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Nomination of Candidates

9-381Nomination procedure.9-381aElection procedures applicable to primaries unless otherwise provided.9-382Party-endorsed candidates; state or district office.9-383Time and place of convention.9-384Calls for conventions.9-385Roll-call vote or polling by delegation at convention.9-385aVoting by delegation at state convention.9-386Tie vote on endorsement.9-387Dispute as to endorsement of a candidate or selection of a delegate.9-388Report to Secretary of the State.9-390Selection of party-endorsed candidates for municipal office and selection of delegates to conventions.9-391Time for party endorsements for municipal offices and town committee members. Time for selection of delegates to conventions. Certification. Late certification void.9-392Selection of town committees.9-393Selection of town committee members and delegates.9-394District delegates.9-394aSenatorial and assembly district convention delegates.9-395Publication of information concerning municipal primaries.9-396Ballot vote at caucus; eligibility to vote.9-397Tie vote on endorsement.9-400Time for filing of candidacies for state or district office. Certification. Late certification void.9-404aAvailability and issuance of primary petition forms for candidacies for nomination to state or district office.9-404bPrimary petition forms for candidacies for nomination to state or district office. Signatures. Circulation.9-404cRegistrar's receipt and verification of petitions for candidacies for nomination to state or district office. Filing with Secretary. Tabulation.9-405Time for filing primary petition candidacies for municipal offices and town committee members.9-406Filing of primary petition candidacies for municipal offices and town committee members.9-406aPenalty for fraudulent certification.9-409Availability and issuance of primary petition forms for candidacies for nomination to municipal office or election as town committee members.9-410Primary petition forms for candidacies for nomination to municipal office or election as town committee members. Signatures. Circulation.9-411Number of candidates required on petition for town committee members.9-412Registrar's receipt and verification of petitions for candidacies for nomination to municipal office or election as town committee members. Filing with clerk.9-413aRegistrar to certify accuracy of enrollment list provided to candidate circulating primary petition.9-414Nominations not to exceed places to be filled; municipal primaries.9-415When primary required.9-416No-contest nominations; state or district office.9-416aFailure of party to endorse; state or district office.9-417No-contest nominations; municipal office and town committee members.9-418Failure of party to endorse; municipal office.9-419Failure of party to endorse; town committee members.9-420Persons selected as convention delegates by party deemed lawfully selected.9-421When primary not to be held for town committee members.9-422Primaries for justices of the peace.9-423Time for primaries; state, district or municipal office.9-425Time for primaries; town committees.9-426Cancellation of primary for office or town committee due to vacancies in non-party-endorsed candidacies. Slate vacancies.9-428Vacancy in party-endorsed candidacy.9-429Cancellation of primary for office or town committee when vacancies in candidacies result in no contest.9-430Withdrawal procedure.9-431Eligibility to vote at primary.9-431aEligibility to vote at caucus, primary or town convention.9-433Notice of primary; state and district office.9-434Verification of names on filing with municipal clerk. Exception.9-435Notice of primary for municipal office or election for town committee.9-436Use, number and adjustment of voting tabulators; voting booths; conditions and rules for use of paper ballots; qualification, appointment and training of primary officials.9-436aCandidate checkers.9-437Form of ballot. Position of candidates' names on ballot. Sample ballots. Voting instructions and information.9-438Hours and places of voting.9-439Duties of officials.9-439aRemedy for denial of right to vote.9-439bPenalty for false statement.9-440Moderators to make returns.9-441Compensation of registrars and municipal clerks.9-442When party has no registrar.9-443Votes for justices of the peace.9-444Determination of nominee, town committee members or justices of the peace.9-445Recanvass on close vote.9-446Tie vote.9-447Unlocking of voting tabulators.9-448Recount of paper ballots.9-450Vacancy elections.9-451Minor parties.9-452Time for making nominations. Certification. Late certification void.9-452aNotice of party meetings.9-453aPetition form.9-453bIssuance of nominating petition forms; restrictions. Application requirements. Candidacy filing requirements.9-453cWhen single petition may be used.9-453dNumber of signatures.9-453eCirculator.9-453fSignature pages.9-453gFalse signing.9-453hWithdrawal of signatures.9-453iSubmission to town clerk or Secretary of the State.9-453jStatement by circulator.9-453kSigning and certification of circulator's statement; receipt for pages; certification of signatures.9-453lDelegation of signature check to registrars.9-453mSignatures, effect of variations.9-453nDate for filing with secretary.9-453oRejection of defective pages. Cure for omission by town clerk. Approval of petitions.9-453pWithdrawal of candidacy.9-453rPosition of candidates' names on ballot.9-453sVacancies in candidacies. Ballot.9-453tCandidate nominated by major or minor party prohibited from appearing on ballot by nominating petition. Exception for cross endorsement.9-453u(Formerly Sec. 9-378m). Reservation of party designation.