| 25 | | - | Section 1. Subsections (d) and (e) of section 9-215 of the general 1 |
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| 26 | | - | statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2 |
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| 27 | | - | (Effective October 1, 2019): 3 |
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| 28 | | - | (d) (1) [If such] (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this 4 |
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| 29 | | - | subdivision, if a vacancy resulting from the resignation or death of a 5 |
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| 30 | | - | member or member-elect of the General Assembly exists in a senatorial 6 |
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| 31 | | - | or assembly district composed of a single town or part of a single 7 |
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| 32 | | - | town, [such] nominations by political parties to fill any such vacancy 8 |
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| 33 | | - | shall be made as the rules of such parties provide, in accordance with 9 |
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| 34 | | - | section 9-390, and filed with the Secretary of the State; except that [(A)] 10 |
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| 35 | | - | (i) if such rules provide for selection by delegates and the vacancy 11 |
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| 36 | | - | exists in a senatorial or assembly district composed of a single town, 12 |
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| 37 | | - | the delegates to the convention held for the nomination of a candidate 13 |
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| 38 | | - | for the office of state senator or state representative in such town at the 14 |
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| 39 | | - | last state election shall be the delegates for the purpose of selecting a 15 |
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| 45 | | - | [candidate] nominee to fill such vacancy; [(B)] (ii) if such rules provide 16 |
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| 46 | | - | for the selection by delegates and the vacancy exists in a senatorial or 17 |
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| 47 | | - | assembly district composed of part of a single town, the delegates to 18 |
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| 48 | | - | the convention held for the nomination of a candidate for the office of 19 |
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| 49 | | - | state senator or state representative in such district at the last state 20 |
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| 50 | | - | election shall be the delegates for the purpose of selecting a [candidate] 21 |
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| 51 | | - | nominee to fill such vacancy; and [(C)] (iii) if such rules provide for 22 |
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| 52 | | - | direct primaries under section 9-390, the nomination shall be made by 23 |
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| 53 | | - | the town committee of such party in the case of a vacancy in a 24 |
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| 54 | | - | senatorial or assembly district composed of a single town and, in a 25 |
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| 55 | | - | senatorial or assembly district composed of part of a single town, by 26 |
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| 56 | | - | the members of the town committee from such political subdivision or 27 |
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| 57 | | - | senatorial or assembly district. 28 |
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| 58 | | - | (B) (i) If a vacancy resulting from the resignation or death of a 29 |
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| 59 | | - | member or member-elect of the General Assembly exists in (I) a 30 |
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| 60 | | - | senatorial or assembly district composed of a single town, nominations 31 |
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| 61 | | - | by political parties to fill any such vacancy may be made by caucus of 32 |
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| 62 | | - | the enrolled members of such parties in such town, or (II) a senatorial 33 |
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| 63 | | - | or assembly district composed of part of a single town, nominations by 34 |
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| 64 | | - | political parties to fill any such vacancy may be made by caucus of the 35 |
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| 65 | | - | enrolled members of such parties in such district. 36 |
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| 66 | | - | (ii) As used in this subparagraph, "caucus" means any meeting, at a 37 |
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| 67 | | - | designated hour and place, or at designated hours and places, of the 38 |
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| 68 | | - | enrolled members of a political party within a town or district, as 39 |
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| 69 | | - | applicable, for the purpose of making nominations to fill a vacancy 40 |
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| 70 | | - | resulting from the resignation or death of a member or member-elect 41 |
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| 71 | | - | of the General Assembly. 42 |
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| 72 | | - | (2) [If such] (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this 43 |
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| 73 | | - | subdivision, if a vacancy resulting from the resignation or death of a 44 |
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| 74 | | - | member or member-elect of the General Assembly exists in a district 45 |
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| 75 | | - | office, as defined in section 9-372, nominations by political parties to 46 |
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| 76 | | - | fill any such vacancy shall be made by the delegates to the senatorial 47 |
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| 82 | | - | or assembly convention for the last state election. [shall be the 48 |
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| 83 | | - | delegates for the purpose of selecting a candidate to fill such vacancy.] 49 |
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| 84 | | - | (B) (i) If a vacancy resulting from the resignation or death of a 50 |
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| 85 | | - | member or member-elect of the General Assembly exists in a district 51 |
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| 86 | | - | office, nominations by political parties to fill any such vacancy may be 52 |
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| 87 | | - | made by caucus of the enrolled members of such parties in the 53 |
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| 88 | | - | geographic portion of the state served by such district office. 54 |
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| 89 | | - | (ii) As used in this subparagraph, "caucus" means any meeting, at a 55 |
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| 90 | | - | designated hour and place, or at designated hours and places, of the 56 |
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| 91 | | - | enrolled members of a political party within the geographic portion of 57 |
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| 92 | | - | the state served by a district office for the purpose of making 58 |
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| 93 | | - | nominations to fill a vacancy resulting from the resignation or death of 59 |
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| 94 | | - | a member or member-elect of the General Assembly. 60 |
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| 95 | | - | (3) If a vacancy occurs in the delegation from any town, political 61 |
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| 96 | | - | subdivision or district, such vacancy may be filled by the town 62 |
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| 97 | | - | committee of the town in which the delegate resided. 63 |
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| 98 | | - | (4) Nominations by political parties pursuant to this section may be 64 |
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| 99 | | - | made and certified at any time after the resignation or death of the 65 |
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| 100 | | - | member or member-elect of the General Assembly and not later than 66 |
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| 101 | | - | the thirty-sixth day before the day of the election. No such nomination 67 |
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| 102 | | - | shall be effective until the presiding officer or secretary of any district 68 |
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| 103 | | - | convention, or the chairperson or presiding officer of any caucus held 69 |
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| 104 | | - | pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, has certified the 70 |
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| 105 | | - | nomination to the Secretary of the State or, in the case of a vacancy in a 71 |
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| 106 | | - | senatorial or assembly district composed of a single town or part 72 |
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| 107 | | - | thereof, until the presiding officer or secretary of the town committee 73 |
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| 108 | | - | or single town convention, or the chairperson or presiding officer of 74 |
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| 109 | | - | any caucus held pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, has 75 |
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| 110 | | - | certified the nomination to the Secretary of the State. If a certificate of a 76 |
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| 111 | | - | party's nomination to fill a vacancy resulting from the resignation or 77 |
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| 112 | | - | death of a member or member-elect of the General Assembly is not 78 |
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| 113 | | - | received by the Secretary of the State on or before the thirty-sixth day 79 |
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| 119 | | - | prior to the day of the election, such certificate shall be invalid and 80 |
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| 120 | | - | such party, for the purposes of section 9-224a, shall be deemed to have 81 |
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| 121 | | - | made no valid certification of nomination [by a political party] for such 82 |
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| 122 | | - | senatorial or assembly office. 83 |
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| 123 | | - | (e) No primary shall be held for the nomination of any political 84 |
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| 124 | | - | party to fill any vacancy in the office of state senator or state 85 |
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| 125 | | - | representative and the [party-endorsed candidate so selected] 86 |
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| 126 | | - | candidate selected in accordance with subsection (d) of this section 87 |
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| 127 | | - | shall be deemed, for the purposes of chapter 153, the person certified 88 |
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| 128 | | - | by the Secretary of the State under section 9-444 as the nominee of such 89 |
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| 129 | | - | party. 90 |
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| 130 | | - | Sec. 2. Subparagraph (A) of subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of 91 |
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| 131 | | - | section 9-7b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is 92 |
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| 132 | | - | substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 93 |
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| 133 | | - | (5) (A) To inspect or audit at any reasonable time and upon 94 |
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| 134 | | - | reasonable notice the accounts or records of any treasurer or principal 95 |
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| 135 | | - | treasurer, except as provided for in subparagraph (B) of this 96 |
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| 136 | | - | subdivision, as required by chapter 155 or 157 and to audit any such 97 |
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| 137 | | - | election, primary or referendum held within the state; provided, (i) (I) 98 |
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| 138 | | - | not later than two months preceding the day of an election at which a 99 |
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| 139 | | - | candidate is seeking election, the commission shall complete any audit 100 |
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| 140 | | - | it has initiated in the absence of a complaint that involves a committee 101 |
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| 141 | | - | of the same candidate from a previous election, and (II) during the 102 |
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| 142 | | - | two-month period preceding the day of an election at which a 103 |
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| 143 | | - | candidate is seeking election, the commission shall not initiate an audit 104 |
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| 144 | | - | in the absence of a complaint that involves a committee of the same 105 |
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| 145 | | - | candidate from a previous election, and (ii) the commission shall not 106 |
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| 146 | | - | audit any caucus, as defined in subdivision (1) of section 9-372, or any 107 |
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| 147 | | - | caucus held pursuant to subsection (d) of section 9-215, as amended by 108 |
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| 148 | | - | this act. 109 |
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| 149 | | - | Sec. 3. Section 9-396 of the general statutes is repealed and the 110 |
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| 150 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 111 |
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| 156 | | - | At any caucus of the enrolled members of any party in any 112 |
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| 157 | | - | municipality or in any voting district of any municipality, [the 113 |
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| 158 | | - | chairman] or at any caucus held pursuant to subsection (d) of section 114 |
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| 159 | | - | 9-215, as amended by this act, the chairperson or presiding officer of 115 |
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| 160 | | - | such caucus shall, upon the receipt of a written motion from any 116 |
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| 161 | | - | person lawfully participating in such caucus calling for a vote by ballot 117 |
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| 162 | | - | upon such matter as such motion designates, submit such motion to a 118 |
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| 163 | | - | rising vote; and, if fifteen electors present and legally entitled to 119 |
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| 164 | | - | participate in such caucus vote in favor of such motion, the vote on the 120 |
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| 165 | | - | matter specified in such motion shall be by ballot. The chairperson or 121 |
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| 166 | | - | presiding officer shall thereupon appoint two tellers; and, upon the 122 |
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| 167 | | - | written application of fifteen electors legally entitled to participate in 123 |
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| 168 | | - | such caucus, he or she shall appoint a teller from the persons whose 124 |
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| 169 | | - | names appear on such application. Before any ballot is deposited, the 125 |
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| 170 | | - | name of the elector offering to vote shall be given to the clerk or 126 |
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| 171 | | - | secretary of such caucus, and such name shall be checked on the 127 |
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| 172 | | - | enrollment list of such party. No person shall vote or participate or 128 |
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| 173 | | - | attempt to vote or participate in any caucus of a party in any voting 129 |
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| 174 | | - | district unless he is enrolled on the last-completed enrollment list of 130 |
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| 175 | | - | such party in such voting district; provided, if the party rules of such 131 |
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| 176 | | - | party provide for a joint caucus for two or more voting districts of a 132 |
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| 177 | | - | municipality, a person may vote in such joint caucus if the voting 133 |
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| 178 | | - | district in which he is enrolled is participating in such joint caucus. 134 |
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| 179 | | - | Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of 135 |
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| 180 | | - | a class D misdemeanor. 136 |
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| 181 | | - | Sec. 4. Section 9-414 of the general statutes is repealed and the 137 |
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| 182 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 138 |
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| 183 | | - | (a) No town committee, caucus or convention shall endorse and 139 |
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| 184 | | - | certify to the clerk of a municipality, and no primary shall choose, 140 |
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| 185 | | - | more candidates for nomination to municipal office or more persons as 141 |
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| 186 | | - | members of a town committee than an elector may vote for in each 142 |
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| 187 | | - | such case. As used in this subsection, "caucus", "convention" and 143 |
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| 188 | | - | "primary" have the same meanings as provided in section 9-372. 144 |
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| 194 | | - | (b) No caucus, as defined in subdivision (1) or (2), as applicable, of 145 |
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| 195 | | - | subsection (d) of section 9-215, as amended by this act, and held 146 |
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| 196 | | - | pursuant to said subsection, shall nominate and certify to the Secretary 147 |
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| 197 | | - | of the State more candidates for nomination to the office of state 148 |
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| 198 | | - | senator or state representative than an elector may vote for in the 149 |
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| 199 | | - | election held pursuant to said section. 150 |
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| 200 | | - | Sec. 5. Section 9-431a of the general statutes is repealed and the 151 |
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| 201 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 152 |
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| 202 | | - | A person whose name does not appear on the registry list of any 153 |
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| 203 | | - | town or district shall not be eligible to vote in any caucus, primary or 154 |
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| 204 | | - | town convention, as those terms are defined in section 9-372, within 155 |
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| 205 | | - | such town, or in any caucus, as defined in subdivision (1) or (2), as 156 |
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| 206 | | - | applicable, of subsection (d) of section 9-215, as amended by this act, 157 |
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| 207 | | - | and held pursuant to said subsection. 158 |
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| 208 | | - | Sec. 6. Subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 9-706 of the 159 |
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| 209 | | - | general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 160 |
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| 210 | | - | thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 161 |
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| 211 | | - | (3) A participating candidate for nomination to the office of state 162 |
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| 212 | | - | senator or state representative at a special election in 2008, or 163 |
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| 213 | | - | thereafter, may apply to the State Elections Enforcement Commission 164 |
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| 214 | | - | for a grant from the fund under the Citizens' Election Program for a 165 |
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| 215 | | - | general election campaign after the close of the (A) district convention, 166 |
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| 216 | | - | (B) caucus held pursuant to subsection (d) of section 9-215, as amended 167 |
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| 217 | | - | by this act, or (C) municipal caucus, convention or town committee 168 |
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| 218 | | - | meeting of the candidate's party that is called for the purpose of 169 |
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| 219 | | - | choosing candidates for nomination for the office that the candidate is 170 |
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| 220 | | - | seeking. As used in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, "caucus" has 171 |
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| 221 | | - | the same meaning as provided in subdivision (1) or (2), as applicable, 172 |
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| 222 | | - | of subsection (d) of section 9-215, as amended by this act, and as used 173 |
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| 223 | | - | in subparagraph (C) of this subdivision, "caucus" has the same 174 |
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| 224 | | - | meaning as provided in section 9-372. 175 |
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| 230 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 233 | | - | Section 1 October 1, 2019 9-215(d) and (e) |
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| 234 | | - | Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 9-7b(a)(5)(A) |
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| 235 | | - | Sec. 3 October 1, 2019 9-396 |
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| 236 | | - | Sec. 4 October 1, 2019 9-414 |
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| 237 | | - | Sec. 5 October 1, 2019 9-431a |
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| 238 | | - | Sec. 6 October 1, 2019 9-706(a)(3) |
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| 24 | + | That section 9-215 of the general statutes be amended to permit a 1 |
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| 25 | + | political party to conduct a primary for the purpose of determining the 2 |
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| 26 | + | nominee who will appear on the ballot at any special election held to 3 |
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| 27 | + | fill a vacancy in the office of state senator or state representative. 4 |
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