Connecticut § 1-1c “Elector” defined. “Special election warned and held or called for that purpose”, means “referendum”, when.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 1-1c — “Elector” defined. “Special election warned and held or called for that purpose”, means “referendum”, when.

Connecticut § 1-1c

Title 1Provisions of General Application

Ch. 1Construction of Statutes

This text of Connecticut § 1-1c (“Elector” defined. “Special election warned and held or called for that purpose”, means “referendum”, when.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Connecticut primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-1c (2026).

Text

(a)Whenever the term “elector” or “electors” occurs in the general statutes or in any special act, it shall be construed to mean an elector or electors who have attained the age of twenty-one years, except where said term is used with reference to admission to, or exercise of, the privilege of voting in an election, or in a primary or caucus of a political party and except where said term is used as a qualification for elective or appointive municipal office.

(b)Whenever the term “special election warned and held or called for that purpose”, or words of similar import, is used in the general statutes, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, it means a referendum, as defined in subdivision (2) of subsection (n) of section 9-1 .

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(a) Whenever the term “elector” or “electors” occurs in the general statutes or in any special act, it shall be construed to mean an elector or electors who have attained the age of twenty-one years, except where said term is used with reference to admission to, or exercise of, the privilege of voting in an election, or in a primary or caucus of a political party and except where said term is used as a qualification for elective or appointive municipal office. (b) Whenever the term “special election warned and held or called for that purpose”, or words of similar import, is used in the general statutes, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, it means a referendum, as defined in subdivision (2) of subsection (n) of section 9-1 .

Legislative History

(1969, P.A. 675; 1972, P.A. 263, S. 1; P.A. 77-68, S. 1, 2.) History: 1972 act excludes from definition of “elector” use of term as qualification for municipal office; P.A. 77-68 added Subsec. (b) defining “special election”. Cited. 31 CS 454; 43 CS 297.