Sec. 9-282. Ballot to resolve tie vote. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 9-282. Ballot to resolve tie vote. If the electors fail to choose a candidate for any office by reason of an equality of votes at any election, and no provision is otherwise made by law for the election of a candidate to such office, such election shall stand adjourned for one week at the same hour at which the first election was held. Official ballots of the same form and description as hereinbefore described, except that such ballots shall contain only the names of the candidates for which the same are to be voted, shall be used in the election on such adjourned day, and the election shall be conducted in the same manner as on the first day, except that the ballots shall be given for such officer only. Ballots for such election shall be procured forthwith from the Secretary of the State by the clerk of the municipality wherein such election stands adjourned, and such clerk shall furnish the Secretary of the State with an accurate list of all candidates to be voted for at such adjourned election.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1085; 1953, S. 758d.)

      Moderator, town clerk and selectman have no power to make this statute effective and mandamus does not lie against them. 130 C. 717.