{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-322b","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-322b","heading":"Candidate elected to two or more offices in a municipality and prohibited from holding more than one office. Determination of officeholder.","body":"Notwithstanding the provisions of this title, if a candidate is elected to two or more offices in a municipality at the same election and is prohibited by any provision of the general statutes, a charter or an ordinance from holding more than one such office, the candidate shall notify the registrars of voters and the municipal clerk of the office to which the candidate declines election, and the candidate for such office who receives the next highest number of votes at such election shall be deemed to have been elected to such office.","path":["TITLE 9. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 148. ELECTION CANVASS AND RETURNS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_148.htm#sec_9-322b","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:06:57Z","sha256":"d2f3ee8b66f06e270dcfa37e068ac3a50882b77ea57b9d26ec1468b019564822","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-322a","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-323"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}