A candidacy for nomination by a political party to a municipal office or a candidacy for election as a member of a town committee may be filed by or on behalf of any person whose name appears upon the last-completed enrollment list of such party within the senatorial district within which a person is to be nominated in the case of the municipal office of state senator, or the assembly district within which a person is to be nominated in the case of the municipal office of state representative, or the municipality or political subdivision within which a person is to be nominated in the case of a town committee member or for any other municipal office. Any such candidacy shall be filed by filing with the registrar within the applicable time specified in section 9-405 a petition signed by (1) at least five per cent of the electors whose names appear upon the last-completed enrollment list of such party in such municipality or in such political subdivision, senatorial district or assembly district, or (2) such lesser number of such electors as such party by its rules prescribes, as the case may be. For the purpose of computing five per cent of the last-completed enrollment list, the registrar shall use the last printed enrollment list and the printed updated list, if any, of a political party certified and last completed by the registrars of voters prior to the date the first primary petition was issued, excluding therefrom the names of individuals who have ceased to be electors.

(June, 1955, S. 590d; November, 1955, S. N71; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 18; 1958 Rev., S. 9-99; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 34; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 14; P.A. 75-269, S. 6; P.A. 79-616, S. 6; P.A. 80-483, S. 36, 186; P.A. 99-276, S. 7, 15; P.A. 03-241, S. 28; P.A. 11-173, S. 62; P.A. 13-180, S. 21.)

History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; 1967 act added assembly district to application of section; P.A. 75-269 provided that in computing 5% the names of individuals ceasing to be electors shall be excluded therefrom; P.A. 79-616 deleted requirement for filing fees; P.A. 80-483 made technical changes; P.A. 99-276 added reference to “or updated” list, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 03-241 specified that filing of candidacy shall be “within the applicable time specified in section 9-405”, specified that enrollment list to be used for computation purposes is that last completed “prior to the date the first primary petition was issued” and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date; P.A. 11-173 deleted reference to supplementary list, effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 13-180 revised provisions re which enrollment list a nominated person must appear on, effective June 18, 2013.

See Sec. 9-35c re exclusion of names on inactive registry list from computation for determining required number of petition signatures.

See Sec. 9-406a re penalty for fraudulent certification.

Cited. 31 CS 447.