On or after twelve o’clock noon of the seventy-fourth day preceding the day of the primary, any person seeking the nomination of a party for President, whose name is not included in the list of candidates announced by the Secretary pursuant to section 9-466, or any person advocating the nomination of such person, by such party, may obtain petition pages from the Secretary in the manner provided by this section. Such pages shall be in a form prescribed by the Secretary and shall conform, as nearly as may be, to the requirements for primary petition forms provided in section 9-410. Any person requesting the petition pages shall give to the Secretary, in writing, his name and address, the name and address of the candidate for whom the petition is to be circulated and the party holding the primary, and shall also file, or cause to be filed, with said Secretary a written statement, signed by such candidate, to the effect that he consents to the inclusion of his name on the primary ballot of such party. Upon completion of these requirements, the Secretary shall give to the person so requesting such petition pages one petition page, suitable for duplication. If the person is requesting the form on behalf of an indigent candidate, the Secretary shall give the person the number of original pages that such person requests or the number of original pages that the Secretary deems to be sufficient. The Secretary shall also fill in on each petition page the name and address of the candidate, the words “nomination for President of the United States” as the designation of the office sought, and the name of the party conducting the primary.

(P.A. 77-535, S. 5; P.A. 79-481, S. 5; P.A. 83-475, S. 38, 43; P.A. 94-209, S. 2; P.A. 07-132, S. 3; P.A. 11-143, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 79-481 added to the information to be furnished the secretary of the state, “the party holding the primary”; P.A. 83-475 amended section to reduce number of petition pages given by secretary from three times to twice the number necessary; P.A. 94-209 changed first day of issuing petitions from sixtieth to seventy-fourth day preceding the primary; P.A. 07-132 changed “seventy-fourth day” to “seventy-eighth day” and changed number of petition pages given to a person from a sufficient number of pages to one page, suitable for duplication, unless requested on behalf of an indigent candidate, effective June 25, 2007; P.A. 11-143 changed “seventy-eighth day” to “seventy-fourth day”, effective July 1, 2011.