Connecticut § 9-312 - Declaration of result; returns to secretary.
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§ 9-312. Declaration of result; returns to secretary.
Sec. 9-312. Declaration of result; returns to secretary. In each municipality divided into voting districts, unless otherwise provided by law, the head moderator shall be the presiding officer for the purpose of declaring the result of the vote of the whole municipality and of making returns to the Secretary of the State, and the moderators in each of the voting districts shall be assistant presiding officers and shall make returns of their polls as required by law.
(1949 Rev., S. 1059; 1953, S. 790d; 1971, P.A. 836, S. 3.)
History: 1971 act substituted “head moderator” for “moderator of the first district” and for “moderators of the other district” substituted “moderators in each of the voting districts”.
Duty of moderator in election of selectmen. 104 C. 401.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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