Sec. 9-380. Newly-created offices.
Sec. 9-380. Newly-created offices. In the case of an office created after the last-preceding election, no name of any candidate for such office shall be printed on the
official ballot except the name of a candidate nominated by a political party or organization whose candidate for Governor at the last-preceding election for Governor received,
under the designation of that political party or organization at least twenty per cent of
the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for Governor, or at least one per cent
of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for Governor at such election within
the geographical limits of the jurisdiction of such newly-created office, provided, upon
the filing of a nominating petition with the Secretary of the State as provided in sections
9-453a to 9-453p, inclusive, signed by a number of qualified electors equal to one per
cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for Governor at the last-preceding election within the geographical limits of the jurisdiction of such newly-created
office, or whenever the geographical limits of the jurisdiction of a newly-created office
differ from the geographical limits of a voting district or group of voting districts as the
same were constituted at the time of the last-preceding election for Governor, signed
by a number of qualified electors equal to one per cent of the number of electors who
voted at the last regular election held in such municipality, or whenever the geographical
limits of the jurisdiction of a newly-created office contain more than one town or parts
of towns, signed by a number of qualified electors equal to one per cent of the number
of electors who voted at the last regular election held in each town which is wholly or
partially contained within the geographical limits of the jurisdiction of the newly-created
office, such candidate with his party designation, if any, shall be printed on the official
ballot. As used in this section, the terms "office created after the last-preceding election"
and "newly-created office" do not include an office for which the geographical limits
of the jurisdiction of the office have changed as result of redistricting.
(1963, P.A. 313, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 600, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 806, S. 20; P.A. 04-18, S. 1.)
History: 1965 act added provision for determining number of signatures required on nominating petition where geographical limits of newly-created office differ from that of a voting district or group of voting districts as they were
constituted at the time of the last-preceding election; 1971 act changed the requirement from "one-half of one per cent"
to "one per cent" and further added "if any" to "party designation"; P.A. 04-18 excluded an office for which geographical
limits of jurisdiction of the office have changed as result of redistricting from terms "office created after the last-preceding
election" and "newly-created office", effective July 1, 2004.