Bill Text: CT HB05360 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Certification Of Candidates.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-01 - File Number 248 [HB05360 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05360-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2014 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING CERTIFICATION OF CANDIDATES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 9-391 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) Each endorsement of a candidate to run in a primary for the nomination of candidates for municipal office to be voted upon at a municipal election, or for the election of town committee members shall be made under the provisions of section 9-390 not earlier than the fifty-sixth day or later than the forty-ninth day preceding the day of such primary. In the case of an endorsement of a candidate for a municipal office of state senator or state representative, such endorsement may be made of a candidate whose name appears upon the last-completed enrollment list of such party within the municipality or political subdivision within which such candidate is to run for nomination. [The] An endorsement of a candidate described in this subsection shall be certified to the clerk of the municipality by either (1) the chairman or presiding officer, or (2) the secretary of the town committee, caucus or convention, as the case may be, not later than four o'clock p.m. on the forty-eighth day preceding the day of such primary. Such certification shall be signed by such candidate and contain the name and street address of each person so endorsed, the title of the office or the position as committee member and the name or number of the political subdivision or district, if any, for which each such person is endorsed. If such a certificate of a party's endorsement is not received by the town clerk by such time, such certificate shall be invalid and such party, for purposes of sections 9-417, 9-418 and 9-419, shall be deemed to have neither made nor certified such endorsement of any candidate for such office.
(b) Each selection of delegates to a state or district convention shall be made in accordance with the provisions of section 9-390 not earlier than the one-hundred-fortieth day and not later than the one-hundred-thirty-third day preceding the day of the primary for such state or district office. Such selection shall be certified to the clerk of the municipality by the chairman or presiding officer and the secretary of the town committee or caucus, as the case may be, not later than four o'clock p.m. on the one-hundred-thirty-second day preceding the day of such primary. Each such certification shall be signed by each person so selected and contain the name and street address of each such person, [so selected,] the position as delegate, and the name or number of the political subdivision or district, if any, for which each such person is selected. If such a certificate of a party's selection is not received by the town clerk by such time, such certificate shall be invalid and such party, for purposes of sections 9-417 and 9-420, shall be deemed to have neither made nor certified any selection of any person for the position of delegate.
(c) Each endorsement of a candidate to run in a primary for the nomination of candidates for a municipal office to be voted upon at a state election shall be made under the provisions of section 9-390 not earlier than the eighty-fourth day or later than the seventy-seventh day preceding the day of such primary. Any certification to be filed under this subsection shall be received by the Secretary of the State, in the case of a candidate for the office of state senator or state representative, or the town clerk, in the case of a candidate for any other municipal office to be voted upon at a state election, not later than four o'clock p.m. on the fourteenth day after the close of the town committee meeting, caucus or convention, as the case may be. If such a certificate of a party's endorsement is not received by the Secretary of the State or the town clerk, as the case may be, by such time, such certificate shall be invalid and such party, for the purposes of sections 9-417 and 9-418, shall be deemed to have neither made nor certified any endorsement of any candidate for such office. The candidate so endorsed for a municipal office to be voted upon at a state election, other than the office of justice of the peace, shall file with the Secretary of the State or the town clerk, as the case may be, a certificate, signed by that candidate, stating that such candidate was so endorsed, the candidate's name as the candidate authorizes it to appear on the ballot, the candidate's full street address and the title and district of the office for which the candidate was endorsed. Such certificate may be filed by a candidate whose name appears upon the last-completed enrollment list of such party within the senatorial district within which the candidate is endorsed to run for nomination in the case of the municipal office of state senator, or the assembly district within which a person is endorsed to run for nomination in the case of the municipal office of state representative, or the municipality or political subdivision within which a person is to run for nomination for other municipal offices to be voted on at a state election. Such certificate shall be attested by the chairman or presiding officer and the secretary of the town committee, caucus or convention which made such endorsement. The endorsement of candidates for the office of justice of the peace shall be certified to the clerk of the municipality by the chairman or presiding officer and the secretary of the town committee, caucus or convention, and shall contain the name and street address of each person so endorsed and the title of the office for which each such person is endorsed.
(d) Any person certifying an endorsement pursuant to this section may make such certification on a form made available pursuant to section 3 of this act.
Sec. 2. Section 9-452 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
All minor parties nominating candidates for any elective office shall make such nominations and certify and file a list of such nominations, as required by this section, which may be on a form made available pursuant to section 3 of this act, not later than the sixty-second day prior to the day of the election at which such candidates are to be voted for. A list of nominees in printed or typewritten form that includes each candidate's name as authorized by each candidate to appear on the ballot, the signature of each candidate, the full street address of each candidate and the title and district of the office for which each candidate is nominated shall be certified by the presiding officer of the committee, meeting or other authority making such nomination and shall be filed by such presiding officer with the Secretary of the State, in the case of state or district office or the municipal office of state representative, state senator or judge of probate, or with the clerk of the municipality, in the case of municipal office, not later than the sixty-second day prior to the day of the election. The registrars of voters of such municipality shall promptly verify and correct the names on any such list filed with [him] the registrar, or the names of nominees forwarded to the clerk of the municipality by the Secretary of the State, in accordance with the registry list of such municipality and endorse the same as having been so verified and corrected. For purposes of this section, a list of nominations shall be deemed to be filed when it is received by the Secretary or clerk, as appropriate. If the Secretary of the State or the town clerk, as appropriate, does not receive a party's certificate of the party's nomination on or before the sixty-second day prior to the election at which any such nominee is a candidate, such certificate shall be invalid for the party and such party, for purposes of sections 9-460, 9-461 and 9-462 shall be deemed to have neither made nor certified any nomination of any candidate for such office.
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Secretary of the State shall prescribe and furnish a form to the town clerks for the purpose of certification of candidates pursuant to the provisions of sections 9-391 and 9-452 of the general statutes, as amended by this act. The Secretary shall include on such form prompts for information required pursuant to said sections, including, but not limited to, a request and spaces for (1) the signature and the printed or typed name of each person nominated by the party, (2) the full street address of each such person, and (3) any other information required as part of a party's certification of the party's nomination pursuant to the provisions of section 9-391 or 9-452 of the general statutes, as amended by this act. The Secretary shall make such form available through the Secretary's Internet web site at the same time such form is furnished to the town clerks.
(b) On and after the date upon which a form is made available pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, any person certifying an endorsement pursuant to the provisions of section 9-391 or 9-452 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, may use such form.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-391 or 9-452 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, no certification of endorsement shall be rejected by a town clerk or the Secretary, as applicable, for a lack of a signature by a person endorsed in a certification pursuant to the provisions of section 9-391 or 9-452 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, if the Secretary has not made available a form pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
9-391 |
Sec. 2 |
from passage |
9-452 |
Sec. 3 |
from passage |
New section |
GAE |
Joint Favorable Subst. |