State Elections Enforcement Commission:

• Laws and Regulations

• Commission Decisions

• Citizens' Election Program

  • Understanding Connecticut Campaign Finance Laws: A 2018 Guide for Statewide Office and General Assembly Candidates Participating in the Citizens' Election Program

  • A 2016 Guide for Statewide Office and General Assembly Candidates Not Participating in the Citizens' Election Program

• eCRIS (Campaign Reporting Information System)
  This page allows the public to search, browse and download information from campaign finance reports filed by committees with the SEEC's Disclosure and Audit Unit.

CT Office of Legislative Research Reports:

Campaigns and Campaign Financing

• State Law on Independent Expenditures - 2020-R-0075

• Attribution Requirements for Political Advertisements Made with Independent Expenditures - 2020-R-0080

• Campaign Finance Law and Foreign Money - 2020-R-0046

• State Elections Enforcement Commission's Complaint Review Process - 2018-R-0358

• Recent Changes to the Citizens' Election Program: 2018 Update - 2018-R-0351

• Funding For Minor Party Candidates under The Citizens' Election Program - 2014-R-0231

• Summary of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - 2010-R-0124

• Second Circuit's Decisions in Green Party of Connecticut v. Garfield - 2010-R-0320

• Campaign Finance Laws Applicable To Non-Participating Candidates - 2008-R-0316

• Public Financing Of Campaigns: Constitutional Issues and Impact - 2006-R-0175

• Qualifying As a Petitioning Candidate under the New Public Financing System - 2006-R-0020

• Application of State Do-Not-Call Laws to Campaign Calls - 2006-R-0717

• Constitutionality of Bans on Campaign Contributions and Spending - 2005-R-0180

• Summary of Bysiewicz v. Dinardo - 2011-R-0101

• Laws Governing U.S. Senate Vacancies - 2009-R-0018

• Recall Provisions and Legislative Proposals - 2004-R-0082

• Running For Two Offices - 2000-R-0860

• Documenting Completion of the Canvass of Electors - 2020-R-0228

• Nonresident Property Owners' Eligibility to Vote on a Town Budget - 2006-R-0469

• Voting Rights of Resident Aliens - 2003-R-0679

• Recall of Municipal Officials - 2002-R-0076

• Major Party Nominating Procedures in States With Conventions - 2019-R-0033

• State Regulation of Major and Minor Political Parties - 2013-R-0229

• Comparison of Major and Minor Parties - 2013-R-0145

• Summary of Republican Party of Connecticut v. Merrill - 2013-R-0221

• Unaffiliated Voters Allowed To Vote in Primaries  - 2008-R-0177

• Ballot Positions - 2006-R-0801

• Primary Election Ruling in U.S. District Court - 2003-R-0171

• Legislative History of Challenge Primary Law - 2001-R-0953

• Voter Identification Requirements in Connecticut - 2021-R-0071

• Issue Brief: Absentee Voting in the 2020 Election - 2020-R-031

• Maintaining the Voter Registry List: Interstate Moves by Registered Voters - 2020-R-0234

• Locating a Polling Place Outside of a Voting District's Boundaries - 2020-R-0216

• State Voter Competence Laws - 2020-R-0018

• Issue Brief: Inmate Electoral Privileges - 2019-R-0263

• Early Voting - 2018-R-0278

• 75-Foot Rule - 2015-R-0307

• National Popular Vote Legislation - 2018-R-0120

• States that Require a Valid Reason for Absentee Voting - 2014-R-0256

• States with Early Voting or No-Excuse Absentee Voting - 2014-R-0250

• History of Absentee Voting in the State Constitution - 2012-R-0379

• Policy Options for Military and Overseas Voting - 2010-R-0403

• Voter Registration - 2010-R-0026

• Armed Services Members' Absentee Voting Record - 2008-R-0641

• Connecticut's Optical Scan Voting Machines and Other States - 2006-R-0796

• Registrars of Voters Duties and Responsibilities - 2005-R-0924

• History and Constitutionality of Early Voting In Connecticut - 2004-R-0906

• Voter Fraud - 2004-R-0865

United Way of Connecticut 2-1-1

• Voting Rights of Convicted Felons in Connecticut

• Federal Election Commission (FEC)

• US Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
  

• Executive Order No. 7MMM (Management of absentee ballots for the August 11, 2020 primary: Enacted at the request of Secretary of the State Denise Merrilln; Covid-19 mitigation)

• Executive Order No. 7WW (Technical clarifications regarding the ballot petitioning process for the August 2020 primary and November 2020 general election; Covid-19 mitigation)

• Executive Order No. 7QQ (Safe Voting During Statewide Primary; Covid-19 mitigation)

• Executive Order No. 7OO (Procedures for local appointments and elections requiring in-person vote; Covid-19 mitigation)

• Executive Order No. 7LL (Modifications to the petitioning process for the August primary; Covid-19 mitigation)

• Summary of 2019 Acts Affecting Town Clerks and Elections

• Summary of 2018 Acts Affecting Town Clerks and Elections

• Summary of 2017 Acts Affecting Town Clerks and Elections

• Summary of 2016 Acts Affecting Town Clerks and Elections

Selected Statutes:

Title 9 - Elections.

• Chapter 141 General Provisions

  • Sec. 9-1. Definitions.

  • Sec. 9-7a. State Elections Enforcement Commission. Reports. Political activity of members. Written complaints.

  • Sec. 9-7b. State Elections Enforcement Commission's duties and powers.

• Chapter 143 Electors: Qualifications and Admission

  • Sec. 9-12. Who may be admitted.

  • Sec. 9-23n. Voter registration agencies. Duties.

  • Sec. 9-45. Removal from registry list of convicted felons who are committed to custody of Commissioner of Correction.

  • Sec. 9-46. Forfeiture of electoral rights.

  • Sec. 9-46a. Restoration or granting of electoral privileges.

• Chapter 145 Absentee Voting

  • Sec. 9-134. Members of the armed forces; definitions.

  • Sec. 9-135. Absentee voting eligibility. Misrepresentation prohibited

  • Sec. 9-140. Application for and issuance of absentee ballots. Distribution of absentee ballot applications. Mailing unsolicited applications. Downloading applications. Summary of absentee voting laws.

• Chapter 146 Elections

  • Sec. 9-169. Voting districts.

  • Sec. 9-170. Eligibility to vote at town elections.

  • Sec. 9-171. Eligibility to vote at city elections.

  • Sec. 9-172. Eligibility to vote at state elections.

  • Sec. 9-174. Hours of voting. Voting by electors in line at eight o'clock p.m.

  • Sec. 9-236. Activities prohibited in and near polling place; 

  • Sec. 9-236b. Voter’s Bill of Rights.

• Chapter 147 Voting Methods

  • Sec. 9-249a. Order of parties on ballots.

• Chapter 148 Election Canvass and Returns

• Chapter 149 Elections and Primaries: Contested

• Chapter 151 Elections: Prohibited Acts and Penalties

  • Sec. 9-360. Fraudulent voting.

• Chapter 152 Referenda

• Chapter 153 Nominations and Political Parties

  • Sec. 9-372. Definitions.

  • Sec. 9-381. Nomination procedure.

  • Sec. 9-451. Minor parties.

• Chapter 154 Presidential Preference Primary

• Chapter 155 Elections: Campaign Financing

  • Sec. 9-601a. Contributions defined.

  • Sec. 9-601b. Expenditures defined

  • Sec. 9-601c. Independent expenditures defined.

• Chapter 157 Citizens' Election Program

  • Sec. 9-702. Citizens' Election Program established. Eligibility for grants.

  • Sec. 9-703. Affidavit certifying candidate's intent to abide or not abide by expenditure limits.

  • Sec. 9-704. Qualifying contributions.

Chapter 90 - Town and Other Community Meetings

• Sec. 7-6. Eligibility to vote.

Chapter 16 - General Assembly

• Sec. 2-5. Holding of office by members of the General Assembly.

• Title 09 - Elections