Sec. 9-440. Moderators to make returns.
Sec. 9-440. Moderators to make returns. Upon the closing of the polls at any
primary held under sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, the moderator, in the presence
of the other officials, shall immediately lock the voting machines against voting and
shall then proceed to ascertain, record and announce the result in the manner provided
by law for ascertaining, recording and announcing the result in regular elections. The
election officials shall execute certificates and returns similar to those required in regular
elections. The moderator in each town not divided into voting districts, and the head
moderator in each town divided into voting districts, shall transmit the results of the
vote for each office contested at any such primary in the same manner and within the
same time as provided under section 9-314 in an election for such office. The late filing
fee provided under section 9-314 shall apply to late filing of results of primaries for
state or district office. In the case of primaries for state or district offices, the Secretary
of the State shall forthwith cause to be tabulated the result of the votes cast in the several
municipalities in which such primaries have been held and shall publicly declare the
result thereof, and a certificate attesting thereto shall be entered in his records.
(June, 1955, S. 604d; November, 1955, S. N89; 1958 Rev., S. 9-117; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 66; 1967, P.A. 557, S. 20; 1971,
P.A. 542, S. 4; 836, S. 6; P.A. 73-657, S. 12, 13; P.A. 84-319, S. 39, 49; P.A. 85-577, S. 13; P.A. 03-241, S. 46.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; 1967 act added clarifying language pertaining to split voting districts,
added "or assembly" to "senatorial" before the word "district"; 1971 acts changed time limit for mailing or delivering list
to "not later than twenty-four hours after the closing of the polls" and deleted reference to the moderator of the first district
as alternative to the head moderator with reference to causing the vote to be tabulated; P.A. 73-657 added further clarifying
language pertaining to split voting districts and assembly districts; P.A. 84-319 amended section to provide uniformity in
procedures for filing head moderator's returns after primaries and elections; P.A. 85-577 imposed time limit for transmittal
of vote results and late filing fee; P.A. 03-241 removed primaries for "district delegates" from application of provision re
tabulation of voting results, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.