
157		-	Any major party in any part of a town which is a component part of 114
158		-	a senatorial or assembly district composed of parts of two towns or of 115
159		-	a town or towns and a part or parts of another town or other towns 116
160		-	may select delegates to [a] any senatorial or assembly district 117
161		-	convention that may be held in such district as provided in this title 118
162		-	and its party rules and may participate in the selection of a candidate 119
163		-	for state senator or state representative in such district in the manner 120
164		-	provided for a town which is a component part of a senatorial district 121
165		-	in a district composed of two or more towns under this title. In 122
166		-	addition to other requirements prescribed by law, the name of a person 123
167		-	on whose behalf a primary petition is filed for nomination to the office 124
168		-	of state senator or state representative for such district and the names 125
169		-	of the signers of any such petition shall appear on the last-completed 126
170		-	enrollment list of such party for such part of a town or for any other 127
171		-	town which is a component part of such district. 128
172		-	Sec. 11. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 9-400 of the general 129
173		-	statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 130
174		-	(Effective from passage): 131
175		-	(a) A candidacy for nomination by a political party to a state office 132
176		-	may be filed by or on behalf of any person whose name appears upon 133
177		-	the last-completed enrollment list of such party in any municipality 134
178		-	within the state and who has either (1) received at least fifteen per cent 135
179		-	of the votes of the [convention] delegates present and voting on any 136
180		-	roll-call vote taken on the endorsement or proposed endorsement of a 137
181		-	candidate for such state office at any convention that may have been 138
182		-	held, whether or not the party-endorsed candidate for such office 139
183		-	received a unanimous vote on the last ballot, or (2) circulated a petition 140
184		-	and obtained the signatures of at least two per cent of the enrolled 141
185		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
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187		-
188		-	LCO No. 6184 6 of 22
189		-
190		-	members of such party in the state, in accordance with the provisions 142
191		-	of sections 9-404a to 9-404c, inclusive. Candidacies described in 143
192		-	subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be filed by submitting to the 144
193		-	Secretary of the State not later than four o'clock p.m. on the fourteenth 145
194		-	day following the close of [the] such state convention, a certificate, 146
195		-	signed by such candidate and attested by either (A) the chairman or 147
196		-	presiding officer, or (B) the secretary of the convention, that such 148
197		-	candidate received at least fifteen per cent of such votes, and that such 149
198		-	candidate consents to be a candidate in a primary of such party for 150
199		-	such state office. Such certificate shall specify the candidate's name as 151
200		-	the candidate authorizes it to appear on the ballot, the candidate's full 152
201		-	residence address and the title of the office for which the candidacy is 153
202		-	being filed. If such certificate for a state office is not received by the 154
203		-	Secretary of the State by such time, such certificate shall be invalid and 155
204		-	such party, for the purposes of sections 9-416, as amended by this act, 156
205		-	and 9-416a, shall be deemed to have made no valid certification of 157
206		-	candidacy for nomination [by a political party for] to such state office. 158
207		-	A single such certificate or petition for state office may be filed on 159
208		-	behalf of two or more candidates for different state offices who consent 160
209		-	to have their names appear on a single row of the primary ballot under 161
210		-	subsection (b) of section 9-437. Candidacies described in subdivision 162
211		-	(2) of this subsection shall be filed by submitting said petition not later 163
212		-	than four o'clock p.m. on the sixty-third day preceding the day of the 164
213		-	primary for such office to the registrar of voters of the towns in which 165
214		-	the respective petition pages were circulated. Each registrar shall file 166
215		-	each page of such petition with the Secretary of the State in accordance 167
216		-	with the provisions of section 9-404c. A petition filed by or on behalf of 168
217		-	a candidate for state office shall be invalid for such candidate if such 169
218		-	candidate is certified as the party-endorsed candidate pursuant to 170
219		-	section 9-388 or as receiving at least fifteen per cent of the convention 171
220		-	vote for such office pursuant to this subsection. Except as provided in 172
221		-	section 9-416a, upon the expiration of the time period for party 173
222		-	endorsement and circulation and tabulation of petitions and 174
223		-	signatures, if any, if one or more candidacies for such state office have 175
224		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
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226		-
227		-	LCO No. 6184 7 of 22
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229		-	been filed pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of 176
230		-	the State shall notify all town clerks and registrars of voters in 177
231		-	accordance with the provisions of section 9-433, as amended by this 178
232		-	act, that a primary for such state office shall be held in each 179
233		-	municipality in accordance with the provisions of section 9-415. 180
234		-	(b) A candidacy for nomination by a political party to a district 181
235		-	office may be filed by or on behalf of any person whose name appears 182
236		-	upon the last-completed enrollment list of such party within the 183
237		-	district the person seeks to represent that is in the office of the 184
238		-	Secretary of the State at the end of the last day prior to the convention 185
239		-	for the party from which the person seeks nomination and who has 186
240		-	either (1) received at least fifteen per cent of the votes of the 187
241		-	[convention] delegates present and voting on any roll-call vote taken 188
242		-	on the endorsement or proposed endorsement of a candidate for such 189
243		-	district office at any convention that may have been held, whether or 190
244		-	not the party-endorsed candidate for such office received a unanimous 191
245		-	vote on the last ballot, or (2) circulated a petition and obtained the 192
246		-	signatures of at least two per cent of the enrolled members of such 193
247		-	party in the district for the district office of representative in Congress, 194
248		-	and at least five per cent of the enrolled members of such party in the 195
249		-	district for the district offices of state senator, state representative and 196
250		-	judge of probate, in accordance with the provisions of sections 9-404a 197
251		-	to 9-404c, inclusive. Candidacies described in subdivision (1) of this 198
252		-	subsection shall be filed by submitting to the Secretary of the State not 199
253		-	later than four o'clock p.m. on the fourteenth day following the close of 200
254		-	[the] such district convention, a certificate, signed by such candidate 201
255		-	and attested by either (A) the chairman or presiding officer, or (B) the 202
256		-	secretary of the convention, that such candidate received at least fifteen 203
257		-	per cent of such votes, and that the candidate consents to be a 204
258		-	candidate in a primary of such party for such district office. Such 205
259		-	certificate shall specify the candidate's name as the candidate 206
260		-	authorizes it to appear on the ballot, the candidate's full residence 207
261		-	address and the title and district of the office for which the candidacy 208
262		-	is being filed. If such certificate for a district office is not received by 209
263		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
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266		-	LCO No. 6184 8 of 22
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268		-	the Secretary of the State by such time, such certificate shall be invalid 210
269		-	and such party, for the purposes of sections 9-416, as amended by this 211
270		-	act, and 9-416a, shall be deemed to have made no valid certification of 212
271		-	candidacy for nomination [by a political party for] to such district 213
272		-	office. Candidacies described in subdivision (2) of this subsection shall 214
273		-	be filed by submitting said petition not later than four o'clock p.m. on 215
274		-	the sixty-third day preceding the day of the primary for such office to 216
275		-	the registrar of voters of the towns in which the respective petition 217
276		-	pages were circulated. Each registrar shall file each page of such 218
277		-	petition with the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of section 219
278		-	9-404c. A petition may only be filed by or on behalf of a candidate for 220
279		-	the district office of state senator, state representative or judge of 221
280		-	probate who is not certified as the party-endorsed candidate pursuant 222
281		-	to section 9-388 or as receiving at least fifteen per cent of the 223
282		-	convention vote for such office pursuant to this subsection. A petition 224
283		-	filed by or on behalf of a candidate for the district office of 225
284		-	representative in Congress shall be invalid if said candidate is certified 226
285		-	as the party-endorsed candidate pursuant to section 9-388 or as 227
286		-	receiving at least fifteen per cent of the convention vote for such office 228
287		-	pursuant to this subsection. Except as provided in section 9-416a, upon 229
288		-	the expiration of the time period for party endorsement and circulation 230
289		-	and tabulation of petitions and signatures, if any, if one or more 231
290		-	candidacies for such district office have been filed pursuant to the 232
291		-	provisions of this section, the Secretary of the State shall notify all 233
292		-	town clerks within the district, in accordance with the provisions of 234
293		-	section 9-433, as amended by this act, that a primary for such district 235
294		-	office shall be held in each municipality and each part of a 236
295		-	municipality within the district in accordance with the provisions of 237
296		-	section 9-415. 238
297		-	Sec. 12. Section 9-416 of the general statutes is repealed and the 239
298		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 240
299		-	If, (1) at [a] any state or district convention that may be held, no 241
300		-	person other than a party-endorsed candidate has received at least 242
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306		-	fifteen per cent of the votes of the delegates present and voting on any 243
307		-	roll-call vote taken on the endorsement or proposed endorsement of a 244
308		-	candidate for a state or district office, and (2) within the time specified 245
309		-	in section 9-400, as amended by this act, no candidacy for nomination 246
310		-	by a political party to a state or district office has been filed by or on 247
311		-	behalf of a person other than a party-endorsed candidate in conformity 248
312		-	with the provisions of section 9-400, as amended by this act, then no 249
313		-	primary shall be held by such party for such office and the party-250
314		-	endorsed candidate for such office shall be deemed to have been 251
315		-	lawfully chosen as the nominee of such party for such office. 252
316		-	Sec. 13. Section 9-420 of the general statutes is repealed and the 253
317		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 254
318		-	The persons selected by a political party to serve as delegates to [a] 255
319		-	any convention that may be held shall be deemed to have been 256
320		-	lawfully selected as such delegates or district delegates. 257
321		-	Sec. 14. Subsection (a) of section 9-433 of the general statutes is 258
322		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 259
323		-	passage): 260
324		-	(a) After the deadline set forth in section 9-400, as amended by this 261
325		-	act, for filing candidacies, and upon the completion of the tabulation of 262
326		-	petition signatures, if any, if one or more candidacies for nomination 263
327		-	by a political party to a state or district office have been filed in 264
328		-	accordance with the provisions of section 9-400, as amended by this 265
329		-	act, the Secretary of the State shall notify the clerk of each town within 266
330		-	the state or within the district, as the case may be, that a primary is to 267
331		-	be held by such party for the nomination of such party to such office. 268
332		-	Such notice shall include a list of all the proposed candidates, those 269
333		-	endorsed by [the] any convention that may have been held as well as 270
334		-	those filing candidacies, together with their addresses and the titles of 271
335		-	the office for which they are candidates and, if applicable, a statement 272
336		-	that unaffiliated electors may vote in the primary. The clerk of each 273
337		-	such town shall thereupon cause such notice to be published forthwith 274
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343		-	in a newspaper having a general circulation in such town, or towns in 275
344		-	the case of a joint publication under subsection (b) of this section, 276
345		-	together with a statement of the date upon which the primary is to be 277
346		-	held, the hours during which the polls shall be open and the location 278
347		-	of the polls. 279
348		-	Sec. 15. Subsections (d) and (e) of section 9-215 of the general 280
349		-	statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 281
350		-	(Effective from passage): 282
351		-	(d) (1) If such vacancy resulting from the resignation or death of a 283
352		-	member or member-elect of the General Assembly exists in a senatorial 284
353		-	or assembly district composed of a single town or part of a single 285
354		-	town, [such] nominations by political parties to fill any such vacancy 286
355		-	shall be made as the rules of such parties provide, in accordance with 287
356		-	section 9-390, as amended by this act, and filed with the Secretary of 288
357		-	the State; except that (A) if such rules provide for selection by 289
358		-	delegates and the vacancy exists in a senatorial or assembly district 290
359		-	composed of a single town, the delegates to the convention held for the 291
360		-	nomination of a candidate for the office of state senator or state 292
361		-	representative in such town at the last state election shall be the 293
362		-	delegates for the purpose of selecting a [candidate] nominee to fill such 294
363		-	vacancy; (B) if such rules provide for the selection by delegates and the 295
364		-	vacancy exists in a senatorial or assembly district composed of part of 296
365		-	a single town, the delegates to the convention held for the nomination 297
366		-	of a candidate for the office of state senator or state representative in 298
367		-	such district at the last state election shall be the delegates for the 299
368		-	purpose of selecting a [candidate] nominee to fill such vacancy; and 300
369		-	(C) if such rules provide for direct primaries under section 9-390, as 301
370		-	amended by this act, the nomination shall be made by the town 302
371		-	committee of such party in the case of a vacancy in a senatorial or 303
372		-	assembly district composed of a single town and, in a senatorial or 304
373		-	assembly district composed of part of a single town, by the members of 305
374		-	the town committee from such political subdivision or senatorial or 306
375		-	assembly district. 307
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381		-	(2) [If such] (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this 308
382		-	subdivision, if a vacancy resulting from the resignation or death of a 309
383		-	member or member-elect of the General Assembly exists in a district 310
384		-	office, as defined in section 9-372, as amended by this act, nominations 311
385		-	by political parties to fill any such vacancy may be made by the 312
386		-	delegates to [the] any senatorial or assembly convention that may have 313
387		-	been held for the last state election. [shall be the delegates for the 314
388		-	purpose of selecting a candidate to fill such vacancy.] 315
389		-	(B) If a vacancy resulting from the resignation or death of a member 316
390		-	or member-elect of the General Assembly exists in a district office and 317
391		-	no senatorial or assembly convention was held for the last state 318
392		-	election, nominations by political parties to fill any such vacancy shall 319
393		-	be made by direct primary in accordance with the provisions of 320
394		-	sections 9-400, as amended by this act, and 9-404a to 9-404c, inclusive, 321
395		-	except as provided in section 9-416a. 322
396		-	(3) If a vacancy occurs in the delegation from any town, political 323
397		-	subdivision or district, such vacancy may be filled by the town 324
398		-	committee of the town in which the delegate resided. 325
399		-	(4) Nominations by political parties pursuant to this section may be 326
400		-	made and certified at any time after the resignation or death of the 327
401		-	member or member-elect of the General Assembly and not later than 328
402		-	the thirty-sixth day before the day of the election. No such nomination 329
403		-	shall be effective until the presiding officer or secretary of any district 330
404		-	convention, or the head moderator or moderator, as applicable, of any 331
405		-	direct primary held, has certified the nomination to the Secretary of the 332
406		-	State or, in the case of a vacancy in a senatorial or assembly district 333
407		-	composed of a single town or part thereof, until the presiding officer or 334
408		-	secretary of the town committee or single town convention, or the 335
409		-	head moderator or moderator, as applicable, of any direct primary 336
410		-	held, has certified the nomination to the Secretary of the State. If a 337
411		-	certificate of a party's nomination to fill a vacancy resulting from the 338
412		-	resignation or death of a member or member-elect of the General 339
413		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
414		-
415		-
416		-	LCO No. 6184 12 of 22
417		-
418		-	Assembly is not received by the Secretary of the State on or before the 340
419		-	thirty-sixth day prior to the day of the election, such certificate shall be 341
420		-	invalid and such party, for the purposes of section 9-224a, shall be 342
421		-	deemed to have made no valid certification of nomination [by a 343
422		-	political party] for such senatorial or assembly office. 344
423		-	(e) [No] Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) 345
424		-	of subsection (d) of this section and subparagraph (B) of subdivision 346
425		-	(2) of said subsection, no primary shall be held for the nomination of 347
426		-	any political party to fill any vacancy in the office of state senator or 348
427		-	state representative and the [party-endorsed candidate so selected] 349
428		-	candidate selected pursuant to subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of 350
429		-	subsection (d) of this section or subparagraph (A) of subdivision (2) of 351
430		-	said subsection shall be deemed, for the purposes of chapter 153, the 352
431		-	person certified by the Secretary of the State under section 9-444 as the 353
432		-	nominee of such party. 354
433		-	Sec. 16. Section 9-450 of the general statutes is repealed and the 355
434		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 356
435		-	(a) Nominations by major parties for any state, district or municipal 357
436		-	office to be filled under the provisions of any law relating to elections 358
437		-	to fill vacancies, unless otherwise provided therein, shall be made in 359
438		-	accordance with the provisions of sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive. 360
439		-	(b) (1) (A) [In] Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this 361
440		-	subdivision, in the case of nominations for representatives in Congress 362
441		-	and judges of probate in probate districts composed of two or more 363
442		-	towns, provided for in sections 9-212 and 9-218, the delegates to [the] 364
443		-	convention that may have been held for the last state election shall be 365
444		-	the delegates for the purpose of selecting a candidate to fill such 366
445		-	vacancy. If a vacancy occurs in the delegation from any town, political 367
446		-	subdivision or district, such vacancy may be filled by the town 368
447		-	committee of the town in which the delegate resided. Endorsements by 369
448		-	political party conventions pursuant to this [subsection] subparagraph 370
449		-	may be made and certified at any time after the resignation or death 371
450		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
451		-
452		-
453		-	LCO No. 6184 13 of 22
454		-
455		-	creating such vacancy and not later than the fiftieth day before the day 372
456		-	of the election. No such endorsement shall be effective until the 373
457		-	presiding officer or secretary of any district convention has certified 374
458		-	the endorsement to the Secretary of the State. 375
459		-	(B) In the case of nominations for representatives in Congress and 376
460		-	judges of probate in probate districts composed of two or more towns, 377
461		-	provided for in sections 9-212 and 9-218, and when no convention was 378
462		-	held for such office at the last state election, nominations by political 379
463		-	parties to fill any such vacancy shall be made by direct primary in 380
464		-	accordance with the provisions of sections 9-400, as amended by this 381
465		-	act, 9-404a to 9-404c, inclusive, except as provided in section 9-416a. 382
466		-	[(B) If] (2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this 383
467		-	subdivision, if such a vacancy occurs between the one hundred 384
468		-	twenty-fifth day and the sixty-third day before the day of a regular 385
469		-	state or municipal election in November of any year, and if a 386
470		-	convention was held as provided in subparagraph (A) of subdivision 387
471		-	(1) of this subsection, no primary shall be held for the nomination of 388
472		-	any political party and the party-endorsed candidate so selected shall 389
473		-	be deemed, for the purposes of this chapter, the person certified by the 390
474		-	Secretary of the State pursuant to section 9-444 as the nominee of such 391
475		-	party. 392
476		-	(B) If such a vacancy occurs between the one hundred twenty-fifth 393
477		-	day and the sixty-third day before the day of a regular state or 394
478		-	municipal election in November of any year, and when no convention 395
479		-	was held as provided in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this 396
480		-	subsection, nominations by political parties to fill any such vacancy 397
481		-	shall be made by direct primary in accordance with the provisions of 398
482		-	sections 9-400, as amended by this act, 9-404a to 9-404c, inclusive, 399
483		-	except as provided in section 9-416a. 400
484		-	[(C)] (3) Except as provided in [subparagraph (B) of this 401
485		-	subdivision] subdivision (2) of this subsection, if a candidacy for 402
486		-	nomination is filed by or on behalf of any person other than a [party-403
487		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
488		-
489		-
490		-	LCO No. 6184 14 of 22
491		-
492		-	endorsed] candidate endorsed at any convention that may have been 404
493		-	held not later than fourteen days after [the] such party endorsement 405
494		-	and in conformity with the provisions of section 9-400, as amended by 406
495		-	this act, a primary shall be held in each municipality of the district and 407
496		-	each part of a municipality which is a component part of the district, to 408
497		-	determine the nominee of such party for such office, except as 409
498		-	provided in section 9-416a. Such primary shall be held on the day that 410
499		-	the writs of election issued by the Governor, pursuant to section 9-212, 411
500		-	ordered the election to be held, and new writs of election shall be 412
501		-	issued by the Governor in accordance with section 9-212. 413
502		-	[(D)] (4) Unless the provisions of [subparagraph (B) of this 414
503		-	subdivision] subdivision (2) of this subsection apply, petition forms for 415
504		-	candidacies for nomination by a political party pursuant to this 416
505		-	subdivision shall be available from the Secretary of the State beginning 417
506		-	on the day following the issuance of writs of election by the Governor 418
507		-	pursuant to section 9-212, except when a primary has already been 419
508		-	held, and the provisions of section 9-404a shall otherwise apply to such 420
509		-	petitions. 421
510		-	[(E)] (5) The registry lists used pursuant to this subsection shall be 422
511		-	the last-completed lists, as provided in sections 9-172a and 9-172b. 423
512		-	[(2)] (c) In the case of judges of probate in probate districts 424
513		-	composed of a single town, the day named for the election shall be not 425
514		-	earlier than the one hundred fifteenth day following the day on which 426
515		-	the writ of election is issued, and the times specified in sections 9-391, 427
516		-	9-405 and 9-423 shall be applicable. 428
517		-	[(3) (A) In] (d) (1) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this 429
518		-	subdivision, in the case of nominations for senators in Congress, 430
519		-	provided for in section 9-211, the delegates to [the] any convention that 431
520		-	may have been held for the last state election shall be the delegates for 432
521		-	the purpose of selecting a candidate to fill such vacancy. If a vacancy 433
522		-	occurs in the delegation from any town or political subdivision, such 434
523		-	vacancy may be filled by the town committee of the town in which the 435
524		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
525		-
526		-
527		-	LCO No. 6184 15 of 22
528		-
529		-	delegate resided. Endorsements by political party conventions 436
530		-	pursuant to this [subsection] subparagraph may be made and certified 437
531		-	at any time after the resignation or death creating such vacancy and 438
532		-	not later than the fifty-sixth day before the day of the primary. No such 439
533		-	endorsement shall be effective until the presiding officer or secretary of 440
534		-	any state convention has certified the endorsement to the Secretary of 441
535		-	the State. 442
536		-	(B) In the case of nominations for senators in Congress, provided for 443
537		-	in section 9-211, and when no convention was held for such office at 444
538		-	the last state election, nominations by political parties to fill any such 445
539		-	vacancy shall be made by direct primary in accordance with the 446
540		-	provisions of sections 9-400, as amended by this act, 9-404a to 9-404c, 447
541		-	inclusive, except as provided in section 9-416a. 448
542		-	[(B) If] (2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this 449
543		-	subdivision, if such a vacancy occurs between the one hundred 450
544		-	twenty-fifth day and the sixty-third day before the day of a regular 451
545		-	state or municipal election in November of any year, and if a 452
546		-	convention was held as provided in subparagraph (A) of subdivision 453
547		-	(1) of this subsection, no primary shall be held for the nomination of 454
548		-	any political party and the party-endorsed candidate so selected shall 455
549		-	be deemed, for the purposes of this chapter, the person certified by the 456
550		-	Secretary of the State, pursuant to section 9-444, as the nominee of such 457
551		-	party. In such an event, endorsements by political party conventions 458
552		-	shall be made not later than sixty days prior to the election. 459
553		-	(B) If such a vacancy occurs between the one hundred twenty-fifth 460
554		-	day and the sixty-third day before the day of a regular state or 461
555		-	municipal election in November of any year, and when no convention 462
556		-	was held as provided in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this 463
557		-	subsection, nominations by political parties to fill any such vacancy 464
558		-	shall be made by direct primary in accordance with the provisions of 465
559		-	sections 9-400, as amended by this act, 9-404a to 9-404c, inclusive, 466
560		-	except as provided in section 9-416a. 467
561		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
562		-
563		-
564		-	LCO No. 6184 16 of 22
565		-
566		-	[(C)] (3) Except as provided in [subparagraph (B) of this 468
567		-	subdivision] subdivision (2) of this subsection, if a candidacy for 469
568		-	nomination is filed by or on behalf of any person other than a [party-470
569		-	endorsed] candidate endorsed at any convention that may have been 471
570		-	held not later than fourteen days after [the] such party endorsement 472
571		-	and in conformity with the provisions of section 9-400, as amended by 473
572		-	this act, a primary shall be held on the fifty-sixth day prior to the day 474
573		-	of the election in each municipality to determine the nominee of such 475
574		-	party for such office, except as provided in section 9-416a. 476
575		-	[(D)] (4) Unless the provisions of [subparagraph (B) of this 477
576		-	subdivision] subdivision (2) of this subsection apply, petition forms for 478
577		-	candidacies for nomination by a political party pursuant to this 479
578		-	subdivision shall be available from the Secretary of the State beginning 480
579		-	on the day following the issuance of writs of election by the Governor, 481
580		-	pursuant to section 9-211, except when a primary has already been 482
581		-	held and the provisions of section 9-404a shall otherwise apply to such 483
582		-	petitions. 484
583		-	[(E)] (5) The registry lists used pursuant to this subsection shall be 485
584		-	the last-completed lists, as provided in sections 9-172a and 9-172b. 486
585		-	[(4)] (e) The times specified in sections 9-391, 9-405 and 9-423 shall 487
586		-	be applicable to any special town election held to fill a vacancy in any 488
587		-	town office under subsection (b) of section 9-164. Except as provided 489
588		-	under subsection (c) of section 9-164, any election held to fill a vacancy 490
589		-	in any municipal office under the provisions of any special act shall be 491
590		-	held not earlier than the one hundred twenty-seventh day following 492
591		-	the day upon which warning of such election is issued, and the times 493
592		-	specified in sections 9-391, 9-405 and 9-423 shall be applicable. 494
593		-	Sec. 17. Subdivision (11) of section 9-700 of the general statutes is 495
594		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 496
595		-	passage): 497
596		-	(11) "Primary campaign" means the period beginning on (A) the day 498
597		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
598		-
599		-
600		-	LCO No. 6184 17 of 22
601		-
602		-	following the close of [(A) a] any convention that may have been held 499
603		-	pursuant to section 9-382, as amended by this act, for the purpose of 500
604		-	endorsing a candidate for nomination to the office of Governor, 501
605		-	Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State 502
606		-	Treasurer or Secretary of the State or the district office of state senator 503
607		-	or state representative, (B) the last day for on which any such 504
608		-	convention may be closed pursuant to section 9-383, as amended by 505
609		-	this act, or [(B)] (C) a caucus, convention or town committee meeting 506
610		-	held pursuant to section 9-390, as amended by this act, for the purpose 507
611		-	of endorsing a candidate for the municipal office of state senator or 508
612		-	state representative, whichever is applicable, and ending on the day of 509
613		-	a primary held for the purpose of nominating a candidate for such 510
614		-	office. 511
615		-	Sec. 18. Subsection (a) of section 9-706 of the general statutes is 512
616		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 513
617		-	passage): 514
618		-	(a) (1) A participating candidate for nomination to the office of state 515
619		-	senator or state representative in 2008, or thereafter, or the office of 516
620		-	Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, 517
621		-	Secretary of the State or State Treasurer in 2010, or thereafter, may 518
622		-	apply to the State Elections Enforcement Commission for a grant from 519
623		-	the fund under the Citizens' Election Program for a primary campaign, 520
624		-	after the close of [the] any state convention of the candidate's party 521
625		-	that [is] may have been called for the purpose of choosing candidates 522
626		-	for nomination for the office that the candidate is seeking, if a primary 523
627		-	is required under chapter 153, and (A) said party endorses the 524
628		-	candidate for the office that the candidate is seeking, (B) the candidate 525
629		-	is seeking nomination to the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 526
630		-	Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer or Secretary of 527
631		-	the State or the district office of state senator or state representative 528
632		-	and receives at least fifteen per cent of the votes of the [convention] 529
633		-	delegates present and voting on any roll-call vote taken on the 530
634		-	endorsement or proposed endorsement of a candidate for the office the 531
635		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
636		-
637		-
638		-	LCO No. 6184 18 of 22
639		-
640		-	candidate is seeking at such convention, or (C) the candidate circulates 532
641		-	a petition and obtains the required number of signatures for filing a 533
642		-	candidacy for nomination for (i) the office of Governor, Lieutenant 534
643		-	Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer or 535
644		-	Secretary of the State or the district office of state senator or state 536
645		-	representative, pursuant to section 9-400, as amended by this act, or (ii) 537
646		-	the municipal office of state senator or state representative, pursuant to 538
647		-	section 9-406, whichever is applicable. The State Elections Enforcement 539
648		-	Commission shall make any such grants to participating candidates in 540
649		-	accordance with the provisions of subsections (d) to (g), inclusive, of 541
650		-	this section. 542
651		-	(2) A participating candidate for nomination to the office of state 543
652		-	senator or state representative in 2008, or thereafter, or the office of 544
653		-	Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State 545
654		-	or State Treasurer in 2010, or thereafter, may apply to the State 546
655		-	Elections Enforcement Commission for a grant from the fund under 547
656		-	the Citizens' Election Program for a general election campaign: 548
657		-	(A) After the close of [the] any state or district convention or 549
658		-	municipal caucus, convention or town committee meeting that may 550
659		-	have been held, whichever is applicable, of the candidate's party that is 551
660		-	called for the purpose of choosing candidates for nomination for the 552
661		-	office that the candidate is seeking, if (i) said party endorses said 553
662		-	candidate for the office that the candidate is seeking and no other 554
663		-	candidate of said party files a candidacy with the Secretary of the State 555
664		-	in accordance with the provisions of section 9-400, as amended by this 556
665		-	act, or 9-406, whichever is applicable, (ii) the candidate is seeking 557
666		-	election to the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney 558
667		-	General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer or Secretary of the State or 559
668		-	the district office of state senator or state representative and receives at 560
669		-	least fifteen per cent of the votes of the [convention] delegates present 561
670		-	and voting on any roll-call vote taken on the endorsement or proposed 562
671		-	endorsement of a candidate for the office the candidate is seeking at 563
672		-	such convention, no other candidate for said office at such convention 564
673		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
674		-
675		-
676		-	LCO No. 6184 19 of 22
677		-
678		-	either receives the party endorsement or said percentage of said votes 565
679		-	for said endorsement or files a certificate of endorsement with the 566
680		-	Secretary of the State in accordance with the provisions of section 9-388 567
681		-	or a candidacy with the Secretary of the State in accordance with the 568
682		-	provisions of section 9-400, as amended by this act, and no other 569
683		-	candidate for said office circulates a petition and obtains the required 570
684		-	number of signatures for filing a candidacy for nomination for said 571
685		-	office pursuant to section 9-400, as amended by this act, (iii) the 572
686		-	candidate is seeking election to the office of Governor, Lieutenant 573
687		-	Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer or 574
688		-	Secretary of the State or the district office of state senator or state 575
689		-	representative, circulates a petition and obtains the required number of 576
690		-	signatures for filing a candidacy for nomination for said office 577
691		-	pursuant to section 9-400, as amended by this act, and no other 578
692		-	candidate for said office at [the] any such state or district convention 579
693		-	either receives the party endorsement or said percentage of said votes 580
694		-	for said endorsement or files a certificate of endorsement with the 581
695		-	Secretary of the State in accordance with the provisions of section 9-388 582
696		-	or a candidacy with the Secretary of the State in accordance with the 583
697		-	provisions of section 9-400, as amended by this act, or (iv) the 584
698		-	candidate is seeking election to the municipal office of state senator or 585
699		-	state representative, circulates a petition and obtains the required 586
700		-	number of signatures for filing a candidacy for nomination for the 587
701		-	office the candidate is seeking pursuant to section 9-406 and no other 588
702		-	candidate for said office at [the] any caucus, convention or town 589
703		-	committee meeting that may have been held either receives the party 590
704		-	endorsement or files a certification of endorsement with the town clerk 591
705		-	in accordance with the provisions of section 9-391, as amended by this 592
706		-	act; 593
707		-	(B) After any primary held by such party for nomination for said 594
708		-	office, if the Secretary of the State declares that the candidate is the 595
709		-	party nominee in accordance with the provisions of section 9-440; 596
710		-	(C) In the case of a minor party candidate, after the nomination of 597
711		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
712		-
713		-
714		-	LCO No. 6184 20 of 22
715		-
716		-	such candidate is certified and filed with the Secretary of the State 598
717		-	pursuant to section 9-452; or 599
718		-	(D) In the case of a petitioning party candidate, after approval by 600
719		-	the Secretary of the State of such candidate's nominating petition 601
720		-	pursuant to section 9-453o. 602
721		-	(3) A participating candidate for nomination to the office of state 603
722		-	senator or state representative at a special election in 2008, or 604
723		-	thereafter, may apply to the State Elections Enforcement Commission 605
724		-	for a grant from the fund under the Citizens' Election Program for a 606
725		-	general election campaign after the close of [the] any district 607
726		-	convention or municipal caucus, convention or town committee 608
727		-	meeting of the candidate's party that [is] may have been called for the 609
728		-	purpose of choosing candidates for nomination for the office that the 610
729		-	candidate is seeking. 611
730		-	(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of 612
731		-	this subsection, no participating candidate for nomination or election 613
732		-	who changes the candidate's status as a major party, minor party or 614
733		-	petitioning party candidate or becomes a candidate of a different 615
734		-	party, after filing the affidavit required under section 9-703, shall be 616
735		-	eligible to apply for a grant under the Citizens' Election Program for 617
736		-	such candidate's primary campaign for such nomination or general 618
737		-	election campaign for such election. The provisions of this subdivision 619
738		-	shall not apply in the case of a candidate who is nominated by more 620
739		-	than one party and does not otherwise change the candidate's status as 621
740		-	a major party, minor party or petitioning party candidate. 622
741		-	(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, no candidate 623
742		-	may apply to the State Elections Enforcement Commission for a grant 624
743		-	from the fund under the Citizens' Election Program if such candidate 625
744		-	has been convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to, in a court of 626
745		-	competent jurisdiction, any (A) criminal offense under this title unless 627
746		-	at least eight years have elapsed from the date of the conviction or plea 628
747		-	or the completion of any sentence, whichever date is later, without a 629
748		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
749		-
750		-
751		-	LCO No. 6184 21 of 22
752		-
753		-	subsequent conviction of or plea to another such offense, or (B) a 630
754		-	felony related to the individual's public office, other than an offense 631
755		-	under this title in accordance with subparagraph (A) of this 632
756		-	subdivision. 633
757		-	Sec. 19. Subsection (a) of section 9-709 of the general statutes is 634
758		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 635
759		-	passage): 636
760		-	(a) For purposes of this section, expenditures made to aid or 637
761		-	promote the success of both a candidate for nomination or election to 638
762		-	the office of Governor and a candidate for nomination or election to 639
763		-	the office of Lieutenant Governor jointly, shall be considered 640
764		-	expenditures made to aid or promote the success of a candidate for 641
765		-	nomination or election to the office of Governor. The party-endorsed 642
766		-	candidate for nomination or election to the office of Lieutenant 643
767		-	Governor, if any, and the party-endorsed candidate for nomination or 644
768		-	election to the office of Governor, if any, shall be deemed to be aiding 645
769		-	or promoting the success of both candidates jointly upon the earliest of 646
770		-	the following: (1) The primary, whether held for the office of Governor, 647
771		-	the office of Lieutenant Governor, or both; (2) if no primary is held for 648
772		-	the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor, the fourteenth day 649
773		-	following the close of [the] any convention that may have been held; or 650
774		-	(3) a declaration by [the] such party-endorsed candidates that they will 651
775		-	campaign jointly. Any other candidate for nomination or election to 652
776		-	the office of Lieutenant Governor shall be deemed to be aiding or 653
777		-	promoting the success of such candidacy for the office of Lieutenant 654
778		-	Governor and the success of a candidate for nomination or election to 655
779		-	the office of Governor jointly upon a declaration by the candidates that 656
780		-	they shall campaign jointly. 657
781		-	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
782		-	sections:
783		-
784		-	Section 1 from passage 9-372(2)
785		-	Sec. 2 from passage 9-372(9)
786		-	Committee Bill No. 5041
787		-
788		-
789		-	LCO No. 6184 22 of 22
790		-
791		-	Sec. 3 from passage 9-382
792		-	Sec. 4 from passage 9-383
793		-	Sec. 5 from passage 9-384
794		-	Sec. 6 from passage 9-390(b)
795		-	Sec. 7 from passage 9-391(b)
796		-	Sec. 8 from passage 9-393
797		-	Sec. 9 from passage 9-394
798		-	Sec. 10 from passage 9-394a
799		-	Sec. 11 from passage 9-400(a) and (b)
800		-	Sec. 12 from passage 9-416
801		-	Sec. 13 from passage 9-420
802		-	Sec. 14 from passage 9-433(a)
803		-	Sec. 15 from passage 9-215(d) and (e)
804		-	Sec. 16 from passage 9-450
805		-	Sec. 17 from passage 9-700(11)
806		-	Sec. 18 from passage 9-706(a)
807		-	Sec. 19 from passage 9-709(a)
808		-
	23	+	That chapter 153 of the general statutes be amended to no longer 1
	24	+	require major parties to hold conventions for the purpose of endorsing 2
	25	+	candidates for nomination to certain elective offices, but to still permit 3
	26	+	such parties to do so. 4
809	27		Statement of Purpose:
810		-	To provide that major parties are not required to hold endorsing
811		-	conventions and instead may only conduct primaries to nominate
812		-	candidates for certain elective offices.
813		-	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
814		-	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
815		-	not underlined.]
816		-
817		-	Co-Sponsors: REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
818		-
819		-	H.B. 5041
820		-
821		-
	28	+	To allow major parties to not hold endorsing conventions and instead
	29	+	only conduct primaries to nominate candidates for certain elective
	30	+	offices.