Connecticut § 9-453s - Vacancies in candidacies. Ballot.
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§ 9-453s. Vacancies in candidacies. Ballot.
Sec. 9-453s. Vacancies in candidacies. Ballot. Vacancies in candidacies occurring after all nominating petitions have been approved under section 9-453o, shall not cause the position of any candidate's name on the ballot to be changed to another position unless a blank row on the ballot results from such vacancy or vacancies in which case the position of candidates appearing on lines under the blank row may change if the consent of all candidates involved in such a change is filed in the Secretary of the State's office prior to the time for printing and filing sample ballots with said Secretary. The name of any candidate whose candidacy has been vacated shall not appear on the ballot.
(1971, P.A. 806, S. 23; P.A. 11-20, S. 32.)
History: P.A. 11-20 replaced “ballot label” with “ballot”, “machine” with “ballot” and “ballot labels” with “ballots”, and deleted provision re voting machine pointer, effective May 24, 2011.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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