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CT Gen Stat § 9-158j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 145 - Absentee Voting|Section 9-158j - Notice to registrars.

 Upon receipt of an application for a “Presidential Ballot” or “Overseas Ballot” the town clerk shall forthwith notify the registrars of voters of the applicant's name, with a notation designating him as a person voting for presidential and vice-presidential electors or federal offices only. If the name of a presidential voter who is a former resident appears on the registry list, the registrars shall insert the letters “pf” in the margin preceding his name. The registrars shall prepare a list of names and addresses of presidential voters and overseas electors whose names do not appear on the registry list, for each voting district, which list shall accompany the check list to be used at such election in such district. The registrars shall insert the letters “pf” in the margin of such list of presidential voters preceding the name of each applicant who is a former resident.(1972, P.A. 196, S. 10; P.A. 82-247, S. 7; P.A. 86-179, S. 37, 53.)History: P.A. 82-247 deleted provision requiring registrars to insert letter “p” in margin preceding absentee elector's name; P.A. 86-179 made technical changes and added references to overseas balloting.
CT Gen Stat § 9-158k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 145 - Absentee Voting|Section 9-158k - Town clerk to maintain file of information from other states or towns.

 Section 9-158k is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.(1972, P.A. 196, S. 11; P.A. 86-179, S. 38, 53; P.A. 87-382, S. 17, 55; P.A. 12-56, S. 14.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-158l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 145 - Absentee Voting|Section 9-158l - False statements. Neglect of duty by public official.

 Any person wilfully making a false statement on any statement required by sections 9-158a to 9-158m, inclusive, to be made in the form of an affidavit or a statement under penalties of false statement in absentee balloting, shall be subject to the penalties imposed by law for such statements. If any public official wilfully refuses or neglects to perform any of the duties prescribed by sections 9-158a to 9-158m, inclusive, or violates any of the provisions of said sections, such official shall be subject to the penalties imposed by law.(1972, P.A. 196, S. 12; P.A. 74-96, S. 7, 9; P.A. 86-179, S. 39, 53; P.A. 12-56, S. 8.)History: P.A. 74-96 added “in absentee balloting” following “false statement”; P.A. 86-179 made technical changes; P.A. 12-56 deleted references to Secs. 9-140b and 9-140c and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2013.
CT Gen Stat § 9-158m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 145 - Absentee Voting|Section 9-158m - Absentee voting law applicable.

 Except as otherwise provided in sections 9-158a to 9-158m, inclusive, the provisions of law relating to absentee ballots shall apply to the distribution, casting and counting of presidential and overseas ballots under said sections and to the furnishing of election supplies and ballots, canvassing of ballots and making returns of the results of the election under said sections.(1972, P.A. 196, S. 13; P.A. 86-179, S. 40, 53.)History: P.A. 86-179 added reference to overseas balloting and made technical change.
CT Gen Stat § 9-158n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 145 - Absentee Voting|Section 9-158n - Voting in person.

 Section 9-158n is repealed.(1972, P.A. 196, S. 17; P.A. 78-153, S. 18, 32; P.A. 82-247, S. 12.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-164a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-164a - Transitional terms of office.

 Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, in any municipality in which the date of the municipal election has been changed under section 9-164 and in which the terms of office of one or more elected municipal officers had not, or will have not, expired at the time of the holding of the first municipal election in accordance with such changed date under said section, the legislative body of such municipality shall, prior to July 25, 1969, provide for a reasonable method of transition for such offices which may include reasonable extension of such terms and provision for interim terms. Except as provided in sections 9-164b to 9-164f, inclusive, 9-187 and 9-187a, in the absence of such action by such legislative body, the terms of any such officers which do not terminate within three months after such first or a subsequent municipal election held under said section 9-164 shall be extended to the municipal election next held after the expiration of such terms, or to such date, within seventy days after such election, on which the terms of municipal officers generally begin in such municipality, at which election successors shall be elected for the terms provided for by law or for such other transitional terms as are necessary to provide the rotation required by law. The clerk of the municipality, in preparing the list provided for under section 9-254, shall set forth such terms or transitional terms therein.(1969, P.A. 570, S. 1.)Cited. 192 C. 399.
CT Gen Stat § 9-164b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-164b - Deferred terms.

 As to any board or commission with a rotating membership, some of the members of which, prior to the change to a uniform municipal election date under section 9-164, were elected for terms beginning approximately one year after the date of their election, the legislative body may provide for such conforming changes in the beginning date of the terms of office as are designed to continue the rotation with regard to such office as it existed prior to such change, and in the absence of such action by such legislative body, the beginning date of the terms of such office shall be so changed by the clerk of the municipality in preparing the list provided for under section 9-254. With respect to any board or commission with a rotating membership established under sections 8-1, 8-4a, 8-5 and 8-19, the authority empowered to prescribe the term of office of the members of such board or commission, if it is authorized under said sections to provide for an odd-numbered year term, may further provide for deferred terms by prescribing which terms are to begin approximately one year from the date on which the terms of municipal officers generally begin in such municipality.(1969, P.A. 570, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 715.)History: 1971 act added authorization with respect to board or commission with rotating membership for deferred terms to be prescribed by authority so empowered, where it is authorized to provide for an odd-numbered year term.
CT Gen Stat § 9-164c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-164c - Change of municipal election date.

 After January 1, 1970, any municipality may by charter, or by vote of the legislative body approved at a referendum of the electors to be held within thirty days thereafter, change the date of its municipal election by designating the alternate date specified in section 9-164 as the date of the municipal election, provided (1) no such charter provision adopted, nor such vote of such legislative body so approved, within six months prior to any municipal election may be effective with respect thereto, and (2) in changing from the November municipal election date specified in section 9-164 to the May municipal election date therein specified, the terms of incumbent municipal elected officials shall be diminished to conform to such change but for a period of not more than nine months and (3) in changing from the May municipal election date specified in section 9-164 to the November date therein specified, the terms of incumbent municipal elected officials shall be extended to conform to such change but for a period of not more than nine months.(1969, P.A. 570, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-164d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-164d - Notification to secretary.

 The clerk of a municipality shall forthwith notify the Secretary of the State in writing of any change in the date of the municipal election of such municipality or in terms of elected officials thereof, the date such action was taken, the effective date thereof, the manner in which or the authority by which it was taken, and reference to the law under which it was taken.(1969, P.A. 570, S. 6.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-164e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-164e - Proposed action to be submitted to municipal attorney.

 Before any action is taken under sections 9-164a to 9-164f, inclusive, 9-187 and 9-187a, such proposed action shall be submitted by the legislative body to the municipal attorney of the municipality taking such action for approval as to conforming to law.(1969, P.A. 570, S. 7.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-164f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-164f - Election of registrars unaffected.

 Nothing in sections 9-164a to 9-164e, inclusive, 9-187 and 9-187a, shall affect the election of registrars of voters.(1969, P.A. 570, S. 9; P.A. 74-109, S. 2, 11.)History: P.A. 74-109 deleted justices of the peace, effective upon adoption of an amendment (Senate Joint Resolution No. 22 of the 1973 session) to the Constitution of Connecticut.
CT Gen Stat § 9-168 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-168 - Place of holding elections.

 In any town not divided into voting districts, the place of holding elections may be determined by the legislative body of such town. In towns divided into voting districts the place of holding elections shall be determined as provided in section 9-169 or any special act, whichever applies. Except as provided in section 9-169a, state elections shall be held at the usual place or places of holding elections in the town or the voting districts thereof, as the case may be, unless the registrars of voters, in writing, have designated to the clerk of such town, at least thirty-one days before any such state election, a different place or places for holding such election. Unless otherwise provided by special act, the place of holding city or borough elections shall be determined by the legislative body of such city or borough. Any provision of any charter or special act to the contrary notwithstanding, the place or places of holding an election shall be determined at least thirty-one days prior to such election, and such place or places shall not be changed within the period of thirty-one days prior to such election except that, if the municipal clerk and registrars of voters of a municipality unanimously find that any such polling place within such municipality has been rendered unusable within such period, they shall forthwith designate another polling place to be used in place of the one so rendered unusable and shall give adequate notice that such polling place has been so changed.(1949 Rev., S. 529; 1953, S. 650d; 1961, P.A. 398, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 323, S. 1; P.A. 73-657, S. 3, 13; P.A. 81-472, S. 120, 159.)History: 1961 act imposed thirty-one-day limitation for changing the place of an election; 1963 act provided that legislative body of the town determine the place of holding elections rather than town meeting and gave registrars of voters rather than selectmen power to change voting places; P.A. 73-657 added exception for provisions of Sec. 9-169a with reference to “split voting districts”; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes.Cited. 192 C. 399.
CT Gen Stat § 9-168b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-168b - Designation of polling places in adjacent voting districts.

 When in the written opinion of the registrars of any municipality, the lack of an existing convenient or suitable polling place within the lines of a particular voting district necessitates the designation of a polling place in an adjacent district, such registrars may designate a convenient and suitable polling place in a voting district adjacent thereto, located as near as possible to the boundaries of the voting district for which designated. A separate location from the existing polling place for such adjacent district shall be designated, except that a separate room within such existing polling place may be designated. Such written opinion and designation shall be filed with the municipal clerk not later than ninety days before a regular election, or primary. Within ten days after such filing, the municipal clerk shall cause notice of such filing to be published in the newspaper having the greatest circulation in the town. Such designation shall remain in effect for future elections and primaries, until the registrars file a document with the municipal clerk stating that the designation of such polling place in an adjacent district is no longer necessary.(P.A. 74-154, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-93; P.A. 77-231, S. 1, 2; 77-245, S. 5; P.A. 83-391, S. 13, 24; P.A. 04-113, S. 3.)History: P.A. 75-93 deleted requirement that lack of existing suitable polling place be “resulting from assembly, senatorial or congressional district lines in effect in any election or primary”; P.A. 77-231 added “convenient” to “suitable polling place” where appearing, provided that a separate location from existing polling place for adjacent district must be designated and deleted reference to Sec. 9-168a as an exception to this section; P.A. 77-245 changed “town” to “municipal” clerk where appearing; P.A. 83-391 authorized use of a separate room in an existing polling place as polling place for an adjacent district; P.A. 04-113 deleted requirement that legislative body approve designation of separate room within existing polling place in adjacent district and added provision re duration of designation under section, effective July 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 9-168c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-168c - Accessibility of polling places to physically disabled voters.

 Section 9-168c is repealed.(P.A. 75-280; P.A. 78-117, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-168e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-168e - Parking spaces at polling places for handicapped and infirm elderly persons.

 If space is available at a polling place, the registrars of voters or legislative body of the town in which the polling place is located shall designate two or more parking spaces for motor vehicles (1) which display the special parking identification card or bear the special set of number plates provided for in section 14-253a or (2) which are operated by infirm persons who are sixty-five years of age or older and who do not qualify for such a card.(P.A. 87-286.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-169b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-169b - Effective date of changes in voting districts.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-168b and 9-169, any change or changes in voting districts made in any municipality in accordance with the provisions of section 9-169, to conform, or facilitate conforming, to any plan of districting for the General Assembly or for the congressional districts, adopted by the General Assembly or determined by any reapportionment commission, appointed in accordance with the provisions of article 26 of the amendments to the Constitution of Connecticut, or ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, or to conform, or facilitate conforming, to any order entered by a court of competent jurisdiction relating to a plan of districting for the General Assembly or for the congressional districts, adopted by the legislative body of the municipality shall be deemed effective as of the date of adoption, except as provided in section 9-169e.(1972, P.A. 220, S. 3; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-3, S. 2, 5; P.A. 92-1, S. 5, 8.)History: Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-3 deleted obsolete references to 1972 changes, applied provisions to districting plans for congressional districts and specified that changes are effective as of adoption date except as provided in Sec. 9-169e, replacing provision whereby changes were effective “upon passage” by municipality's legislative body; P.A. 92-1 updated the reference to the apportionment amendment to the constitution and made a technical change.
CT Gen Stat § 9-169c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-169c - At-large election of members of legislative bodies of certain towns.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of any charter or special act to the contrary, in any town in which members of its legislative body are elected on the basis of assembly districts and where as a result of redistricting one or more of such assembly districts are shared with another town, such members may be elected on an at-large basis without reference to such assembly districts or other political subdivisions, unless and until such town changes its charter.(P.A. 73-657, S. 4, 13.)Cited. 205 C. 495.
CT Gen Stat § 9-169d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-169d - Voting districts crossing legislative district lines, permitted for municipal elections.

 The legislative body of any town, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough which elects municipal officers from political subdivisions may establish, in accordance with the provisions of section 9-169, for use in municipal elections and primaries, voting districts which cross congressional, senatorial or assembly district lines, but which do not cross municipal political subdivision lines, provided no special state election may be held on the same day as a regular municipal election in such municipalities.(P.A. 74-197, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-169e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-169e - Voting districts in special elections held to fill vacancy in district or municipal office.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, any special act or home rule charter, any special election held to fill a vacancy in a district office or in a municipal office in a political subdivision, including the municipal office of state senator or state representative, shall be held in the district or political subdivision which was represented by the person who vacated such office, and the voting districts used for purposes of such special election, including the nomination of candidates to run in such election, shall conform to the boundaries of such district or political subdivision.(Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-3, S. 3, 5.)See part III (Secs. 9-211 to 9-224, inclusive) re procedure for filling vacancies in specific offices.
CT Gen Stat § 9-169f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-169f - Reapportionment required for certain municipal legislative bodies.

 Not later than June first in the year after the first regular General Assembly election following a reapportionment of the General Assembly, each municipal legislative body whose members are elected wholly or partially on the basis of a geographical division of the municipality shall adopt a reapportionment plan for such legislative body. Any such municipal reapportionment plan (1) shall be based on population data for the municipality from the most recent decennial census of the United States and (2) may provide for geographical divisions which use the same borders as General Assembly districts in the municipality.(P.A. 89-283.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-169g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-169g - Town clerks required to submit voting district maps to Secretary of the State. Use of maps by General Assembly.

 (a) The town clerk of any municipality (1) which is divided between two or more assembly districts, two or more senatorial districts or two or more congressional districts, or (2) which is not divided between any such districts but is divided into two or more voting districts for General Assembly or congressional elections, shall submit to the Secretary of the State a street map of the municipality which indicates the boundary lines of the voting districts established by the municipality in accordance with sections 9-169, 9-169a and 9-169d. The town clerk shall submit such map to the secretary in a printed or electronic format prescribed by the secretary (A) not later than thirty days after any such division first takes effect, and (B) not later than thirty days after any change in any such division takes effect.(b) The Secretary of the State shall make such maps available to the General Assembly, for use by the General Assembly in carrying out its responsibilities under (1) Article XXVI of the Amendments to the Constitution of Connecticut, or any subsequent corresponding state constitutional provision, with regard to the redistricting of assembly, senatorial and congressional districts, and (2) Public Law 94-171, concerning the establishment of a plan identifying the geographic areas for which specific tabulations of population are desired in the decennial census of the United States.(P.A. 97-116, S. 1, 2; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 114.)History: P.A. 97-116 effective July 1, 1997; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by deleting provision re July 1997 dates and by specifying that submission of map shall be in printed or electronic format prescribed by Secretary, effective October 5, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 9-170 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-170 - Eligibility to vote at town elections.

 At any regular or special town election any person may vote who is registered as an elector on the revised registry list of the town last completed and he shall vote only in the district in which he is so registered, provided any person may vote whose name is restored to the list under the provisions of section 9-42 or whose name is added on the last week day before a regular election under the provisions of section 9-17. Each person so registered shall be permitted to vote unless he is not a bona fide resident of the town and political subdivision holding the election or has been convicted of a disfranchising crime. Any person offering to vote and being challenged as to his identity or residence shall, before he votes, prove his identity with the person on whose name he offers to vote or his bona fide residence in the town and political subdivision holding the election, as the case may be, by the testimony, under oath, of at least one other elector or by such other evidence acceptable to the moderator.(1949 Rev., S. 496; 1953, S. 652d; P.A. 75-348, S. 7, 11; P.A. 97-154, S. 16, 27.)History: P.A. 75-348 inserted “is not a bona fide resident of such town” for less definitive wording and added “or by such other evidence acceptable to the moderator”; P.A. 97-154 substituted “the town and political subdivision holding the election” for “such town”, effective July 1, 1997.