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CT Gen Stat § 9-247 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-247 - Preparation of tabulators.

 The registrars of voters shall, before the day of the election, cause test ballots to be inserted in each tabulator to ensure that each tabulator is prepared and read and cause each other voting system approved by the Secretary of the State for use in the election, including, but not limited to, voting devices equipped for individuals with disabilities that comply with the provisions of the Help America Vote Act, P.L. 107-25, as amended from time to time, to be put in order in every way and set and adjust the same so that it shall be ready for use in voting when delivered at the polling place. Such registrars of voters shall cause each voting system to be in order and set and adjusted, to be delivered at the polling place, together with all necessary furniture and appliances that go with the same, at the room where the election is to be held, and to be tested and operable not later than one hour prior to the opening of the polling place.(1949 Rev., S. 1203; 1953, S. 724d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 9; 1969, P.A. 694, S. 11; P.A. 80-281, S. 13, 31; P.A. 11-20, S. 34; 11-173, S. 37.)History: 1969 act deleted “the official or officials ...” and substituted “registrars of voters” as having cognizance of preparation of machines; P.A. 80-281 required that each voting machine contain a pencil for write-in use; P.A. 11-20 deleted provisions re mechanics and pencil, replaced references to machine with references to tabulator or polling place and replaced “ballot labels” with “ballot”, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 11-173 replaced language re mechanics and machines with language re test ballots and preparation of tabulators, changed deadline for delivery and set-up of machines not later than six o'clock the day preceding the election to deadline for voting systems to be tested and operable one hour prior to opening of the polling place, and made technical changes, effective July 13, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-247a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-247a - Candidates, immediate family members and associated business entities prohibited from transporting, preparing, repairing or maintaining voting tabulator. Exception.

 No candidate, as defined in section 9-601, member of the immediate family, as defined in section 1-79, of a candidate or business entity that a candidate or member of the candidate's immediate family is an employee, director, officer, owner, limited or general partner or member of in any capacity shall transport, prepare, repair or maintain a voting tabulator. No provision of this section shall prohibit a member of the immediate family of a candidate from serving as a moderator.(P.A. 93-384, S. 15; P.A. 94-203, S. 2, 12; P.A. 11-20, S. 1; 11-173, S. 13.)History: P.A. 94-203 added Subdiv. (2) allowing candidate for registrar or immediate family member of such a candidate to serve as voting machine mechanic and made a technical change, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 11-173 added prohibition re business entity, deleted former Subdiv. (2) re exception for mechanics, replaced “machine” with “tabulator” and made a technical change, effective July 13, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-248 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-248 - Furnishing of supplies.

 When a voting tabulator is purchased or leased or otherwise provided for use in any municipality, the Secretary of the State shall prepare or approve samples of the following printed matter and supplies and shall furnish one of each to the officials of such municipality who have so provided such tabulator in accordance with the provisions of section 9-238: (1) Directions for testing and preparing the voting tabulators for the election; (2) one certificate on which the registrars of voters can certify that they have properly tested and prepared the tabulator for the election; (3) one certificate on which some person other than the registrars of voters who prepared the tabulator can certify that the tabulator has been examined and found to have been properly prepared for the election; (4) one certificate on which can be certified that party watchers have witnessed the testing and preparing of the tabulators; (5) one certificate that the tabulators have been delivered to polling places in good order; (6) one card for each polling place, stating the penalty for tampering with or injuring a voting tabulator; (7) two seals for sealing the tabulator; and (8) a report of an inspection of the tabulators by the moderator, registrars and checkers, which inspection shall be made before the opening of the polls. The registrars of voters shall, for each election, prepare and furnish said supplies for each voting tabulator, in conformity with said samples. The registrars of voters shall also prepare and furnish to the election officials tally and return blanks in such manner as may be directed by the Secretary of the State, except that all blanks furnished by said Secretary throughout the state shall be uniform in their printing.(1949 Rev., S. 1197, 1202; 1953, S. 725d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 10; P.A. 11-20, S. 13.)History: P.A. 11-20 replaced “machine” with “tabulator”, “machines” with “tabulators”, “mechanic” with “registrars of voters” and “municipal clerk” with “registrars of voters”, deleted former Subdivs. (8) and (9) re machine keys and former Subdiv. (10) re identifying information of mechanic, redesignated existing Subdiv. (11) as Subdiv. (8) and eliminated requirement that return blanks contain names of all candidates, effective May 24, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-249a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-249a - Order of parties on ballots.

 (a) The names of the parties shall be arranged on the ballots in the following order:(1) The party whose candidate for Governor polled the highest number of votes in the last-preceding election;(2) Other parties who had candidates for Governor in the last-preceding election, in descending order, according to the number of votes polled for each such candidate;(3) Minor parties who had no candidate for Governor in the last-preceding election;(4) Petitioning candidates with party designation whose names are contained in petitions approved pursuant to section 9-453o; and(5) Petitioning candidates with no party designation whose names are contained in petitions approved pursuant to section 9-453o.(b) Within each of subdivisions (3) and (4) of subsection (a) of this section, the following rules shall apply in the following order:(1) Precedence shall be given to the party any of whose candidates seeks an office representing more people than are represented by any office sought by any candidate of any other party;(2) A party having prior sequence of office as set forth in section 9-251 shall be given precedence; and(3) Parties shall be listed in alphabetical order.(c) Within subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of this section, candidates shall be listed according to the provisions of section 9-453r.(P.A. 76-159, S. 1; P.A. 87-382, S. 24, 55; P.A. 10-32, S. 24; P.A. 11-20, S. 15.)History: P.A. 87-382 deleted Subsec. (a)(3) re major parties who had no candidate for governor in the last-preceding election, and renumbered the remaining Subdivs. accordingly; P.A. 10-32 made technical changes, effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 11-20 replaced “machines” with “ballots” in Subsec. (a), effective May 24, 2011.The party whose candidate for governor polled the highest number of votes on that party's line shall be given precedence on the ballot in the subsequent general election. 307 C. 470.
CT Gen Stat § 9-249b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-249b - Arrangement of ballots when more than nine party designations and petitioning candidate rows.

 (a) If, after applying the provisions of sections 9-249a and 9-453r, the number of party designations and petitioning candidate rows on the ballot exceeds nine, the Secretary of the State may authorize (1) two or more party designations and petitioning candidates to appear on the same row of the ballot, beginning with the ninth row on the ballot and, if necessary, then moving up one or more rows, (2) that an office take two or more columns on the ballot, and (3) that the party designation, or an abbreviation of it, be repeated on the ballot.(b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 9-135a to the contrary, the secretary may prescribe that the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the absentee ballot.(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-1, S. 3, 7; P.A. 11-20, S. 16.)History: P.A. 11-20 replaced “voting machines” with “ballot” in Subsec. (a), effective May 24, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-250a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-250a - Blank space where party fails to nominate.

 When a political party has failed to nominate a candidate for any office for which it is entitled to make such nomination, the space on the ballot in which the name of the party's candidate would appear shall be left blank.(1963, P.A. 198; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “ballot label” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “ballot”, effective May 24, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-251 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-251 - Order of office on ballots.

 In the preparation of ballots for use at a state election, precedence shall be given to the offices to be voted for at such election in the following descending order: Presidential electors, Governor and Lieutenant Governor, United States senator, representative in Congress, state senator, state representative, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney General and judge of probate. In the preparation of ballots for use at a municipal election, unless otherwise provided by law, the order of the offices shall be as prescribed by the Secretary of the State, which order, so far as practicable, shall be uniform throughout the state.(1953, 1955, S. 728d; 1963, P.A. 401, S. 2; April, 1964, P.A. 2, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 576; P.A. 73-577; P.A. 74-109, S. 5, 11; P.A. 00-99, S. 28, 154; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)History: 1963 act provided for pairing of governor and lieutenant governor on ballot label; 1964 act deleted representative-at-large; 1971 act changed order of precedence so that state senator and state representative follow representative in congress in that order; P.A. 73-577 changed order of precedence so that secretary of the state, treasurer, comptroller and attorney general follow state representative in that order; P.A. 74-109 deleted justices of the peace, effective upon adoption of Senate Joint Resolution No. 22 of the 1973 session as an amendment to the constitution of Connecticut; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriff, effective December 1, 2000; pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “ballot labels” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “ballots”, effective May 24, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-253 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-253 - Order of names of party nominees for multiple-opening office determined by lot. Order when candidate nominated by more than one party.

 When a major or minor party is entitled to nominate two or more candidates for a particular office, the order of the names of its candidates for such office appearing on the voting machine ballot label shall be determined by the registrars of voters by lot in a ceremony which shall be open to the public, except as hereinafter provided. When such a candidate is nominated for the same office by more than one party, his name shall appear on each appropriate row on the voting machine ballot label in the same column in which it appears under the foregoing provision in either (1) the party row of the party with which he is enrolled or (2) the first party row on which his name is to appear if such candidate is an unaffiliated elector. The registrars of voters shall provide at least five days' public notice for each ceremony held under this section. The ballot order of nominating petition candidates for multiple-opening offices shall be as prescribed in section 9-453r.(1955, S. 730d; 1957, P.A. 221, S. 1; P.A. 84-319, S. 36, 49; P.A. 87-197, S. 1, 3.)History: P.A. 84-319 amended section to provide uniformity in statutes re order of unaffiliated electors or petitioning party candidates on ballot and order of major and minor party candidates; P.A. 87-197 required order of names on ballot label to be determined by lot instead of appearing in alphabetical order and added provision requiring that 5 days' notice be given before ceremony held.
CT Gen Stat § 9-254 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-254 - List of municipal offices to be filled.

 Each municipal clerk shall, not later than the one hundred eightieth day prior to the day of any regular municipal election, file with the Secretary of the State, on a form approved by said Secretary, a list of the offices to be filled at such election and the terms thereof and the number of candidates for which each elector may vote. Said Secretary shall, within seventy days from the date of receipt of such list, return a copy of such list to the municipal clerk. Each municipal clerk shall, not later than ten days after the receipt of the returned list, mail a copy thereof to the chairman of the town committee of each major political party within the municipality.(1949 Rev., S. 1136; 1953, S. 630d; 1957, P.A. 479, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 137; P.A. 87-382, S. 26, 55; P.A. 11-173, S. 16.)History: 1965 act provided that secretary of the state within 70 days of receipt of the list return a copy to the municipal clerk who, within 10 days after receipt of same will mail a copy to the chairman of the town committee of each major party; P.A. 87-382 substituted “one hundred eightieth day” for “six months”; P.A. 11-173 applied section to municipal elections and made a technical change, effective July 13, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-255 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-255 - Sample ballots.

 The registrars of voters shall provide for all polling places using voting tabulators at least two sample ballots that shall contain the offices, party designations, names of candidates, write-in slots and questions to be voted upon. On each such sample ballot shall be printed instructions as to the use of the voting tabulator, which instructions shall be approved by the Secretary of the State. Such sample ballots shall be so posted inside the polling place as to be visible to those within the polling place during the whole day of election. At least one of such sample ballots shall be so posted as to be visible to an elector being instructed on the use of the voting tabulator under section 9-260.(1949 Rev., S. 1198; 1953, 1955, S. 732d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 14; P.A. 77-245, S. 7; P.A. 87-382, S. 27, 55; P.A. 11-20, S. 17; 11-173, S. 40.)History: P.A. 77-245 changed “town” to “municipal” clerk; P.A. 87-382 substituted “demonstrator or spare voting” for “dummy” voting machine; P.A. 11-20 replaced “machines” with “tabulators”, “machine” with “tabulator” and “ballot labels” with “ballots”, eliminated language re arrangement of ballot labels and replaced language re demonstrator or spare voting machine with language re use of voting tabulator, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 11-173 replaced “board of selectmen or the municipal clerk” with “registrars of voters”, replaced references to machines with references to tabulators, changed requirement from three sample ballot labels to two sample ballots, replaced references to ballot labels with references to ballots and replaced provision re demonstrator or spare voting machine with provision re use of voting tabulator, effective July 13, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-255a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-255a - Certification re number of ballots ordered.

 (a) The registrars of voters and municipal clerk from each municipality shall jointly certify, in writing, to the Secretary of the State the number of ballots for each polling place in the municipality that have been ordered for each election or primary to be held within such municipality. Such certification shall be on a form provided by the Secretary that shall have questions, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to the historical turnout for each polling place in the municipality for the past four elections or primaries of similar nature to the election or primary to be held. The registrars of voters and municipal clerk shall include as part of any such certification any other relevant factors that may be unique to each polling place in their municipality. Such certification shall be provided to the Secretary not later than thirty-one days prior to an election or twenty-one days prior to a primary.(b) If the registrars of voters and municipal clerk of a municipality do not jointly submit the certification as set forth in subsection (a) of this section, such registrars of voters and municipal clerk shall order a number of ballots equal to the total number of registered voters in their municipality for such election or primary.(c) The registrars of voters and municipal clerk may jointly apply to the Secretary of the State for a waiver of the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such waiver request shall be submitted to the Secretary of the State, in writing, not later than the forty-fifth day before the election or the thirtieth day before the primary to be held and shall demonstrate good cause for such waiver. Not later than five days after receipt of such waiver request, the Secretary shall notify, in writing, the municipal clerk requesting a waiver, of the Secretary's response.(d) The Secretary of the State shall have the authority to reject the certification submitted by a municipality pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. If the Secretary of the State rejects such certification, the Secretary shall provide, in writing, the reasons for such rejection. Such rejection by the Secretary shall require any such municipality to follow the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. If, not later than seven days after the receipt of a certification from a municipality, the Secretary does not notify the municipality that its certification was rejected, such certification shall be deemed accepted.(P.A. 11-46, S. 5.)History: P.A. 11-46 effective June 13, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-256 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-256 - Filing of sample ballot with Secretary.

 The registrars of voters of each municipality shall, not less than ten days prior to an election, file with the Secretary of the State a sample ballot identical with those to be provided for each polling place under section 9-255. The Secretary of the State shall examine the sample ballot required to be filed under this section, and if such sample ballot contains an error, the Secretary of the State shall order the registrars of voters to reprint a corrected sample ballot or to take other such action as the Secretary may deem appropriate.(1949 Rev., S. 1200; 1953, 1955, S. 731d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 13; P.A. 77-303, S. 2, 3; P.A. 11-20, S. 1; 11-173, S. 46.)History: P.A. 77-303 provided for action to be taken by secretary of the state if sample ballot label contains an error; P.A. 11-173 replaced references to clerk with “registrars of voters” and replaced “ballot label” with “ballot”, effective July 13, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-257 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-257 - Location of voting tabulator and stationing of officials.

 The room in which the election is held shall be separated from the part of the room to be occupied by the election officials and the voting tabulator shall be placed, if possible, at least three feet from any wall or partition and at least four feet from the official checkers' table and the ballot clerks' table. Every part of the polling place shall be in plain view of the election officials. The tabulator shall be so placed that no person from any part of the room or from any place outside the room can see or determine how the elector casts his or her vote. The election officials shall be so stationed that no member thereof shall be concealed by the tabulator from the electors within the polling place. The moderator or some one designated by the moderator shall be stationed near the tabulator, shall regulate the admission of the elector's ballots thereto and shall always be in full view of the other election officials and the electors within the polling place.(1949 Rev., S. 1204, 1207; 1953, S. 733d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 15; P.A. 07-194, S. 20.)History: P.A. 07-194 changed “machine” to “tabulator” and made conforming and technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 9-258a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-258a - Two shifts of election officials.

 Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, special acts or its charter, in each municipality the registrars of voters, or assistant registrar of voters, as the case may be may establish, except for unofficial checkers and the moderator, two shifts of election officials for each polling place. In each polling place for which two or more shifts of election officials have been provided in this section or section 9-235, the moderator shall keep a written record of the specific hours and time served at the polls by each election official. In each such polling place, all members of second shifts, including official checkers, assistant registrars and ballot clerks of second shifts, shall be present at the closing of the polls and shall remain until all paperwork has been executed.(1969, P.A. 500, S. 1; P.A. 88-173, S. 3; P.A. 07-194, S. 22.)History: P.A. 88-173 excepted unofficial checkers from provision allowing legislative body to establish two shifts of election officials; P.A. 07-194 provided registrars of voters or assistant registrars of voters with authority to establish two shifts of election officials and made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 9-260 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-260 - Instruction by means of demonstrator device.

 A demonstrator device shall be provided inside the polling place for the instruction of electors. Any such demonstrator device shall instruct electors on the proper method to cast their vote, including the proper method to cast a write-in vote using the voting equipment located in each polling place. Upon request by any elector who desires instruction after he has entered the polling place and prior to casting his vote, two election officials of different political parties jointly shall instruct such elector on the demonstrator device.(1949 Rev., S. 1208; 1953, S. 736d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 17; P.A. 87-382, S. 28, 55; P.A. 11-173, S. 18.)History: P.A. 87-382 authorized the use of a spare voting machine in place of a demonstrator machine and changed the term “dummy machine” to “demonstrator machine”; P.A. 11-173 replaced references to demonstrator machine or spare voting machine with references to demonstrator device and deleted language specific to lever voting machines, effective July 13, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 9-261a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 147 - Voting Methods|Section 9-261a - Preparation of polling place form of identification by committee prohibited.

 No committee, as defined in section 9-601, shall prepare any form of identification for the purpose of being presented to the checkers at the polling place pursuant to section 9-261.(P.A. 95-122, S. 2.)