§ Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-453mSignatures, effect of variations.

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The use of titles, initials or customary abbreviations of given names by the signer of a nominating petition shall not invalidate such signature if the identity of the signer can be readily established by reference to the signature on the petition and the name of a person as it appears on the last-completed registry list at the address indicated or of a person who has been admitted as an elector since the completion of such list. (1971, P.A. 806, S. 14.)

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