| 25 | | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Any municipality may, 1 |
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| 26 | | - | by ordinance, permit bona fide residents of such municipality who 2 |
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| 27 | | - | have attained the age of sixteen years to vote (1) at any regular or 3 |
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| 28 | | - | special municipal election for only the officers of such municipality or 4 |
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| 29 | | - | at any primary for only the nomination of candidates for such officers, 5 |
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| 30 | | - | and (2) at any referendum for any question or proposal of only such 6 |
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| 31 | | - | municipality. 7 |
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| 32 | | - | (b) In the case of any election or primary described in subdivision 8 |
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| 33 | | - | (1) of subsection (a) of this section and any referendum described in 9 |
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| 34 | | - | subdivision (2) of said subsection, the provisions of title 9 of the 10 |
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| 35 | | - | general statutes relating to the conduct of and voting at any such 11 |
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| 36 | | - | election, primary or referendum by electors, including, but not limited 12 |
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| 37 | | - | to, admission to voting privileges and inclusion on registry and 13 |
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| 38 | | - | enrollment lists, voting by absentee ballot and signature of petitions, 14 |
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| 39 | | - | shall apply equally to the conduct of and voting at any such election, 15 |
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| 45 | | - | primary or referendum by minor municipal voters, as described in said 16 |
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| 46 | | - | subsection and defined in section 9-1 of the general statutes, as 17 |
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| 47 | | - | amended by this act. 18 |
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| 48 | | - | (c) The registrars of voters of any municipality described in 19 |
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| 49 | | - | subsection (a) of this section shall ensure that, in the case of any 20 |
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| 50 | | - | election or primary described in subdivision (1) of said subsection and 21 |
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| 51 | | - | any referendum described in subdivision (2) of said subsection, the 22 |
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| 52 | | - | ballot used by minor municipal voters at any such election, primary or 23 |
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| 53 | | - | referendum only permits voting in accordance with said subsection. 24 |
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| 54 | | - | Sec. 2. Section 9-1 of the general statutes is repealed and the 25 |
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| 55 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 26 |
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| 56 | | - | Except as otherwise provided, the following terms, as used in this 27 |
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| 57 | | - | title and sections 3-124, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 7-17, 7-20, 7-39, 7-157, 7-214, 7-275, 28 |
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| 58 | | - | 7-295, 7-343, 7-407, 8-1, 8-5, 8-19, 10-219, 11-36, 13a-11, 30-10, 30-11, 45a-29 |
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| 59 | | - | 18, 45a-19 and 51-95 have the following meanings: 30 |
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| 60 | | - | (a) "Ballot" means paper or other material containing the names of 31 |
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| 61 | | - | the candidates or a statement of a proposed constitutional amendment 32 |
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| 62 | | - | or other question or proposition to be voted on; 33 |
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| 63 | | - | (b) "Board for admission of electors" means the board as composed 34 |
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| 64 | | - | under subsection (a) of section 9-15a; 35 |
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| 65 | | - | (c) "Clerical error" means any error in the registry list or enrollment 36 |
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| 66 | | - | list due to a mistake or an omission on the part of the printer or a 37 |
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| 67 | | - | mistake or omission made by the registrars or their assistants; 38 |
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| 68 | | - | (d) "Election" means any [electors'] meeting at which the electors 39 |
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| 69 | | - | and, when and where permitted by ordinance adopted pursuant to 40 |
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| 70 | | - | section 1 of this act, minor municipal voters choose public officials by 41 |
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| 71 | | - | use of voting tabulators or by paper ballots as provided in section 9-42 |
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| 72 | | - | 272; 43 |
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| 73 | | - | (e) "Elector" means any person possessing the qualifications 44 |
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| 79 | | - | prescribed by the Constitution and duly admitted to, and entitled to 45 |
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| 80 | | - | exercise, the privileges of an elector in a town; 46 |
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| 81 | | - | (f) Repealed by P.A. 77-298, S. 14; 47 |
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| 82 | | - | (g) "Municipal clerk" means the clerk of a municipality; 48 |
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| 83 | | - | (h) "Municipal election" means the regularly recurring election held 49 |
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| 84 | | - | in a municipality at which the electors and, where permitted by 50 |
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| 85 | | - | ordinance adopted pursuant to section 1 of this act, minor municipal 51 |
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| 86 | | - | voters of the municipality choose public officials of such municipality; 52 |
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| 87 | | - | (i) "Municipality" means any city, borough or town within the state; 53 |
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| 88 | | - | (j) "Official ballot" means the official ballot to be used at an election, 54 |
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| 89 | | - | or the official ballot to be used thereat in accordance with the 55 |
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| 90 | | - | provisions of section 9-272; 56 |
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| 91 | | - | (k) "Population" means the population according to the last-57 |
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| 92 | | - | completed United States census; 58 |
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| 93 | | - | (l) "Presidential electors" means persons elected to cast their ballots 59 |
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| 94 | | - | for President and Vice President of the United States; 60 |
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| 95 | | - | (m) "Print" means methods of duplication of words by mechanical 61 |
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| 96 | | - | process, but shall not include typewriting; 62 |
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| 97 | | - | (n) "Referendum" means (1) a question or proposal which is 63 |
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| 98 | | - | submitted to a vote of the electors, [or] voters or, when and where 64 |
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| 99 | | - | permitted by ordinance adopted pursuant to section 1 of this act, 65 |
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| 100 | | - | minor municipal voters of a municipality at any regular or special state 66 |
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| 101 | | - | or municipal election, as defined in this section, (2) a question or 67 |
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| 102 | | - | proposal which is submitted to a vote of the electors, [or] voters or, 68 |
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| 103 | | - | when and where permitted by ordinance adopted pursuant to section 69 |
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| 104 | | - | 1 of this act, minor municipal voters, as the case may be, of a 70 |
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| 105 | | - | municipality at a meeting of such electors, [or] voters or minor 71 |
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| 106 | | - | municipal voters, which meeting is not an election, as defined in 72 |
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| 112 | | - | subsection (d) of this section, and is not a town meeting, or (3) a 73 |
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| 113 | | - | question or proposal which is submitted to a vote of the electors, [or] 74 |
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| 114 | | - | voters or, when and where permitted by ordinance adopted pursuant 75 |
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| 115 | | - | to section 1 of this act, minor municipal voters, as the case may be, of a 76 |
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| 116 | | - | municipality at a meeting of such electors, [or] voters or minor 77 |
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| 117 | | - | municipal voters pursuant to section 7-7 or pursuant to charter or 78 |
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| 118 | | - | special act; 79 |
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| 119 | | - | (o) "Regular election" means any state or municipal election; 80 |
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| 120 | | - | (p) "Registrars" means the registrars of voters of the municipality; 81 |
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| 121 | | - | (q) "Registry list" means the list of electors of any municipality 82 |
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| 122 | | - | certified by the registrars; 83 |
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| 123 | | - | (r) "Special election" means any election not a regular election; 84 |
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| 124 | | - | (s) "State election" means the election held in the state on the first 85 |
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| 125 | | - | Tuesday after the first Monday in November in the even-numbered 86 |
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| 126 | | - | years in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of 87 |
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| 127 | | - | Connecticut; 88 |
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| 128 | | - | (t) "State officers" means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 89 |
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| 129 | | - | Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General; 90 |
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| 130 | | - | (u) "Voter" means a person qualified to vote at town and district 91 |
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| 131 | | - | meetings under the provisions of section 7-6 and shall include, where 92 |
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| 132 | | - | permitted by ordinance adopted pursuant to section 1 of this act, a 93 |
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| 133 | | - | minor municipal voter; 94 |
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| 134 | | - | (v) "Voting district" means any municipality, or any political 95 |
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| 135 | | - | subdivision thereof, having not more than one polling place in a 96 |
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| 136 | | - | regular election; 97 |
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| 137 | | - | (w) "Voting tabulator" means a machine, including, but not limited 98 |
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| 138 | | - | to, a device which operates by electronic means, for the registering and 99 |
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| 139 | | - | recording of votes cast at elections, primaries and referenda; 100 |
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| 145 | | - | (x) "Write-in ballot" means a vote cast for any person whose name 101 |
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| 146 | | - | does not appear on the official ballot as a candidate for the office for 102 |
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| 147 | | - | which the person's name is written in; 103 |
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| 148 | | - | (y) "The last session for admission of electors prior to an election" 104 |
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| 149 | | - | means the day which is the seventh day prior to an election; 105 |
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| 150 | | - | (z) "Minor municipal voter" means any person qualified, under the 106 |
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| 151 | | - | provisions of section 1 of this act, to vote (1) at any regular or special 107 |
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| 152 | | - | municipal election for only the officers of such municipality or at any 108 |
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| 153 | | - | primary for only the nomination of candidates for such officers, and (2) 109 |
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| 154 | | - | at any referendum for any question or proposal of only such 110 |
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| 155 | | - | municipality. 111 |
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| 156 | | - | Sec. 3. Section 9-372 of the general statutes is repealed and the 112 |
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| 157 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 113 |
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| 158 | | - | The following terms, as used in this chapter, chapter 157 and 114 |
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| 159 | | - | sections 9-51 to 9-67, inclusive, 9-169e, 9-217, 9-236 and 9-361, shall 115 |
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| 160 | | - | have the following meanings: 116 |
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| 161 | | - | (1) "Caucus" means any meeting, at a designated hour and place, or 117 |
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| 162 | | - | at designated hours and places, of the enrolled members of a political 118 |
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| 163 | | - | party within a municipality or political subdivision thereof for the 119 |
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| 164 | | - | purpose of selecting party-endorsed candidates for a primary to be 120 |
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| 165 | | - | held by such party or for the purpose of transacting other business of 121 |
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| 166 | | - | such party; 122 |
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| 167 | | - | (2) "Convention" means a meeting of delegates of a political party 123 |
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| 168 | | - | held for the purpose of designating the candidate or candidates to be 124 |
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| 169 | | - | endorsed by such party in a primary of such party for state or district 125 |
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| 170 | | - | office or for the purpose of transacting other business of such party; 126 |
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| 171 | | - | (3) "District" means any geographic portion of the state which 127 |
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| 172 | | - | crosses the boundary or boundaries between two or more towns; 128 |
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| 173 | | - | (4) "District office" means an elective office for which only the 129 |
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| 179 | | - | electors in a district, as defined in subdivision (3) of this section, may 130 |
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| 180 | | - | vote; 131 |
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| 181 | | - | (5) "Major party" means (A) a political party or organization whose 132 |
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| 182 | | - | candidate for Governor at the last-preceding election for Governor 133 |
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| 183 | | - | received, under the designation of that political party or organization, 134 |
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| 184 | | - | at least twenty per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all 135 |
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| 185 | | - | candidates for Governor, or (B) a political party having, at the last-136 |
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| 186 | | - | preceding election for Governor, a number of enrolled members on the 137 |
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| 187 | | - | active registry list equal to at least twenty per cent of the total number 138 |
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| 188 | | - | of enrolled members of all political parties on the active registry list in 139 |
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| 189 | | - | the state; 140 |
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| 190 | | - | (6) "Minor party" means a political party or organization which is 141 |
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| 191 | | - | not a major party and whose candidate for the office in question 142 |
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| 192 | | - | received at the last-preceding regular election for such office, under the 143 |
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| 193 | | - | designation of that political party or organization, at least one per cent 144 |
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| 194 | | - | of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for such office at 145 |
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| 195 | | - | such election; 146 |
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| 196 | | - | (7) "Municipal office" means an elective office for which only the 147 |
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| 197 | | - | electors and, where permitted by ordinance adopted pursuant to 148 |
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| 198 | | - | section 1 of this act, minor municipal voters, as defined in section 9-1, 149 |
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| 199 | | - | as amended by this act, of a single town, city, borough, or political 150 |
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| 200 | | - | subdivision, as defined in subdivision (10) of this section, may vote, 151 |
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| 201 | | - | including the office of justice of the peace; 152 |
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| 202 | | - | (8) "Party designation committee" means an organization, composed 153 |
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| 203 | | - | of at least twenty-five members who are electors, which has, on or after 154 |
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| 204 | | - | November 4, 1981, reserved a party designation with the Secretary of 155 |
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| 205 | | - | the State pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; 156 |
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| 206 | | - | (9) "Party-endorsed candidate" means (A) in the case of a candidate 157 |
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| 207 | | - | for state or district office, a person endorsed by the convention of a 158 |
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| 208 | | - | political party as a candidate in a primary to be held by such party, 159 |
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| 209 | | - | and (B) in the case of a candidate for municipal office or for member of 160 |
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| 215 | | - | a town committee, a person endorsed by the town committee, caucus 161 |
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| 216 | | - | or convention, as the case may be, of a political party as a candidate in 162 |
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| 217 | | - | a primary to be held by such party; 163 |
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| 218 | | - | (10) "Political subdivision" means any voting district or combination 164 |
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| 219 | | - | of voting districts constituting a part of a municipality; 165 |
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| 220 | | - | (11) "Primary" means a meeting of the enrolled members of a 166 |
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| 221 | | - | political party and, when applicable under section 9-431, unaffiliated 167 |
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| 222 | | - | electors and, where permitted by ordinance adopted pursuant to 168 |
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| 223 | | - | section 1 of this act, minor municipal voters, held during consecutive 169 |
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| 224 | | - | hours at which such members, [or] electors or minor municipal voters 170 |
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| 225 | | - | may, without assembling at the same hour, vote by secret ballot for 171 |
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| 226 | | - | candidates for nomination to office or for town committee members; 172 |
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| 227 | | - | (12) "Registrar" means the registrar of voters in a municipality who 173 |
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| 228 | | - | is enrolled with the political party holding a primary and, in each 174 |
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| 229 | | - | municipality where there are different registrars for different voting 175 |
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| 230 | | - | districts, means the registrar so enrolled in the voting district in which, 176 |
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| 231 | | - | at the last-preceding regular election, the presiding officer for the 177 |
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| 232 | | - | purpose of declaring the result of the vote of the whole municipality 178 |
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| 233 | | - | was moderator; 179 |
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| 234 | | - | (13) "Slate" means a group of candidates for nomination by a 180 |
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| 235 | | - | political party to the office of justice of the peace of a town, which 181 |
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| 236 | | - | group numbers at least a bare majority of the number of justices of the 182 |
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| 237 | | - | peace to be nominated by such party for such town; 183 |
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| 238 | | - | (14) "State office" means any office for which all the electors of the 184 |
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| 239 | | - | state may vote and includes the office of Governor, Lieutenant 185 |
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| 240 | | - | Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney General and 186 |
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| 241 | | - | senator in Congress, but does not include the office of elector of 187 |
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| 242 | | - | President and Vice-President of the United States; 188 |
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| 243 | | - | (15) "Votes cast for the same office at the last-preceding election" or 189 |
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| 244 | | - | "votes cast for all candidates for such office at the last-preceding 190 |
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| 250 | | - | election" means, in the case of multiple openings for the same office, 191 |
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| 251 | | - | the total number of electors and, where permitted by ordinance 192 |
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| 252 | | - | adopted pursuant to section 1 of this act, minor municipal voters 193 |
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| 253 | | - | checked as having voted at the last-preceding election at which such 194 |
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| 254 | | - | office appeared on the ballot. 195 |
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| 258 | | - | Section 1 from passage New section |
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| 259 | | - | Sec. 2 from passage 9-1 |
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| 260 | | - | Sec. 3 from passage 9-372 |
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| 25 | + | individual who has attained the age of sixteen years may vote at any 2 |
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| 26 | + | election of the officers for the municipality of which such individual is 3 |
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| 27 | + | a bona fide resident. 4 |
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