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CT Gen Stat § 9-229b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-229b - Regional election monitors. Contract. Memorandum of understanding.

 (a) There shall be a regional election monitor within each planning region, as defined in section 4-124i, who shall represent, consult with and act on behalf of the Secretary of the State in preparations for and operations of any election, primary or recanvass, or any audit conducted pursuant to section 9-320f.(b) Not later than March first of the year of each regular election, each regional council of governments shall contract with an individual, in accordance with section 4-124p, to serve as the regional election monitor for such planning region. The regional election monitor shall (1) be an elector of this state, (2) perform the duties of the position in a nonpartisan manner, (3) have prior field experience in the conduct of elections, and (4) be certified by the Secretary of the State in accordance with subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 9-229 or as soon after execution of such contract as practicable. The regional election monitor shall not be considered a state employee and shall, in accordance with such contract, be compensated for the performance of any duty agreed upon by the parties and reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of such duties. The regional council of governments shall, in accordance with such contract, provide the regional election monitor with any space, supplies, equipment and services necessary to properly carry out the duties of the position. The regional council of governments may terminate such contract for any reason.(c) Not later than March first of the year of each regular election, each regional council of governments shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of the State concerning the regional election monitor under contract pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. The regional council of governments shall confirm within such memorandum of understanding that (1) each requirement described in subsection (b) of this section is satisfied and the contract between the regional council of governments and the individual who shall serve as regional election monitor specifies minimum expectations of performance under such contract, (2) such regional election monitor is subject to the control and direction of the Secretary of the State, (3) revocation by the Secretary of the State of such regional election monitor's certification constitutes breach of such contract and results in immediate termination of such contract, and (4) such regional election monitor is retained, absent termination of such contract by the council, until at least thirty days after such regular election.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 442.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective January 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 9-230 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-230 - Authority of registrars and moderators to prevent or suppress disorder.

 The registrars of voters may request the head of the police department of the municipality, or, if none, a constable serving such municipality, to provide police protection at any polling place of any regular or special state or municipal election where they may anticipate disorder. The moderator of such election may, when any disorder arises in such election and the offender refuses to submit to the moderator's lawful authority, order any officer with power of arrest to take the offender into custody and, if necessary, to remove the offender from such election until the offender conforms to order or, if need be, until such election is closed, and thereupon such officer may command all necessary assistance. Any person refusing to assist when commanded shall be liable to the same penalties as for refusing to assist constables in the execution of their duties, but no person commanded to assist shall be deprived of such person's right to vote at such election, nor shall the offender be so deprived any longer than the offender refuses to conform to order.(1949 Rev., S. 521, 1114; 1953, S. 707d; 1971, P.A. 317; P.A. 00-99, S. 135, 154.)History: 1971 act provided registrars may request police protection at any polling place where disorder anticipated; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriffs and made technical changes, effective December 1, 2000.Enforcement of provision requires no issue of process. 65 C. 30. Cited. 135 C. 153.Cited. 19 CS 252.
CT Gen Stat § 9-231 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-231 - Oath of election officials.

 All election officials shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties, and the several moderators and registrars may administer such oaths.(1949 Rev., S. 1051; 1953, S. 708d.)See Sec. 1-25 re forms of oaths.
CT Gen Stat § 9-232 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-232 - Challengers. Challenges not to be indiscriminate and under oath.

 (a) Each registrar may appoint one or more challengers in his town or district, one of whom may be present at the offering of any vote; and any such challenger or any elector may challenge the right of any person offering to vote, on the ground of want of identity with the person on whose name the vote is offered, or disfranchisement or lack of bona fide residence, and the moderator shall decide upon the right of the person so challenged to vote.(b) Challenges shall not be made indiscriminately and may only be made if the challenger knows, suspects or reasonably believes such a person not to be qualified and entitled to vote. Any challenge by an elector and the statement of the person challenged shall be under oath, administered by the moderator.(1949 Rev., S. 1060; 1953, S. 709d; P.A. 75-348, S. 1, 11.)History: P.A. 75-348 added new Subsec. (b) re grounds for challenges and required oath.
CT Gen Stat § 9-232a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-232a - Remedy for denial of voting rights.

 Any elector qualified to vote and offering to vote at any election, who is denied the right to vote because his name has been checked off on the check list in use at his polling place, but who claims that he has not in fact voted or offered himself to vote either in person or by absentee ballot, shall be permitted to vote upon signing and furnishing to the moderator a statement, under penalties of false statement, that he is an elector qualified to vote in that election and has neither offered himself to vote nor voted in person or by absentee ballot at said election. Such statement shall be in form substantially as follows:To the Moderator of .... (Polling Place)I, .... (Name), of .... (Street Address), of the (City) (Town) (Borough) of .... do hereby state, under the penalties of false statement, that (1) I am an elector in said municipality, (2) I am qualified to vote in the (State) (City) (Town) (Borough) (Special) election being held in said municipality on this date and (3) I have not prior to this time offered myself to vote or voted either in person or by absentee ballot at said election..... a.m., p.m. (exact time of day)Dated at ...., Connecticut, this .... day of ...., 20....... (Signature).... (Address)Received at .... (Time) (a.m.) (p.m.) on this .... day of ...., 20.., by, .... (Signature) Moderator of .... (Polling Place)(February, 1965, P.A. 255, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 73.)History: 1971 act changed penalty of “perjury” to “false statement” where appearing; (Revisor's note: In 2001 the references in this section to the date “19..” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “20..” to reflect the new millennium).
CT Gen Stat § 9-232b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-232b - Penalty for false statement.

 Any person wilfully making a false statement in a statement which he signs and furnishes to a moderator of an election under section 9-232a shall be guilty of false statement, as provided in section 9-8, and shall be subject to the penalties provided for false statement.(February, 1965, P.A. 255, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 74; 1972, P.A. 294, S. 5.)History: 1971 act substituted “false statement” for “perjury”; 1972 act deleted reference to primary.See Sec. 9-439b re penalty for false statement in statement to moderator under Sec. 9-439a.
CT Gen Stat § 9-232c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-232c - Moderator to keep memorandum of challenge; form.

 The moderator shall keep an accurate memorandum of the challenge which shall include (1) the name of the challenged voter; (2) his registry list address; (3) the reason for the challenge; (4) the name and address of the challenger; (5) pertinent facts concerning the challenge; and (6) the result of the moderator's decision. The challenged voter shall also sign such memorandum and it shall be assigned the same number as the challenged ballot.(P.A. 75-348, S. 4, 11.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-232d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-232d - Request for challenged ballot.

 If the moderator's decision pursuant to section 9-232 is not favorable to the challenged voter, such person may request a challenged ballot by submitting an application to the moderator, such application shall include as part thereof an affidavit that such person possesses all the qualifications for voting and is entitled to vote at the election.(P.A. 75-348, S. 2, 11.)
CT Gen Stat § 9-232e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-232e - Casting of challenged ballot, procedure.

 Any person requesting a challenged ballot and entitled thereto shall announce his or her name to the official checkers. The registrars of voters or the assistant registrar of voters, as the case may be, shall write, in red ink, before the elector's name on the registry list the initials “CB”. The challenged ballot shall be a regular ballot. After the voter has so announced his or her name, the moderator shall deliver to such voter a regular ballot together with a serially-numbered envelope marked “Challenged Ballot”. The challenged voter shall forthwith mark the ballot in the presence of the moderator in such manner that the moderator shall not know how the ballot is marked. The challenged voter shall then fold the ballot in the presence of the moderator so as to conceal the markings and deposit and seal it in the serially-numbered envelope. The challenged voter shall then deliver such envelope to the moderator. The moderator shall retain all such envelopes in an envelope provided by the registrars of voters that shall be sealed immediately following the close of the polls. Such envelope shall be delivered to the head moderator who shall file the envelope with the municipal clerk. The municipal clerk shall retain such envelope until the time when such envelope may be destroyed.(P.A. 75-348, S. 3, 11; P.A. 76-329, S. 1; P.A. 77-202, S. 3, 4; P.A. 91-286, S. 4; P.A. 07-194, S. 17.)History: P.A. 76-329 deleted provision for depositing challenged ballot in locked ballot box and substituted “deliver such envelope to the moderator” with further provision that moderator retain “all such envelopes in an envelope which he shall seal immediately following the close of the polls”; P.A. 77-202 modified that to include that the latter envelope be provided by the secretary of the state; P.A. 91-286 amended section to require that envelope containing serially-numbered envelopes be prescribed by secretary of the state and provided by municipal clerk instead of provided by secretary; P.A. 07-194 made technical changes, added requirement to use red ink to mark “CB” before elector's name and provided for delivery of sealed envelope to head moderator who shall file envelope with municipal clerk for retention.
CT Gen Stat § 9-232f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-232f - Preservation and counting of challenged ballots.

 The town clerk shall preserve such ballots in the sealed envelopes for a period of one hundred eighty days after the election. However, in the case of a contested election, either party to such action may request the court to order that the sealed envelopes containing challenged ballots be delivered to the board of admissions by the town clerk together with any memorandum or remarks which were attached to the election returns or required to be so attached. If so ordered, the board of admissions shall then convene and consider each challenged ballot and rule as to which ballots shall be counted. The results thereof shall be added to the vote totals. Federal offices shall not be counted on a challenged ballot that was issued to a person who was also issued a provisional ballot.(P.A. 75-348, S. 5, 11; P.A. 76-329, S. 2; P.A. 87-382, S. 20, 55; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 99.)History: P.A. 76-329 substituted “sealed envelopes” for “locked ballot box” and “ballot box” where appearing; P.A. 87-382 substituted “one hundred eighty days” for “six months”; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 prohibited federal offices from being counted on challenged ballot issued to person who was also issued provisional ballot, effective January 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 9-232i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-232i - Definition.

 As used in this section and sections 9-23r and 9-232l, “election for federal office” means an election for electors of President and Vice-President, an election or primary for United States Senator and an election or primary for Representative in Congress.(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 83.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 effective January 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 9-232j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-232j - Provisional ballot packets for elections for federal office.

 The moderator of the election in each voting district shall appear at the office of the town clerk not later than eight o'clock p.m. of the day before an election for federal office. At such time, the town clerk shall provide a provisional ballot packet to such moderator or moderators. Each packet shall include: (1) The appropriate number of provisional ballots for federal office provided by the Secretary of the State, which shall be equal to not less than one per cent of the number of electors who are eligible to vote in the voting district served by the moderator, or such other number as the municipal clerk and the registrars agree is sufficient to protect electors' voting rights, (2) the appropriate number of serially-numbered envelopes prescribed by the Secretary, (3) a provisional ballot inventory form, (4) a provisional ballot depository envelope, and (5) other necessary forms prescribed by the Secretary.(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 84.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 effective January 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 9-232k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-232k - Secretary of the State to prescribe and provide provisional ballots.

 The Secretary of the State shall prescribe and provide to town clerks the provisional ballot which shall be a ballot of candidates for federal office. The Secretary may prescribe that the provisional ballot be the overseas ballot prepared under section 9-158i.(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 85.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 effective January 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 9-232l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-232l - Applications for provisional ballots.

 (a) An individual may apply for and be issued a provisional ballot if (1) the individual appears at the polling place and declares that such individual is an elector in the town in which the individual desires to vote and that the individual is eligible to vote in the primary or election for federal office in the polling place, but the name of the individual does not appear on the official registry list for such polling place, and (2) the registrars determine that such name cannot be restored under section 9-42 or transferred from another polling place under section 9-35.(b) If the moderator decides that an elector, whose name appears on the registry list and who has been challenged pursuant to sections 9-232 to 9-232f, inclusive, is not eligible to vote in the primary or election for federal office, such elector may apply for and cast a provisional ballot upon the execution of a written affirmation by the elector at the polling place affirming that the elector is qualified to vote in the election or primary for federal office in the polling place and has neither offered himself to vote nor voted in person or by absentee ballot at said election or primary for federal office at the polling place.(c) Such application for provisional ballot shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the State, executed before an election official and include a written affirmation, under penalty of false statement in absentee balloting pursuant to section 9-359a, which shall be in the form substantially as follows:AFFIRMATION: I, the undersigned, do hereby state, under penalties of false statement, that:1. I am an elector in the town indicated.2. I am eligible to vote in the election or primary indicated for federal office today in the town and polling place indicated.3.a. My name does not appear on the official list of eligible voters for the polling place indicated, and the polling place officials called the registrars of voters and were told that my name did not appear on the active registry list for this town for at least one of the four years previous or on one of the preliminary active registry lists for this year; orb. The moderator decided that I am not eligible to vote for federal office in the town indicated for the reason of disfranchisement, lack of identity, lack of bona fide residence or failure to present the prescribed identification required for new electors after January 1, 2003, indicated.4. My residence address is located in the voting district that this polling place serves.5. I have not voted and I will not vote otherwise than by this ballot in person or by absentee ballot at this election or primary for federal office.6. I apply for a provisional ballot for federal office.(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 86.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 effective January 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 9-232m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-232m - Casting of provisional ballots.

 Upon receipt of an application for provisional ballot, the moderator shall provide the applicant with a provisional ballot and a serially-numbered envelope and shall make a record of such issuance on the provisional ballot inventory form. The applicant shall forthwith mark the ballot in the presence of a polling place official in such manner that the official shall not know how the ballot is marked. The applicant shall then fold the ballot in the presence of the polling place official so as to conceal the markings and deposit and seal it in the serially-numbered envelope in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of the State. The polling place official shall provide such documentation to the elector so the elector may later verify whether the elector's provisional ballot was counted, and shall deposit the provisional ballot and envelope in the provisional ballot depository envelope. The elector shall then immediately leave the room. The registrars of voters shall provide a free access system restricted to the elector who cast the ballot to verify if the provisional ballot was counted, and if the ballot was not counted, the reason that the ballot was not counted.(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 87.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 effective January 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 9-232n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-232n - Determination of eligibility of provisional ballot applicants to vote. Report. Corrected return.

 Immediately after the close of the polls, the moderator shall seal the provisional ballot depository envelope and deliver such envelope to the registrars of voters of the town. The registrars of voters shall forthwith verify the information contained with each provisional ballot. If the registrars of voters determine that the applicant is eligible to vote, they shall note their decision on the outer envelope of the ballot and open and count the provisional ballot in accordance with the provisions of sections 9-232i to 9-232o, inclusive, and procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the State. If the registrars of voters are unable to determine that the applicant is eligible to vote or determine that the applicant is not eligible to vote, the applicant's provisional ballot sealed envelope shall be marked “rejected”, along with the reason for such rejection, and signed by the registrars of voters. The registrars of voters shall verify and count all provisional ballots in their town not later than six days after the election or primary. The registrars of voters shall forthwith prepare and sign in duplicate a report showing the number of provisional ballots received from electors, the number rejected and the number counted, and showing the additional votes counted for each candidate for federal office on the provisional ballots. The registrars of voters shall file one report with the town clerk and shall seal one in the depository envelope with the provisional ballots and file such depository envelope with the town clerk. The depository envelope shall be preserved by the town clerk for the period of time required to preserve counted absentee ballots for federal elections. The head moderator shall forthwith file a corrected return for federal offices with the town clerk and the Secretary showing (1) the final votes after any recanvass, pursuant to sections 9-311 to 9-311b, inclusive, the votes on provisional ballots and the totals, and (2) the number of provisional ballots received from electors, the number rejected and the number counted, as reported by the registrars of voters.(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 88; P.A. 04-74, S. 2.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 effective January 1, 2004; P.A. 04-74 changed references to sections applicable to the opening and counting of provisional ballots, effective May 10, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 9-232o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 146 - Elections|Section 9-232o - Counting of provisional ballots.

 Except as otherwise provided by the general statutes, section 9-23r and sections 9-232i to 9-232o, inclusive, the provisions of the general statutes concerning procedures relating to counting absentee ballots shall apply as nearly as may be, in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of the State, to counting the provisional ballots under sections 9-232i to 9-232o, inclusive.(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 89.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 effective January 1, 2004.