{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-453a","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-453a","heading":"Petition form.","body":"Each petition for nomination for elective office shall be on a form prescribed and provided by the Secretary of the State. Such form shall include, at the top of the form and in bold print, the following:\nWARNING\nIT IS A CRIME TO SIGN THIS PETITION\nIN THE NAME OF ANOTHER PERSON\nWITHOUT LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO SO\nAND YOU MAY NOT SIGN THIS PETITION\nIF YOU ARE NOT AN ELECTOR.\nSuch form shall provide lines for the signatures, street addresses, dates of birth and the printing of the names of signators. A signator shall print his name on said line following the signing of the signator's name. Before issuing a petition form, the secretary shall, above the space provided for signatures, type or print the name and address of the candidate, the office sought and the election and the date thereof. The secretary shall give to any person requesting such form one or more petition pages, suitable for duplication, as the secretary deems necessary. If the person is requesting the form on behalf of an indigent candidate or a group of indigent candidates listed on the same nominating petition, the secretary shall give the person the number of original pages that he requests or the number which the secretary deems sufficient. An original petition page may be duplicated by or on behalf of the candidate or candidates listed on the page and signatures may be obtained on such duplicates. The duplicates shall be filed in the same manner and shall be subject to the same requirements as original petition pages.","path":["TITLE 9. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 153*. NOMINATIONS AND POLITICAL PARTIES","PART III. NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_153.htm#sec_9-453a","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":"a768d9ca3259b647a75a739954821d76824f40a2bef226a5fa1550d6918fd493","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-453","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-453b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}