(a) Each page of a nominating petition proposing a candidate for an office to be filled at a regular election shall be submitted to the appropriate town clerk or to the Secretary of the State not later than four o’clock p.m. on the ninetieth day preceding the day of the regular election.

(b) Each page of a nominating petition proposing a candidate for an office to be filled at a special election, except petitions filed under section 9-216, shall be submitted to the appropriate town clerk or to the Secretary of the State not later than four o’clock p.m. on the seventieth day prior to such election, unless (1) such special election is held in conjunction with a regular election and (2) the writ of such special election is issued at least fourteen days before the final day for the filing of primary petitions for municipal offices to be filled at such regular election pursuant to section 9-405, in which case the deadline for submitting such nominating petition pages shall be the same as the deadline for such submission in connection with such regular election as provided in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Each page of a nominating petition proposing a candidate at an election shall be so submitted either (1) to the town clerk of the town in which the signers reside, or (2) to the Secretary of the State, in which case the Secretary of the State shall submit the petition pages to the appropriate town clerk for the purpose of certifying the signatures on such pages.

(d) On such last day for submitting such nominating petition pages, in each town in which an election is to be held, the office of the town clerk shall open not later than one o’clock p.m. and remain open until at least four o’clock p.m., and the town clerk or his assistant town clerk shall be present therein.

(1971, P.A. 806, S. 10; P.A. 77-537, S. 1, 5; P.A. 79-339; P.A. 85-577, S. 16; P.A. 03-241, S. 52.)

History: P.A. 77-537 added provision for submission of petition to the secretary of the state at least 10 weeks prior to election as alternative to submission to the town clerk in which case the pages are then submitted to the town clerk for certification of signatures; P.A. 79-339 changed limitation in Subdiv. (1) from “at least nine weeks” to “not later than four o’clock p.m. of the sixty-third day” and in Subdiv. (2) from “at least ten weeks” to “not later than four o’clock p.m. of the seventieth day”; P.A. 85-577 replaced section with four new subsections, Subsec. (a) providing procedures concerning nominating petitions proposing a candidate for an office to be filled at a regular election, Subsec. (b) providing procedures for nominating petitions proposing a candidate for an office to be filled at a special election, Subsec. (c) concerning submission of nominating petitions to either the town clerk or the secretary of the state and Subsec. (d) concerning office hours at the town clerk's office on the last day for submitting a nominating petition; P.A. 03-241 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “ninetieth day preceding the day of the regular election” for “final day for the filing of primary petitions for municipal offices to be filled at such election pursuant to section 9-405”, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.