Connecticut § 9-376 - Postponement of primary day.
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§ 9-376. Postponement of primary day.
Sec. 9-376. Postponement of primary day. (a)(1) If the day fixed for any primary falls on a Sunday or a legal holiday or on a day on which the tenets of a religion forbid secular activity, the primary shall be held on the next succeeding day other than a Sunday or a legal or such religious holiday. (2) If the day fixed for any primary falls on the Tuesday immediately following Labor Day, the primary shall be held on the next succeeding Tuesday.
(b) If a primary is held on a day prescribed by subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, the day of the primary shall be considered to be the day on which such primary would have been held except for subdivision (1) of said subsection, for all other purposes including the calculation of any period of time having reference to such primary, except that the calculation of any deadline relating to a person becoming eligible to vote in such primary shall be made from the day on which the primary is actually held.
(November, 1955, S. N53; September, 1957, P.A. 1, S. 4; 1958 Rev., S. 9-82; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 5; 1967, P.A. 767, S. 1; P.A. 83-544, S. 1, 4; P.A. 87-472, S. 2, 14; P.A. 89-297, S. 17.)
History: 1963 act restated existing provisions; 1967 act added provision concerning religious holiday to the days on which a primary will not be held; P.A. 83-544 designated the former statute Subsec. (a), adding a new Subdiv. (2) which deals with primaries which fall on the Tuesday after Labor Day, and added a new Subsec. (b) containing provisions formerly contained in Subsec. (a); P.A. 87-472 made Subsec. (b) applicable only to primary held on day prescribed by Subsec. (a)(1); P.A. 89-297 added exception in Subsec. (b) for calculation of any deadline relating to a person becoming eligible to vote in a primary under Subsec. (a)(1).
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