Alves v. Giegler

Citations

• 348 Conn. 364

Syllabus

Pursuant to statute (§ 9-461), ''[n]ot later than the seventh day following the date set for the primary for nomination at any election at which a municipal office is to be filled, the clerk of the municipality in which such election is to be held shall file with the Secretary of the State a list of the candidates of each party for the municipal offices to be filled at such election nominated in accordance with the provisions of [the] chapter [of the General Statutes governing nominations to public office and political parties].'' Pursuant further to statute (§ 9-452a), ''[n]ot later than five days before a minor party holds a party meeting to nominate a candidate for public office, the presiding officer of such meeting shall give written notice of the date, time, location and purpose of the meeting to, in the case of a municipal office, the town clerk of the municipality served by such office,'' and, ''[c]oncomitantly, the presiding officer of such meeting shall cause the written notice of such meeting to be published in a newspaper with a general circulation in the applicable town for such office.'' The plaintiff, who was a candidate for mayor of the city of Danbury in the November, 2023 municipal election, brought this action in the trial court, pursuant to statute (§ 9-328), seeking certain injunctive and declaratory relief in connection with the decision of the named defendant, G, the Danbury town clerk, to submit to the Secretary of the State (secretary), pursuant to § 9-461, one of two competing slates of candidates for various municipal offices, each purporting to be the endorsed slate of the Inde- pendent Party of Danbury (Independent Party). The first slate filed with the Danbury town clerk's office consisted of candidates, including the plaintiff, who were supported by the Danbury Democratic Town Com- mittee and who were selected at an endorsement meeting held by the Independent Party on August 11, 2023. Notice of that meeting had been published in a loca