Sec. 9-181. State officers. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 9-181. State officers. At the state election to be held in 1966, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General to hold their respective offices from the Wednesday following the first Monday of the January next succeeding their election until the Wednesday following the first Monday of the fifth January succeeding their election and until their successors are qualified. When any political party has nominated candidates for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, their names shall be so placed upon the ballot in any such election that any elector will cast a single vote for both candidates.

      (1953, S. 663d; 1963, P.A. 401, S. 1.)

      History: 1963 act added provision for placing names of candidates for governor and lieutenant governor on ballot so that elector casts a single vote for both candidates.