Connecticut § 9-251 - Order of office on ballots.
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§ 9-251. Order of office on ballots.
Sec. 9-251. Order of office on ballots. In the preparation of ballots for use at a state election, precedence shall be given to the offices to be voted for at such election in the following descending order: Presidential electors, Governor and Lieutenant Governor, United States senator, representative in Congress, state senator, state representative, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney General and judge of probate. In the preparation of ballots for use at a municipal election, unless otherwise provided by law, the order of the offices shall be as prescribed by the Secretary of the State, which order, so far as practicable, shall be uniform throughout the state.
(1953, 1955, S. 728d; 1963, P.A. 401, S. 2; April, 1964, P.A. 2, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 576; P.A. 73-577; P.A. 74-109, S. 5, 11; P.A. 00-99, S. 28, 154; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)
History: 1963 act provided for pairing of governor and lieutenant governor on ballot label; 1964 act deleted representative-at-large; 1971 act changed order of precedence so that state senator and state representative follow representative in congress in that order; P.A. 73-577 changed order of precedence so that secretary of the state, treasurer, comptroller and attorney general follow state representative in that order; P.A. 74-109 deleted justices of the peace, effective upon adoption of Senate Joint Resolution No. 22 of the 1973 session as an amendment to the constitution of Connecticut; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriff, effective December 1, 2000; pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “ballot labels” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “ballots”, effective May 24, 2011.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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