HB 5280 Summary

• Allows candidates and their agents to correct errors or omissions on election-related filing certificates without penalty if corrected by specified deadlines (14th day after conventions for state/district offices, 19th day for candidacy certificates).

• Removes state residency requirement for petition circulators, requiring instead that non-resident circulators agree to submit to state jurisdiction and comply with federal case law regarding petition circulation.

• Reduces filing deadline for primary candidacies in Congressional and probate judge races from 14 days to 1 day after party endorsement to allow primaries to be held.

• Centralizes election dispute adjudication to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford rather than local courts for certain state election, primary, and municipal office disputes.

• Permits Secretary of State to amend certificates to correct harmless errors without affirmatively searching for errors, maintaining records of such amendments.