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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-35c. - Names on inactive registry list not to be counted for computing required number of petition signatures, minimum percentage of voting electors.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-238, 9-406 and 9-436 and other provisions of the general statutes, the names of electors on the inactive registry list compiled under section 9-35 shall not be counted for purposes of computing the number of petition signatures required. Each elector on such inactive registry list who, in the determination of the registrars, has signed a petition pursuant to the general statutes, giving the same address as appears on the inactive registry list, shall forthwith be placed on the active registry list compiled under said section 9-35. Each such elector shall be counted for purposes of future computations of the number of signatures required on future petitions issued for other electoral events. The names of electors on the inactive registry list compiled pursuant to section 9-35 shall not be counted for purposes of computing the minimum percentage of the number of electors required in any charter or special act, if such charter or special act requires approval of a referendum by a minimum percentage of electors qualified on the last-completed registry list or has a similar requirement.
(P.A. 94-121, S. 8, 33; P.A. 96-134, S. 8, 9; P.A. 11-173, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 94-121 effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 96-134 added language re discounting names of electors on inactive registry list for purposes of computing minimum percentage of electors required in charter or special act, effective May 29, 1996; P.A. 11-173 deleted language re voting machines, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-36. - Availability of preliminary registry list. Distribution.

The list for which provision is made in section 9-35 shall be termed the preliminary registry list and such list shall be available in the office of the registrars of voters for public inspection and copies shall be made available for distribution by the registrars of voters. Whenever the registrars of voters are not in their office, such list shall be available at another municipal office. The registrars of voters shall, upon request, give to any candidate for election a copy of the preliminary registry list for each voting district for which such person is a candidate.
(1949 Rev., S. 1003; 1953, S. 538d; 1967, P.A. 227; 1971, P.A. 92; P.A. 89-19, S. 2, 4; P.A. 11-173, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act added “and shall be on file in such office until the printing of the next preliminary registry list”; 1971 act substituted “has been completed and filed” for “the printing of” and substituted in the order appearing “reproduced” for “printed” and “made available” for “printed”; P.A. 89-19 added provision requiring registrars to give copies of lists to general assembly candidates; P.A. 11-173 replaced provisions re completion and certification of list with provisions re availability of list and deleted references to General Assembly, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-37. - Final registry list. Availability of registrars of voters.

The registrars of voters or the assistant registrars of voters shall be available for at least one day during the fourteen-day period immediately before all elections for revisions and corrections of the preliminary list which, when completed, shall be termed “the final registry list” for such election. In each municipality, availability of the registrars of voters shall be the posted office hours in such municipality for the registrars of voters.
(1949 Rev., S. 1004; 1953, S. 539d; 1963, P.A. 202; P.A. 75-287, S. 3; P.A. 77-298, S. 1; P.A. 81-350, S. 10, 17; P.A. 83-391, S. 10, 24; P.A. 84-146, S. 5; P.A. 96-134, S. 2, 9; P.A. 11-173, S. 3.)
History: 1963 act placed the fixing of the number of sessions in the registrars rather than the selectmen; P.A. 75-287 added provision that any person whose name has been removed since the last regular election may apply to registrars to add his name to list and further provided that on the third Saturday before a primary, registrars shall hold an additional session to hear requests for adding names, having published notice of such session at least five days in advance; P.A. 77-298 added “fourteenth day” to “third Saturday before a primary” and changed “session” to “sessions”; P.A. 81-350 amended section to require registrars to post notice of sessions to revise and correct preliminary registry list at the office of the town clerk on and after July 1, 1981, and eliminated the procedure whereby electors were permitted to apply to the registrars to have a name added to or deleted from the registry list; P.A. 83-391 deleted reference to board for admission of electors; P.A. 84-146 made technical change re posting of notice on signpost; P.A. 96-134 deleted reference to mandatory session on the third Saturday before a primary and added provision that publication need not be in the form of a legal advertisement, effective May 29, 1996; P.A. 11-173 replaced former provisions with provisions re final registry list and availability of registrars, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-38. - Availability of final registry list. Updated registry list.

The registrars of voters in all towns shall produce a final registry list in accordance with the provisions of section 9-37 and certified by such registrars of voters to be correct. Such final registry list and an updated list that contains the names and addresses of electors to be transferred, restored or added to such list, shall be available in the municipal clerk's office not later than the day following the last day that an elector may make changes to the elector's registration and shall be available in the registrars of voters' office for public inspection. Whenever the registrars of voters are not in their office, such list shall be available at another municipal office.
(1949 Rev., S. 1008; 1953, S. 540d; 1963, P.A. 211; P.A. 78-153, S. 22, 32; P.A. 83-391, S. 11, 24; P.A. 99-276, S. 2, 15; P.A. 05-235, S. 28; P.A. 06-196, S. 52; P.A. 11-173, S. 4.)
History: 1963 act provided same time for filing list prior to state and town elections and gave towns of under 25,000 option of printing supplementary list or writing names on list; P.A. 78-153 substituted “for a period of two years” for “until the printing of the next such list”, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 83-391 deleted reference to board for admission of electors; P.A. 99-276 added references to “or updated” list, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 05-235 required that supplementary or updated list be deposited in town clerk's office not later than “fourth” rather than “sixth” day before election, effective January 1, 2006; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change, effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 11-173 replaced former provisions re deposit of final registry list and supplementary list with provisions re production, certification and availability of final registry list and re updated list and made a technical change, effective July 13, 2011.
See Sec. 9-172b re updated list for special election or referendum.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-39. - Distribution of copies of final registry list.

The registrars of voters of each municipality shall print copies of the final registry list for distribution in such municipality and in all the voting districts located therein. The registrars shall, upon request, produce for any candidate for election the final registry list for each voting district for which such person is a candidate and shall maintain such list, either on paper or in electronic format, for a period of two years.
(1949 Rev., S. 1009; 1953, S. 541d; 1963, P.A. 201, S. 1; P.A. 78-153, S. 23, 32; P.A. 89-19, S. 3, 4; P.A. 11-173, S. 5.)
History: 1963 act provided for registrars to retain at least six copies of the final registry list to be available for public use until the next printing; P.A. 78-153 substituted “for a period of two years” for “until the printing of the next such list”, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 89-19 reduced from six to two the number of copies of registry lists that registrars are required to retain, and required registrars to give copies of lists to general assembly candidates; P.A. 11-173 deleted language referencing Secs. 9-12 to 9-45, requirement re retention of 2 copies of lists and references to General Assembly, added language re maintenance of list on paper or in electronic format and made technical changes, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-39a and 9-40. - Designation of party affiliation on registry list. Privileges after removal to another municipality.

Sections 9-39a and 9-40 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 999; 1953, S. 542d; 1967, P.A. 512; 1969, P.A. 69, S. 1; 694, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 685, S. 3; P.A. 73-630, S. 13, 19; P.A. 79-189, S. 8, 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-40a. - Continuance of residence in certain cases. Procedure for removal of names for failure to vote.

(a) No person shall be deemed to have lost his residence in any municipality for purposes of qualification as an elector by reason of his absence therefrom in the service of this state or of the United States, including service in the armed forces or their auxiliaries, nor shall the spouse or dependent of any such person be deemed to have lost his residence in any municipality for such purpose by reason of such absence therefrom; provided such person, except one in the service of the armed forces of the United States or any auxiliary thereof, or his spouse or dependent, shall make written application for continuance on the registry list before each state election. No person shall be deemed to have lost such residence in any municipality by reason of his absence therefrom because of imprisonment on conviction of crime.
(b) Not later than May first in each year in which a canvass of electors is conducted, the registrars of voters shall send the notice of removal and return card required by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, to each member of the armed forces of the United States or their auxiliaries, or a spouse or dependent of such member, whose name has not been checked as having voted in at least one election, primary, referendum or town meeting during the four preceding calendar years. If such elector does not return the card within thirty days, the registrars of voters shall place the name of such elector on the inactive registry list compiled under section 9-35 for four years, and if such name remains on the inactive list for four years, such name shall thereupon be removed from the registry list. Such removal shall not affect the right of such member, spouse or dependent to apply for admission as an elector in such town.
(1971, P.A. 768, S. 13; P.A. 83-475, S. 7, 43; P.A. 94-121, S. 25, 33.)
History: P.A. 83-475 added reference to dependents and added Subsec. (b) permitting removal from list for failure to vote during four previous calendar years; P.A. 94-121 substantially modified procedure for removal of electors' names from registry list and provided for the placing of certain electors' names on the inactive list, effective January 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-41 to 9-41b. - Application for restoration of name to registry list. Restoration to registry list of physically disabled person. Certificate of physician.

Sections 9-41 to 9-41b, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 998; 1953, 1955, S. 543d; 1961, P.A. 73; 105, S. 1; 215, S. 1, 2; February, 1965, P.A. 407, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 768, S. 16; 871, S. 67.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-42a. - Change of name on registry list. Change in name of candidate not to affect name appearing on ballot.

(a) On the written request of any elector who identifies himself to the satisfaction of the registrars of voters, such registrars shall make any changes in the name of such elector as it appears on the registry list, provided such elector furnishes reasonable evidence to the registrars that the name as changed is a lawful name of such elector. No such change shall be made between the Tuesday of the fifth week before a regular election and the day of such election.
(b) No such change in the name of a candidate at a primary shall affect the name of the candidate as it appears on the primary ballot. No such change in the name of a major party candidate at an election shall affect the name of such candidate as it appears on the election ballot. No such change in the name of a minor party candidate or a nominating petition candidate for any office at an election shall affect the name of such candidate as it appears on the election ballot.
(February, 1965, P.A. 308, S. 1; P.A. 77-163; P.A. 79-363, S. 9, 38; P.A. 83-475, S. 8, 43; P.A. 87-382, S. 5, 55; P.A. 11-173, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 77-163 deleted enumeration of changes in name authorized; P.A. 79-363 added provision that the elector furnish reasonable evidence to the registrars that the name is a lawful name and deleted other restrictions; P.A. 83-475 established time limits for candidate name changes prior to primary or election; P.A. 87-382 divided section into Subsecs., added Subsec. (a) defining “municipal office” and amended Subsec. (c) to provide that change in name under Subsec. (b) does not affect name of candidate on primary ballot unless elector is candidate for town committee or municipal office, name of major party candidate on election ballot unless elector is candidate for municipal office or name of any minor party candidate or nominating petition candidate on election ballot unless change made by fifty-fifth day preceding election day; P.A. 11-173 deleted former Subsec. (a) re definition of “municipal office”, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) and (c) as Subsecs. (a) and (b) and amended redesignated Subsec. (b) by deleting language re candidate for town committee or municipal office and re changes made not later than a certain day, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-46. - Forfeiture of electoral rights.

(a) A person shall forfeit such person's right to become an elector and such person's privileges as an elector upon conviction of a felony and (1) committal to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction for confinement in a correctional institution or facility, but not a community residence, (2) committal to confinement in a federal correctional institution or facility, or (3) committal to the custody of the chief correctional official of any other state or a county of any other state for confinement in a correctional institution or facility, but not a community residence, in such state or county.
(b) If a person has forfeited such person's privileges as an elector under subsection (a) of this section, has regained such privileges under section 9-46a and is subsequently returned to confinement in a correctional institution or facility, but not a community residence, from parole or special parole, release pursuant to section 18-100, 18-100c, 18-100e, 18-100h or 18-100i or furlough pursuant to section 18-101a, such person shall again forfeit such privileges.
(c) No person who has forfeited and not regained such person's privileges as an elector as provided in section 9-46a, or who has regained such privileges and again forfeited such privileges as provided in subsection (b) of this section, may be a candidate for or hold public office.
(1949 Rev., S. 253b; 1953, S. 548d; 1963, P.A. 645, S. 6; P.A. 73-465, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-192, S. 1, 2; P.A. 96-207, S. 2, 4; P.A. 01-11, S. 2, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 97.)
History: 1963 act changed enumeration of crimes bringing forfeiture to felony; P.A. 73-465 provided for forfeiture of right to become an elector as well as forfeiture of privileges as an elector; P.A. 85-192 added Subsec. (b) which prohibits a person who has forfeited and not regained his privileges as an elector from becoming a candidate for or holding public office; P.A. 96-207 deleted exception in Subsec. (a) re person convicted of a crime of nonsupport, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 01-11 added provisions re committal for confinement in Subsec. (a) and made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality in Subsecs. (a) and (b), effective January 1, 2002; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) to except community residences throughout, to designate existing provision re committal to state correctional institution or facility as Subdiv. (1), to designate existing provision re committal to federal correctional institution or facility as Subdiv. (2) and to designate existing provision re committal to correctional institution or facility of another state as Subdiv. (3), added new Subsec. (b) re forfeiture of privileges again after previously regaining them, designated former Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and added reference to forfeiture of privileges again after previously regaining them therein, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-47 to 9-50. - Commission on forfeited rights. Petitions for restoration of electoral rights; investigation. Hearings; no appeal. Notice to registrars and petitioner of action.

Sections 9-47 to 9-50, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 16; 1949, S. 4b–8b; 1953, S. 549d–552d; 1959, P.A. 382, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 6; 1963, P.A. 645, S. 7; P.A. 73-465, S. 2, 3; P.A. 74-183, S. 182, 291; P.A. 75-354, S. 2, 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-50a. - Compilation of changes to active and inactive registry lists.

The registrars of voters of each town shall compile a list of (1) all persons whose names were added, restored, removed or erased from the active and inactive registry lists, (2) all electors who changed either their names or addresses, and (3) all persons sent notices required under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, and all persons who have replied to such notices. Such list shall include, but not be limited to, each such person's or elector's (A) name, (B) former name, (C) address, (D) former address, (E) voting district, and (F) party affiliation, if any. The registrars shall make each such list available to the public in accordance with the provisions of section 1-210.
(P.A. 87-462, S. 1, 2; P.A. 94-121, S. 28, 33; P.A. 11-173, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 94-121 substituted “active and inactive registry lists” for “registry list” and added Subdiv. (3) re persons sent notices required under National Voter Registration Act, effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 11-173 deleted language re monthly compilation and zip codes and made technical changes, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-50b. - State-wide centralized voter registration system.

(a) As used in this section, “state-wide centralized voter registration system” means a computerized system designed and maintained by the Secretary of the State which includes: (1) Voter registration information prescribed by the Secretary, (2) information contained in applications for admission as electors described in section 9-20, (3) information needed to compile registry lists and enrollment lists under sections 9-35 and 9-54, (4) information required by section 9-50a, and (5) other information for use in complying with the provisions of this title.
(b) Not later than July 1, 2003, each registrar of voters shall transmit to the office of the Secretary of the State all elector information required by the office to complete the state-wide centralized voter registration system. Each registrar shall transmit such information in a format prescribed by the Secretary. Not later than September 1, 2003, each registrar of voters shall participate in the state-wide centralized voter registration system in the manner prescribed by the Secretary.
(c) Not later than sixty days after each election or primary, the registrars of voters shall update the state-wide centralized voter registration system and indicate whether the eligible voters on the official registry list for such election or primary voted and, if so, if they voted in person or by absentee ballot.
(P.A. 03-117, S. 1; P.A. 07-194, S. 11; P.A. 11-173, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 03-117 effective June 18, 2003; P.A. 07-194 added Subsec. (d) requiring that state-wide system be updated after each election or primary, effective July 5, 2007; P.A. 11-173 deleted former Subsec. (c) re maintenance of separate list, redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c) and amended same to add 60-day deadline and delete “promptly”, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-50c. - Maintenance of state-wide centralized voter registration system. Intrastate and interstate data sharing.

(a) The Secretary of the State may enter into an agreement to share information or data with any other state in order to maintain the state-wide centralized voter registration system established pursuant to section 9-50b. If an agency of this state, another state or the federal government provides the Secretary with information or data to be used to maintain such system, the Secretary shall not use such information or data for any purpose except to maintain such system and shall ensure that such information or data is held confidential if such information or data, while in the possession of such other agency or state or federal government, as applicable, was required to be held confidential, except as provided for in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The Secretary of the State may provide such information or data to a nonpartisan third-party vendor for the purpose of maintaining the state-wide centralized voter registration system established pursuant to section 9-50b, provided such vendor's activities are performed under the supervision of the Secretary and such vendor has entered into an agreement to protect the confidentiality of such information or data.
(P.A. 12-56, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 12-56 effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-50d. - Nondisclosure of certain voter registration information.

(a) Whenever voter registration information maintained under this title by the Secretary of the State or any registrar of voters is provided pursuant to any provision of the general statutes, disclosure of a voter's date of birth shall be limited to only the month and year of birth, unless such voter registration information is requested and used for a governmental purpose, as determined by the Secretary, in which case the voter's complete date of birth shall be provided. As used in this section, a governmental purpose shall include, but not be limited to, jury administration.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any motor vehicle operator's license number, identity card number, Social Security number and any other unique identifier used for the purpose of generating a voter registration record, or added to such record for compliance with the requirements of the Help America Vote Act, P.L. 107-252, as amended from time to time, shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, if a voter submits to the Secretary of the State a signed statement that nondisclosure of such voter's name from the official registry list is necessary for the safety of such voter or the voter's family, the name and address of such voter on his or her voter registration record shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed, except that an election, primary or referendum official may view such information on the official registry list when such list is used by any such official at a polling place on the day of an election, primary or referendum. Such signed statement shall be sworn under penalty of false statement, as provided in section 53a-157b.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 104.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective June 23, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-52. - Discretionary enrollment sessions.

The registrars of voters in each municipality may hold additional discretionary enrollment sessions for the purpose of making an enrollment of the electors who are entitled to vote in any primary or caucus in such municipality at such other times as all such registrars in such municipality deem necessary; but no such session shall be held on the day when a caucus or primary is held or during the fourteen days preceding a primary or the day before a caucus.
(1949 Rev., S. 1171; 1953, 1955, S. 553d; 1957, P.A. 442, S. 3; 1961, P.A. 70; P.A. 77-298, S. 3; P.A. 79-94.)
History: 1961 act added provision re 21 days preceding primary or caucus in last sentence; P.A. 77-298 provided that discretionary enrollment sessions may not be held on the day of caucus or primary or during the fourteen instead of 21 days preceding a primary or caucus; P.A. 79-94 changed the last amendment to read or “the day before a” caucus.
See Sec. 9-372 for applicable definitions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-53. - Notice of sessions.

The registrars of voters in each municipality in which an enrollment session is to be held shall give notice of such session, and of the purpose, day, hours and place thereof, by publication in a newspaper published in or having a circulation in such municipality, not more than fifteen nor less than five days before such session. Nothing in this section shall require that such publication be in the form of a legal advertisement. In each municipality divided into voting districts, any session for enrollment in such municipality may, if the registrars of voters so decide, be held in each such district by assistant registrars of voters appointed under section 9-192, provided the registrars of voters in the notice shall specify the place in each such district in which such session is to be held. When such a session is so held in each such district by such assistant registrars of voters, within forty-eight hours after the close of each of such sessions, each of such assistant registrars of voters shall deliver to the registrar of whom he is the appointee a true and attested list or lists, as made by such assistant registrars of voters at such session, showing all enrollments and corrections, if any, by them made, together with a list of all applications rejected under the provisions of sections 9-60 and 9-63.
(1949 Rev., S. 1172; 1953, 1955, S. 554d; 1957, P.A. 442, S. 4; 1963, P.A. 393, S. 4; February, 1965, P.A. 275, S. 3; 1967, P.A. 352, S. 4; P.A. 77-298, S. 4; P.A. 93-230, S. 4; P.A. 95-171, S. 4, 14; P.A. 96-134, S. 4, 5, 9; P.A. 11-173, S. 30.)
History: 1963 act removed requirement of posting notice of session on public signpost and changed time limit for publishing notice; 1965 act modified time of publication to “not more than 10 nor less than” 5 days; 1967 act changed last amendment to 15 instead of 10 days; P.A. 77-298 changed 15 days back to 10; P.A. 93-230 specified that publication need not be in form of a legal advertisement; P.A. 95-171 added “two” re municipalities divided into voting districts, effective January 8, 1997; P.A. 96-134 required publication of notice of enrollment session not more than 15 rather than 10 days before a session, effective May 29, 1996; P.A. 11-173 deleted language re towns with 2 voting districts that elect registrars for each district and made technical changes, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-55a. - Compensation of registrars, clerks and other personnel.

For the performance of the duties imposed by sections 9-55 and 9-57, each registrar, deputy registrar and other personnel appointed as provided in section 9-57 actually engaged in such duties and each municipal clerk shall receive such reasonable compensation from the municipality as is approved by the selectmen of the town, the warden and burgesses of the borough or the common council of the city or the consolidated town and city, as the case may be; and all necessary expenses incurred by registrars and municipal clerks under the provisions of said sections shall be paid by the municipality.
(1963, P.A. 17, S. 93; 1967, P.A. 857, S. 1.)
History: 1967 act applied provisions to “other personnel appointed as provided in section 9-57”.
See Sec. 9-195 re compensation of registrars and town clerks for duties relating to enrollment.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-58. - Applications for enrollment; record of, disposal after five years.

All applications for enrollment shall be arranged in alphabetical order and shall be preserved by the registrars as a permanent record open to public inspection, except that any such application of an elector whose name has been removed from the registry list for a period of at least five years may be placed on microfilm, destroyed or otherwise disposed of, in the manner provided in section 7-109, by such registrars.
(1949 Rev., S. 1181; 1953, S. 559d; P.A. 75-174, S. 2, 3.)
History: P.A. 75-174 added provision for disposal of applications of electors whose names have been removed from the list for at least five years.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-61. - Prima facie evidence supporting discretionary erasure or exclusion.

Enrollment in any other political party or organization, active affiliation with any other political party or organization, knowingly being a candidate at any primary or caucus of any other party or political organization, or being a candidate for office under the designation of another party or organization, within a period of two years prior to the date of the notice as provided in section 9-60 shall be prima facie evidence that any elector committing any such act is not affiliated with, or in good faith a member of, and does not intend to support the principles or candidates of the party upon the enrollment list of which his name appears or in which his application for enrollment is pending; and, upon reasonable proof of the commission of any one of such acts, the name of any such elector may be stricken or excluded from such list and such erasure or exclusion shall be effective for a period of two years from the date of any such act. The same procedure as to notice to appear thereon, return and hearing shall be followed as provided in section 9-60. If, after full hearing, such registrar and chairman or party member or such deputy registrar and chairman or party member, as the case may be, find that the name of any such elector has been wrongfully or improperly stricken or excluded from such list, such name shall be forthwith placed upon the enrollment list.
(1949 Rev., S. 1177; 1953, S. 562d; 1967, P.A. 902, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 122, S. 1; P.A. 83-475, S. 13, 43; P.A. 97-154, S. 10, 27.)
History: 1967 act added provision for removal from enrollment list of name of an elector whose name appeared on any ballot label of an election only under party designation other than that of party in which enrolled, removal to be for period of time equal to term of office for which he was candidate; 1969 act changed removal to period of time beginning on day of election and ending at termination of term of office and further provided that he might then apply for enrollment in the party; P.A. 83-475 made section applicable to applicants for enrollment and specified two-year period for erasure or exclusion; P.A. 97-154 repealed provision for mandatory erasure from enrollment list for name of elector appearing on ballot only under party designation other than that of party with which he is enrolled, effective July 1, 1997.
Knowingly becoming a candidate for office on ticket of a new party automatically separates voter from his former party. 102 C. 607. Cited. 144 C. 1.
Cited. 16 CS 6. The words, “at an election only under a party designation other than that of the party with which he is enrolled”, make it clear that the legislature intended a party could run on a dual ticket. 31 CS 89.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-62. - Hearings concerning discretionary erasure or exclusion.

At any hearing provided for in sections 9-60 and 9-61, any elector upon whom a citation or notice as therein provided has been served and any person offering himself as a witness shall be sworn; and all registrars and deputy registrars are authorized to administer, for that purpose, the oath provided for witnesses. Any person cited to appear before any registrar or deputy registrar under any of the provisions of said sections shall have the right to appear either in person or by attorney; and, when no witnesses are present at any such hearing to testify in favor of the removal of the name of an elector from any list on which the same appears, or against placing the name of an elector upon an enrollment list, or against the restoration of the name of an elector to an enrollment list from which the name of such elector has been removed or excluded, the registrar or deputy registrar before whom the hearing is held shall make a statement of facts in his possession, showing why the name of any such elector should be erased from such enrollment list or why it should not be placed upon the enrollment list as requested by the applicant or why such name was wrongfully or improperly stricken or excluded from the enrollment list upon which it appeared.
(1949 Rev., S. 1178; 1953, S. 563d; P.A. 83-475, S. 14, 43.)
History: P.A. 83-475 amended section to refer to wrongful or improper removal or exclusion from enrollment list.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-64. - Erasure of name not on registry list.

Upon the written application of an enrolled elector of any town, made to any registrar or assistant registrar of any ward or voting district in such town, stating that the name of an elector appearing on the enrollment list of any ward or district does not appear on the last-completed registry list of such ward or district and that such elector is not entitled to vote therein and requesting that the name of such elector be stricken from such enrollment list, such registrar or assistant registrar, upon verifying the accuracy of such information, shall erase such name from the enrollment list, provided any name so erased shall be added to the enrollment list of the same party in the ward or district upon the registry list of which such name appears. Any registrar or assistant registrar failing to so erase any such name shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 1180; 1953, S. 565d; 1957, P.A. 442, S. 11; P.A. 77-298, S. 10; P.A. 12-80, S. 53.)
History: P.A. 77-298 deleted reference to enrollment session; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $200 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-64a. - Removal, restoration or transfer of enrollment list names.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this chapter, the registrars of voters in any town or district shall remove the name of any elector from the enrollment list at the same time that such name is removed from the registry list, but, if such name is restored, added or transferred on the registry list under section 9-35 or section 9-42, it shall be simultaneously restored, added or transferred on the enrollment list.
(1967, P.A. 533, S. 1; P.A. 78-153, S. 27, 32; P.A. 81-350, S. 15, 17; P.A. 83-475, S. 16, 43.)
History: P.A. 78-153 made no changes; P.A. 81-350 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 9-44; P.A. 83-475 added reference to names added to or transferred on the enrollment list.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-64b. - Removal of names from list to be used at caucus, primary or convention.

Prior to distributing any enrollment list for use in any caucus, primary or town convention, the registrar of voters shall remove all names from such enrollment list which have been removed from the last-completed registry list.
(1967, P.A. 533, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-66. - Application of provisions.

The provisions of sections 9-51 to 9-67, inclusive, shall extend only to (A) any major party as defined in subdivision (5) of section 9-372, and (B) any minor party as defined in subdivision (6) of section 9-372. In the case of a major party, such provisions shall apply state-wide. In the case of a minor party, such provisions shall apply within the geographical jurisdiction of the office or offices to which such minor party status pertains.
(1949 Rev., S. 1187; 1953, S. 566d; P.A. 85-577, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 85-577 entirely replaced prior provisions which had stated that Secs. 9-51 to 9-67, inclusive, do not apply to parties polling 10% or less of a municipality's vote at the last regular election and which had authorized town clerk to enroll party members for parties which are not represented by a registrar but which polled 10% or more of the vote.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-67. - Party affiliation of electors of boroughs.

Any provision of the general statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, any elector of a borough may, in connection with any borough election, enroll in, be affiliated with, be a candidate for nomination or election of, or in any other manner participate in the affairs of, a political party or organization which names candidates for borough offices, despite his participation in any manner, in connection with any state, town or city election, in the affairs of any political party or organization. Such participation, in connection with any borough election, shall not affect the right of any such elector to participate, in connection with any state, town or city election, in the affairs of any other single political party or organization. The provisions of sections 9-51 to 9-67, inclusive, regulating party affiliation of electors shall apply to the intraborough political activities of any such elector.
(1949 Rev., S. 1189; 1953, S. 567d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 144 - Nominations and Political Parties (Repealed) › Section 9-68 to 9-133. - Nominations and political parties.

Sections 9-68 to 9-133, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1044, 1045, 1185; 1953, S. 569d, 570d, 617d, 618d; 1953, June, 1955, S. 615d; June, 1955, S. 571d, 572d, 574d–583d, 585d–612d, 616d; November, 1955, S. N42, N44–N46, N48–N59, N61–N98, N103, N106–N110; 1957, P.A. 119, S. 1; 410, S. 1, 2; 518, S. 1–35, 37, 38, 40, 41; September, 1957, P.A. 1, S. 1, 4, 5; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 22, 36; 1959, P.A. 49; 476, S. 1; 675, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 72, S. 1, 2; 119; 147; 148; 202; 230; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 92.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 144a - Absentee Voting at Primaries (Repealed) › Section 9-133a to 9-133e. - Eligibility for absentee voting. Application for ballot; distribution. Votes to be restricted to candidates appearing on ballot label. Voting and counting procedures. Form and printing of primary absentee ballot; filing of ballot and affidavit with secretary; vacancies occurring after ballot printed; envelopes.

Sections 9-133a to 9-133e, inclusive, are repealed.
(1971, P.A. 819, S. 1–5; 1972, P.A. 13, S. 1, 2; P.A. 73-630, S. 15, 19; P.A. 74-25, S. 1, 13; P.A. 75-310, S. 3, 4, 11; 75-595, S. 1, 5; P.A. 76-50, S. 1, 7; P.A. 77-97; 77-245, S. 14; P.A. 78-168, S. 1; P.A. 81-238, S. 1; 81-472, S. 118, 159; P.A. 82-472, S. 26, 183; P.A. 83-254, S. 1, 4; P.A. 84-319, S. 10, 49; P.A. 85-577, S. 3, 4; P.A. 86-179, S. 52, 53.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 145 - Absentee Voting › Section 9-133f. - Absentee voting procedures.

The provisions of this chapter shall govern procedures relating to absentee voting at elections. Except as otherwise provided by statute, such provisions shall also apply, as nearly as practicable and in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of the State, to procedures relating to absentee voting at primaries and referenda.
(P.A. 86-179, S. 1, 53.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 145 - Absentee Voting › Section 9-134. - Members of the armed forces; definitions.

The term “members of the armed forces”, wherever used in this chapter, means members in active service of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Public Health Service and Merchant Marine of the United States, and all regular and reserve components thereof. The term “members of the Merchant Marine of the United States”, wherever used in this chapter, means persons employed as officers or members of crews of vessels documented under the laws of the United States, or of vessels owned by the United States, or of vessels of foreign-flag registry under charter to or control of the United States, and persons enrolled with the United States for employment, or for training for employment, or maintained by the United States for emergency relief service, as officers or members of crews of any such vessels; but does not mean persons so employed, or enrolled for such employment or for training for such employment, or maintained for such emergency relief service, on the Great Lakes or the inland waterways. The term “United States”, wherever used geographically in this chapter, includes the territorial limits of the states of the United States and the District of Columbia.
(1953, 1955, S. 619d; P.A. 79-363, S. 10, 38; P.A. 86-179, S. 2, 53.)
History: P.A. 79-363 referred to elector's inability to appear at polling place rather than his absence from town; P.A. 86-179 deleted sentence authorizing absentee voting by elector unable to appear at polling place because of active service with armed forces.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 145 - Absentee Voting › Section 9-135a. - Form of absentee ballot.

(a) Each absentee ballot shall be arranged to resemble the appropriate ballot and sample ballot as prescribed by law, and shall include, as applicable, the offices, party designations, names of candidates and questions to be voted upon and spaces for write-in votes. A replica of the state seal shall be printed on the ballot. The size, type, form, instructions, specifications for paper and printing and other specifications shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the State.
(b) In municipalities in which some or all offices are to be voted upon without party designation at an election, the clerk of the municipality shall prepare a suitably modified absentee ballot which, upon approval by the Secretary of the State, shall be the form of absentee ballot for the purposes of the election.
(c) In the case of a primary in a voting district in which unaffiliated electors are authorized, under section 9-431, to vote for some but not all offices to be contested at the primary, the clerk of the municipality shall so prepare and cause to be printed separate and distinct partial absentee ballots for such unaffiliated electors, provided on each such ballot, each candidate's position shall be the same as on the full absentee ballot for the primary, pursuant to section 9-437, leaving blank columns where necessary.
(P.A. 75-310, S. 1, 11; P.A. 77-245, S. 15; P.A. 78-24; P.A. 79-363, S. 11, 38; P.A. 84-319, S. 11, 49; P.A. 86-179, S. 4, 53; P.A. 87-509, S. 6, 24; P.A. 11-20, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 77-245 changed “town” to “municipal” clerk where appearing; P.A. 78-24 changed requirement for filing absentee ballot with secretary of the state to not later than 35 days, rather than 20 days, before election and further provided for filing of any corrections or alterations thereto; P.A. 79-363 made technical changes; P.A. 84-319 eliminated the requirement that secretary provide blank ballot facsimiles to municipal clerks, i.e. “without names of parties, candidates, offices and questions”; P.A. 86-179 deleted subsections requiring filing of absentee ballot forms and affidavits with secretary of the state and public availability of layouts of sample absentee ballots and added provision re modified absentee ballot for use in municipalities in which officers are voted upon without party designation; P.A. 87-509 added Subsec. (c), requiring preparation of separate and distinct absentee ballots for unaffiliated electors in case of primary in which unaffiliated electors authorized to vote for some but not all offices to be contested at primary; P.A. 11-20 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “ballot label” with “ballot” and eliminate requirement for Secretary of the State to send a ballot facsimile to each municipal clerk, effective May 24, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 145 - Absentee Voting › Section 9-136 and 9-136a. - Form of absentee ballot. Form for municipal election to fill partisan and nonpartisan offices.

Sections 9-136 and 9-136a are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1140; 1953, S. 623d; 1957, P.A. 517, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 395, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 224, S. 1; 374, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 631; P.A. 75-310, S. 10, 11; P.A. 86-179, S. 52, 53.)