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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-232. - Challenges to the right of any person offering to vote. Challenges to not be indiscriminate and to be under oath.

(a) 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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 111.)
History: P.A. 75-348 added new Subsec. (b) re grounds for challenges and required oath; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision re registrar's appointment of challengers, effective June 23, 2021.
2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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; or
b. 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-233. - Voting tabulator tenders.

Prior to each election, the registrars of voters of each town shall appoint, for each voting tabulator to be used at such election, at least one and not more than two electors of such town as a voting tabulator tender, unless the registrars of voters have established two shifts for election officials under the provisions of section 9-258a, in which case the registrars shall appoint at least one and not more than two electors to be voting tabulator tenders, for each voting tabulator, for each shift.
(1953, S. 710d; 1969, P.A. 500, S. 2; P.A. 83-391, S. 15, 24; P.A. 07-194, S. 18.)
History: 1969 act provided for appointment of voting machine tenders by registrars for each shift established; P.A. 83-391 permitted registrars to appoint one or two voting machine tenders per machine, rather than one as previously; P.A. 07-194 made technical changes and replaced “voting machine tender” with “voting tabulator tender”.
See Sec. 9-249 re instruction of election officials in use of voting tabulator.
See Sec. 9-267 re removal of voting tabulator tenders for incompetence.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-234. - Presence of registrars. Official checkers. Checking of elector's name.

(a) Each registrar of voters shall be present during the taking of the vote at any regular or special state or municipal election in the registrar's of voters town or district. The assistants in their respective districts shall, when requested by either registrar of voters, be present at the taking of any such vote and discharge the duties of registrars of voters. Each registrar of voters shall appoint some suitable person to check the list manually on paper or electronically in each district, unless the registrars of voters have established two shifts for election officials under the provisions of section 9-258a, in which case each such registrar of voters shall appoint one such person for each district for each shift. Each such person, who is so appointed official checker, shall manually on paper or electronically check the name of each elector on the list when the elector offers the elector's vote, and no voting tabulator tender shall permit any vote to be cast upon the voting tabulator until the name has been so checked.
(b) If an official checker is checking the name of an elector electronically, the checker shall use an electronic device approved by the Secretary of the State, in accordance with the provisions of section 9-261c.
(c) If an official checker is using such an electronic device to check the names of voters and such device becomes inoperable, the official checker shall check such names using a printed copy of such list provided pursuant to section 9-39.
(1949 Rev., S. 1069; 1953, S. 711d; 1969, P.A. 500, S. 3; P.A. 11-20, S. 1; 11-173, S. 35; P.A. 14-217, S. 23.)
History: 1969 act provided for appointment of checkers for each established shift; P.A. 11-173 added “official” re checkers, replaced “machine” with “tabulator” and made technical changes, effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 14-217 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to add references to manual or electronic checking of list and make a technical change, added Subsec. (b) re electronic checking of an elector's name and added Subsec. (c) re when electronic checking device becomes inoperable, effective June 13, 2014.
See Sec. 9-267 re removal of checkers for incompetence.
Registry list is evidence of domicile and the checking thereof of fact of voting; 21 C. 101 overruled. 67 C. 459.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-235a. - Temporary absence of election officials.

The provisions of this title requiring the attendance of election officials at the polls during the hours of voting at any election shall not be construed to prevent the absence of any such official for periods of not more than thirty minutes during such hours, provided such official shall first notify the moderator of his intention to be absent, and the moderator shall designate another election official of the same party as the absent official to act for him during his absence. If the moderator intends to be absent for any such period, he shall designate another election official to act for him during his absence. The provisions of this title requiring the attendance of election officials at the polls during the hours of voting at any election shall not be construed to prevent the appointment of (1) such election officials, except for moderators, to serve in two shifts as provided for in section 9-258a, upon vote of the legislative body, or (2) unofficial checkers to serve in two or more shifts as provided in section 9-235.
(1959, P.A. 534; 1963, P.A. 318, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 500, S. 5; P.A. 88-173, S. 2.)
History: 1963 act provided that moderator may designate another election official to act for him during his temporary absence; 1969 act provided that this section not be construed to prevent appointments to a second shift provided for in Sec. 9-258a; P.A. 88-173 added Subdiv. (2) re unofficial checkers.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-235b. - Runners.

At any election or primary, any person may serve as a runner solely to enter and leave a polling place and the restricted area surrounding the polling place for the purpose of taking outside the polling place and said area, information identifying electors who have cast ballots at such election or primary. Each runner shall be subject to the control of the moderator. No candidate in such election or primary may perform the functions of a runner pursuant to this section. Nothing in this section shall limit the responsibilities of an unofficial checker. If a runner interferes with the orderly process of voting, causes a disturbance or makes unreasonable noise, he shall be evicted by the moderator.
(P.A. 87-471, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-235c. - Voluntary service by election, primary or referendum officials.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary or of any special act, charter or ordinance, any election, primary or referendum official may serve on a voluntary basis without compensation, if such official and the registrars of voters or, in the case of a primary, the registrar of voters of the party conducting the primary, mutually agree.
(P.A. 92-1, S. 2, 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-235d. - Citizens sixteen or seventeen years of age authorized to serve as election or primary officials. Requirements.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of sections 9-233, 9-235 and 9-258 a United States citizen who is sixteen or seventeen years of age and a bona fide resident of a town may be appointed as (1) an unofficial checker in an election, or (2) a checker, translator, ballot clerk or voting tabulator tender in an election after (A) attending poll worker training, and (B) receiving the written permission of a parent, guardian or the principal of the school that the citizen attends if the citizen is a secondary school student and the citizen is to be appointed to work on a day when such school is in session.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 9-436 or 9-436a a United States citizen who is sixteen or seventeen years of age and a bona fide resident of a town or political subdivision holding a primary may be appointed as (1) a candidate checker in the primary, or (2) a checker, translator, ballot clerk or voting tabulator tender in a primary after (A) attending poll worker training, and (B) receiving the written permission of a parent, guardian or the principal of the school that the citizen attends if the citizen is a secondary school student and the citizen is to be appointed to work on a day when such school is in session.
(P.A. 93-384, S. 9; P.A. 97-67, S. 8, 9; P.A. 03-108, S. 1; P.A. 11-20, S. 1; P.A. 15-224, S. 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 112.)
History: P.A. 97-67 divided section into Subsecs., authorized appointments of unofficial and candidate checkers as checkers in subsequent elections and primaries, respectively, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 03-108 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to insert Subdiv. (1) designator, delete prior experience requirement for challengers and unofficial or candidate checkers, and insert Subdiv. (2) re appointment as a checker, translator or voting machine tender, effective July 1, 2003; pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “machine” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “tabulator”, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 15-224 amended Subsecs. (a)(2) and (b)(2) to add “ballot clerk” re appointment, effective July 7, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 deleted references to challengers and made technical changes, effective June 23, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-235e. - Secretary of the State allowed access to polling place.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary of the State, or the Secretary's designee, shall be allowed access to each polling place within the state during any municipal, state or federal election, primary or recanvass for the purpose of reviewing each polling place and recanvass for compliance with state and federal law. If the Secretary is a candidate on the ballot for any election or primary at a polling place, only the Secretary's designee may access such polling place pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 11-46, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 11-46 effective June 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-236a. - Spare voting tabulator or ballot box for educational use of students.

Any town, on its own initiative or upon a request by the Secretary of the State, and with the approval of the legislative body of the town or, in the case of a town in which the legislative body is a town meeting, the board of selectmen, may require a spare voting tabulator or ballot box to be provided inside any polling place or in a room adjacent to the polling place, for the educational use of students from kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive. Upon such approval, the registrars shall establish procedures for the use of the tabulator or ballot box, including but not limited to: (1) Location and preparation of the tabulator or ballot box, (2) duties of tabulator or ballot box tenders, and (3) canvassing the returns. Any such tabulator shall be in addition to the demonstrator or spare voting tabulator required by section 9-260. Ballots completed by students under this section shall be unofficial, and polling place officials shall not be required to handle or count such ballots. Each student who will be using such tabulator or ballot box inside a polling place or a room adjacent to the polling place shall be accompanied by an adult. The supervisor of such students for the purposes of this section shall submit the names of all adults who will be working with such students to the registrars at least forty-eight hours before the election.
(P.A. 89-286, S. 2, 3; P.A. 94-203, S. 9, 12; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 94-203 authorized town to provide educational purpose voting mechanisms on its own initiative or upon a request by the secretary of the state, authorized the use of ballot boxes, reduced the minimum grade level for participation from fourth grade to kindergarten and added provisions re supervision, effective July 1, 1994; pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “machine” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “tabulator”, effective May 24, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-237. - Display of national and state flags.

A United States flag, at least three feet by five feet in size, shall be displayed, and a Connecticut state flag of the same size may be displayed, on the wall inside each polling place during the hours of voting on the day of any regular or special state election. No other international, national or United Nations flag shall be displayed in such polling place.
(1949 Rev., S. 1131; 1953, 1955, S. 713d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 146 - Elections › Section 9-237a. - Telephones at polling places.

The registrars of voters shall provide a telephone for each polling place for the use of the election officials to aid in clarifying the status of electors whose right to vote is questioned, if a telephone is not available and readily accessible for such purpose.
(1969, P.A. 108.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-238a. - Report to Secretary of number of voting tabulators.

During the first week of February in each year, the town clerk of each town shall notify the Secretary of the State, on a form provided by said Secretary, of the total number of voting tabulators in such town and, in towns divided into voting districts, in addition, the same information for each voting district. If the number of tabulators listed in such notification is less than the number required under section 9-238, the town clerk shall include in such notification an explanation of the discrepancy. Each such clerk shall also file a duplicate copy of such notification with the officials who are required to provide voting tabulators in the clerk's municipality under section 9-238.
(1961, P.A. 47; P.A. 87-509, S. 9, 24; P.A. 97-154, S. 23, 27; P.A. 11-20, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 87-509 required town clerk to include in notification the total number of names on each enrollment list and total number of unaffiliated electors in the town; P.A. 97-154 required total number of names reported to Secretary of the State to be on “active” registry list, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 11-20 eliminated requirement re reporting of number of electors, replaced “machines” with “tabulators” and made technical changes, effective May 24, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-239. - Payment for voting tabulators.

The fiscal authority in each municipality shall authorize payment of the bill incurred for the purchase or lease or other method of acquisition of an adequate number of voting tabulators incurred by the officials responsible for providing the same under the provisions of section 9-238.
(1955, S. 716d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 2; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “machines” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “tabulators”, effective May 24, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-240. - Provision of voting tabulators and booths.

The board of selectmen in each town, unless otherwise provided by law, shall provide or may authorize the registrars to provide a suitable room or rooms and voting tabulator booths for holding all elections. The interior of the booths shall be secure from outside observation. Said board shall provide for each polling place, in accordance with the requirements of section 9-238, one or more voting tabulators in complete working order, and shall preserve and keep them in repair and have the custody of the voting tabulators, and the care and custody of the furniture and equipment of the polling place, when not in use at an election.
(1949 Rev., S. 1054, 1195; 1953, S. 717d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 3; 1967, P.A. 119, S. 3; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)
History: 1967 act deleted provision for public notice of location of rooms and voting machine booths; pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “machine” and “machines” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “tabulator” and “tabulators”, respectively, effective May 24, 2011.
Irregularities in arranging polling place held not to invalidate election. 75 C. 53.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-240a. - Periodic examination of voting tabulators.

Not more than two hundred ten days nor less than thirty days prior to each regular election for state officers, each voting tabulator to be used in the next succeeding regular election, including each additional tabulator required under section 9-238, shall be examined by the company which manufactured the same or its successor or, with the approval of the Secretary of the State, by persons skilled in the mechanics and operation of such tabulator, for the purpose of determining that such tabulator is in sound operable condition for use in such election. Arrangements for such examination shall be made by the officials responsible for providing voting tabulators under section 9-238. The company or person making such examination shall file a report with respect to each tabulator with the Secretary of the State and with such officials, indicating whether or not such tabulator is in sound operable condition. When, as a result of any such examination, a tabulator is found not to be in sound operable condition, such officials shall have such tabulator repaired, or shall provide a voting tabulator in sound operable condition to replace the tabulator found inoperable. The cost for such examination in each town shall be paid by such town. Failure to cause the examination of a voting tabulator, as herein required, shall not, of itself, prevent the use of such tabulator in any election.
(1967, P.A. 229, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 355, S. 2; P.A. 87-382, S. 21, 55; P.A. 11-20, S. 8.)
History: 1969 act deleted obsolete language and required examination of additional machines required under Sec. 9-238; P.A. 87-382 required examination of machines not more than 210 days or less than 30 days before election rather than “during the period from seven months to one month” before election; P.A. 11-20 replaced “machine” with “tabulator” and “machines” with “tabulators” and made technical changes, effective May 24, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-242a. - Regulations concerning use of voting machines.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, in the event that the Secretary of the State approves for use, in the manner provided by section 9-241, a kind of voting machine not so approved on January 1, 1985, said secretary shall adopt such regulations as may be necessary for the use of such machine, including but not limited to regulations for adjustment of such machine in preparation for voting, process of voting, canvass of votes cast, and certifications.
(P.A. 84-319, S. 34, 49.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-243. - Mechanics. Instruction and certification by the Secretary of the State.

Section 9-243 is repealed, effective May 24, 2011.
(1949 Rev., S. 1197; 1953, S. 720d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 5; 1959, P.A. 487, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 355, S. 3; P.A. 80-215, S. 5; P.A. 81-467, S. 4, 8; P.A. 82-426, S. 6, 14; 82-472, S. 27, 183; P.A. 87-472, S. 12; P.A. 94-203, S. 7, 12; P.A. 11-20, S. 39.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-245. - Filing of reports.

The reports of the registrars of voters, provided for under section 9-246, and the report provided for under subsection (c) of section 9-244, shall be filed with the municipal clerk and shall be kept by the municipal clerk for at least sixty days after the election for which the tabulators were so prepared.
(1949 Rev., S. 1197; 1953, S. 722d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 7; P.A. 87-382, S. 23, 55; P.A. 88-48, S. 2, 5; P.A. 98-67, S. 8, 10; P.A. 11-20, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 87-382 substituted “sixty days” for “two months”; P.A. 88-48 added party chairmen and candidates to report requirements; P.A. 98-67 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 11-20 replaced “mechanics” with “registrars of voters” and “machines” with “tabulators”, effective May 24, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 147 - Voting Methods › Section 9-246. - Duties of registrars re condition of tabulators. Repairs made on election day. Required reports.

(a) The registrar or registrars shall file a written report of the condition of each tabulator certifying that (1) they have prepared the tabulators, (2) all the counters are set at zero (000), (3) the ballot is properly prepared, (4) the tabulator has been properly adjusted according to the ballots, and (5) each tabulator is otherwise in readiness for the election. This report shall include the number of each tabulator and a statement of any defects or features of the tabulator that need attention or correction. The registrar or registrars shall also place upon each of the tabulators a numbered seal, secured in such a way that, before any movement of the registering or voting mechanism can be effected, such seal will be destroyed or broken. All voting tabulators shall be transferred to the polling places in charge of an elector authorized by the registrars of voters under whose direction the voting tabulators are to be prepared, as provided in section 9-240a; and such elector shall certify to their delivery in good order. Additional tabulators required under section 9-238 shall be so located by the registrars of voters as to be available for immediate transfer to the polling places within the municipality. The registrar or registrars shall have custody of the keys of the voting tabulators.
(b) The registrar or registrars shall file a written report detailing any repairs made to a tabulator on the day of an election. This report shall certify (1) the number of the tabulator, (2) the time when the problem occurred, (3) a summary description of the work performed, and (4) that no repairs were made to the tabulator, after any vote was cast on the day of an election, that would affect the manner in which votes were recorded on the tabulator.
(1949 Rev., S. 1197; 1953, S. 723d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 8; 1959, P.A. 487, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 355, S. 5; P.A. 83-475, S. 19, 43; P.A. 04-113, S. 6; P.A. 11-173, S. 54.)
History: 1959 act provided for registrars rather than selectmen, wardens and mayors to appoint the elector in charge of transferring the voting machines to the polling places; 1969 act provided that additional machines be located so as to be available for immediate transfer, effective with respect to all elections held on or after January 1, 1970; P.A. 83-475 added Subsec. (b) requiring report re election day repairs; P.A. 04-113 added Subsec. (b)(4) re certification that no repairs were made to machine that would affect recording of votes, effective May 21, 2004; P.A. 11-173 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “grouping mechanism” with “tabulator” and “ballot labels are” with “ballot is” and by deleting “metal” re seal and language re the return of machine keys to clerk, and replaced references to mechanics with references to registrars and references to machines with references to tabulators and made technical changes throughout, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 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.
2023 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.