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.(P.A. 05-235, S. 31.)History: P.A. 05-235 effective July 1, 2005.
Connecticut Legal Code
§ 9-322b
Connecticut Title 9 — Connecticut law
Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_148.htm#sec_9-322b· Version 2026