Sec. 9-292. Method of voting. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 9-292. Method of voting. To vote for candidates the elector shall place a cross (×), plus (+) or check (√) in the voting space next to the left of the name of such candidate. When two or more candidates for the same office are to be elected, the elector shall make a cross (×), plus (+) or check (√) in the voting space to the left of the names of all the candidates for that office for whom he desires to vote, the number voted for not to exceed the number of candidates who are to be elected. To vote for a registered write-in candidate, the elector shall write the name of such person under the title of the office in the blank space provided for that purpose in the blank column, and may make a cross (×), plus (+) or check (√) after the name of such person. Any ballot marked in any manner other than as provided in this part and any ballot bearing any mark other than cross (×), plus (+) or check (√) used for the purpose of voting shall be void; but this provision shall not be so construed as to prevent any elector from writing the name of any candidate upon any ballot as hereinbefore provided.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1040; 1953, S. 769d; 1963, P.A. 223, S. 3; P.A. 87-382, S. 32, 55.)

      History: 1963 act changed permissible ballot marks from a cross-mark (×) to a cross (×), plus (+) or check (√); P.A. 87-382 repealed provisions re straight ticket and split ticket voting and substituted "registered write-in candidate" for "person whose name does not appear on the ballot".

      Marking ballots for office of first selectman. 91 C. 365; 104 C. 399. Meaning of "ticket". Id., 400. Splitting ticket. 102 C. 598; 105 C. 258; 106 C. 104.

      Write-in ballots for candidate for unexpired term on board of education, though no formal nominations for office, valid. 18 CS 73.