A candidate for an office appearing on a ballot for a state election, as defined in § 9-1, may appear on the ballot as a candidate for more than one major or minor party, as defined in § 9-372, for the same office, provided a candidate of such minor party for the office of Governor, Secretary of the State, State Treasurer, State Comptroller or Attorney General received at least fifteen thousand votes at the previous state election for any such office.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 9-373b

  • Ballot: means paper or other material containing the names of the candidates or a statement of a proposed constitutional amendment or other question or proposition to be voted on. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Election: means any electors' meeting at which the electors choose public officials by use of voting tabulators or by paper ballots as provided in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Minor party: means a political party or organization which is not a major party and whose candidate for the office in question received at the last-preceding regular election for such office, under the designation of that political party or organization, at least one per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for such office at such election. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-372
  • State election: means the election held in the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in the even-numbered years in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Connecticut. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
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