(a) Forthwith upon the certification provided in section 9-391, the clerk of the municipality shall publish, in a newspaper having a general circulation in such municipality, the fact of such certification and that a list of the persons endorsed as candidates is on file in his office and copies thereof are available for public distribution. If, with respect to any office or position to be filled, the clerk of the municipality has failed to receive the certification of the name of any person as a party-endorsed candidate within the time limited in section 9-391, such fact shall be published by the clerk of the municipality. Together with such information, the clerk shall publish a notice that a primary will be held for the nomination by such political party of a candidate for the offices to be filled or for the election of members of the town committee, as the case may be, if a candidacy is filed in accordance with the provisions of sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive. Such notice shall specify the final date for the filing of such candidacy and the date of the primary, shall state where forms for petitions may be obtained and shall generally indicate the method of procedure in the filing of such candidacy. The Secretary of the State shall prescribe the form of such notice. The clerk shall forthwith publish any change in the party-endorsed candidates, listing such changes.
(b) In any year in which a state election is to be held, the notice described in subsection (a) of this section shall: (1) Be published not later than the seventy-sixth day preceding the day of the primary, (2) indicate that the certification provided in section 9-391 can be made, and (3) indicate that a list of persons endorsed as candidates will be on file with the Secretary of the State. The requirement contained in subsection (a) of this section to publish the fact that the clerk of the municipality has failed to receive the certification of the name of any person as a party-endorsed candidate within the time limit in section 9-391, shall not apply to the notice required by this subsection.
(June, 1955, S. 585d; November, 1955, S. N65; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 12; 1958 Rev., S. 9-92; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 23; 636; P.A. 03-241, S. 25; P.A. 07-194, S. 15; P.A. 15-224, S. 12.)
History: 1963 acts restated previous provisions, removed requirement of printing names and addresses of candidates in newspaper and provided for list for public inspection in clerk's office; P.A. 03-241 substituted “section 9-391” for “sections 9-390 and 9-394” and removed election of convention delegates from application of requirement that clerk publish notice of primary, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date; P.A. 07-194 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re required publication date and contents of notice in years when state election is to be held, effective July 5, 2007; P.A. 15-224 amended Subsec. (b)(3) to replace provision re list on file in the clerk's office with provision re list on file with Secretary of the State, effective January 1, 2016.