Connecticut § 9-318 - Canvass of votes for state officers.
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§ 9-318. Canvass of votes for state officers.
Sec. 9-318. Canvass of votes for state officers. The votes for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General shall be canvassed by the persons authorized to receive and count the same, within thirty days next after they were cast, unless a complaint under the provisions of section 9-324 is pending, in which case such canvass shall not be made until after the third Monday of December next after they were cast. In making such canvass, the votes upon the returns made by presiding officers shall be counted in conformity to the decision of the judge of the Superior Court or of the Supreme Court, as the case may be, and such canvass shall be in conformity to such decision, and a fair list of such votes made to conform to the original returns of the presiding officers, as corrected or affected by the finding or decision of such judge, with the original returns of the presiding officers and certified copies of the decision of such judge, shall, on the first day of the session, be laid before the General Assembly, which shall declare who are elected to said offices respectively.
(1949 Rev., S. 1108; 1953, S. 796d.)
Compared with Secs. 9-310 and 9-311. 16 CS 37.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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