Connecticut § 9-254 - List of municipal offices to be filled.
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§ 9-254. List of municipal offices to be filled.
Sec. 9-254. List of municipal offices to be filled. Each municipal clerk shall, not later than the one hundred eightieth day prior to the day of any regular municipal election, file with the Secretary of the State, on a form approved by said Secretary, a list of the offices to be filled at such election and the terms thereof and the number of candidates for which each elector may vote. Said Secretary shall, within seventy days from the date of receipt of such list, return a copy of such list to the municipal clerk. Each municipal clerk shall, not later than ten days after the receipt of the returned list, mail a copy thereof to the chairman of the town committee of each major political party within the municipality.
(1949 Rev., S. 1136; 1953, S. 630d; 1957, P.A. 479, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 137; P.A. 87-382, S. 26, 55; P.A. 11-173, S. 16.)
History: 1965 act provided that secretary of the state within 70 days of receipt of the list return a copy to the municipal clerk who, within 10 days after receipt of same will mail a copy to the chairman of the town committee of each major party; P.A. 87-382 substituted “one hundred eightieth day” for “six months”; P.A. 11-173 applied section to municipal elections and made a technical change, effective July 13, 2011.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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