Connecticut
Contents
Election Administration
Election Law
- Method for Choosing Presidential Electors: Statewide Popular Vote, Winner-Take-All
- Fusion Legal: No
- Connecticut Election Laws
Electoral College in Connecticut
Selection of Electors in Connecticut
Electoral College Proceedings
The presidential electors shall meet at the office of the Secretary of the State at twelve o'clock, noon, on the first Monday after the second Wednesday of the December following their election and, as required by the Constitution and laws of the United States, shall cast their ballots for President and Vice President. Each such elector shall cast his ballots for the candidates under whose names he ran on the official election ballot, as provided in section 9-175. If any such elector is absent or if there is a vacancy in the electoral college for any cause, the electors present shall, before voting for President and Vice President, elect by ballot an elector to fill such vacancy, and the person so chosen shall be a presidential elector, shall perform the duties of such office and shall cast his ballots for the candidates to whom the elector he is replacing was pledged. (Sec. 9-176)
Candidates for Election
Parties
Independent Candidates
Write-in Candidates
A write-in candidate may register his candidacy with the Secretary of the State by submitting his name and the names of a vice presidential candidate and candidates for the office of elector in a number not exceeding the whole number of electors to which the state is then entitled. The registration does not include designation of political party. A vote may be cast by write-in ballot for such candidate by writing in the last name of the candidate for President and the last name of the candidate for Vice President or only the last name of the candidate for President; such write-in ballot shall be counted, and shall be in all respects effective, as a vote for each of the presidential electors representing such candidates for President and Vice President. (Sec. 9-175b)
Ballot Position
Official ballots include a space with the words "Presidential electors for (here insert the last name of the candidate for President, the word 'and' and the last name of the candidate for Vice President)". The names of the Presidential Electors do not appear on the ballot. (Sec. 9-175a) A vote cast therefor shall be counted, and shall be in all respects effective, as a vote for each of the presidential electors representing such candidates for President and Vice President.
Election Results
Presidential Election Results
- Connecticut Presidential Election Results 2004 Summary Page
- Connecticut Presidential Election Results 2000 Summary Page
- Connecticut Presidential Election Results 1996 Summary Page
- Connecticut Presidential Election Results 1992 Summary Page
- Connecticut Presidential Election Results 1988 Summary Page
- Connecticut Presidential Election Results 1984 Summary Page
- Connecticut Presidential Election Results 1980 Summary Page
- Connecticut Presidential Election Results 1976 Summary Page
- Connecticut Presidential Election Results 1972 Summary Page
- Connecticut Presidential Election Results 1968 Summary Page
- Connecticut Presidential Election Results 1964 Summary Page
- Connecticut Presidential Election Results 1960 Summary Page
Senatorial Election Results
Gubernatorial Election Results
- Connecticut Gubernatorial Election Results 2002 Summary Page
- Connecticut Gubernatorial Election Results 1998 Summary Page
