If (1) at a state or district convention no person other than a party-endorsed candidate has received at least fifteen per cent of the votes of the delegates present and voting on any roll-call vote taken on the endorsement or proposed endorsement of a candidate for a state or district office, and (2) within the time specified in section 9-400 , no candidacy for nomination by a political party to a state or district office has been filed by or on behalf of a person other than a party-endorsed candidate in conformity with the provisions of section 9-400 , no primary shall be held by such party for such office and the party-endorsed candidate for such office shall be deemed to have been lawfully chosen as the nominee of such party for such office.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-416
No-contest nominations; state or district office
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 242 F. Supp. 2d 164 - Campbell v. Bysiewicz (2003)
Most recently applied in 242 F. Supp. 2d 164 - Campbell v. Bysiewicz (January 2003)
(June, 1955, S. 587d; November, 1955, S
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