CT SB00423

Allows candidates to authorize how their names appear on ballots rather than requiring names to match registry lists, applying to municipal, state, and district offices effective July 1, 2010.

Removes special treatment for state senator and state representative offices, applying the same ballot name rules to all municipal offices.

Requires minor party and nominating petition candidates to file certificates or statements of consent specifying authorized ballot names, signatures, and full street addresses.

Changes responsibility for posting constitutional amendment explanations from town clerks to registrars of voters, and clarifies amendment approval language to reference both amendments and ballot questions.

Eliminates exceptions that previously allowed candidates to change registered names before primary and general elections; all name changes on registry lists no longer affect how candidates' names appear on ballots.