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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-14a. - Electors in custody of state.

Any person in the custody of the state being held at a community correctional center or a correctional institution, whose voting rights have not been denied, shall be deemed to be absent from the town or city of which he is an inhabitant for purposes of voting, notwithstanding that such center or institution may be situated within such town or city.
(P.A. 75-595, S. 4, 5.)
See Secs. 9-135, 9-137 re absentee voting.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-15. - Residence of pauper.

Section 9-15 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(1949 Rev., S. 1020; 1953, S. 516d; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-15a. - Membership and quorum of board for admission of electors.

(a) The board for admission of electors in each town shall consist of the town clerk and the selectmen, provided the legislative body of any town may, at any time, except during the period of eight weeks prior to a regular election, vote to change the membership of such board to consist of (1) the town clerk, the selectmen and the registrars of voters or (2) the town clerk and the registrars of voters. For the purposes of this section, the term “registrars of voters”, in a town where there are different registrars of voters for different voting districts, means the registrars of voters in the voting district in which, at the last-preceding election, the presiding officer for the purpose of declaring the result of the vote of the whole town was the moderator.
(b) Any member of the board for the admission of electors in any town who finds that he is unable to attend a meeting of the board shall designate another elected officer of such town to act for him by filing a statement of such designation in writing in the office of the town clerk at any time prior to the opening of the meeting, provided, if an assistant town clerk is available, he shall serve in the absence or inability of the town clerk and, if the deputy registrar of voters is available, he shall serve in the absence or inability of his registrar.
(c) A quorum of the board for the admission of electors shall consist of a bare majority of the members of such board. An assistant town clerk or a deputy registrar or any other town officer designated by, and acting for, a member of such board pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be included as a member of such board for purposes of ascertaining the existence of a quorum.
(d) This section shall supersede any inconsistent provision of any charter or special act.
(February, 1965, P.A. 471; 1969, P.A. 496; P.A. 79-363, S. 4, 38; P.A. 83-391, S. 1, 24; P.A. 07-217, S. 39.)
History: 1969 act changed word “municipality” for “town” wherever appearing and in Subsec. (b) inserted the word “elected” before “officer”; P.A. 79-363 amended Subsec. (a) by inserting “the” before “moderator”; P.A. 83-391 amended Subsec. (b) to eliminate reference to sessions of board for the admission of electors; P.A. 07-217 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective July 12, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-16. - Notice of sessions of registrars of voters.

The registrars of voters in each town shall give notice of the time and place of each session for the admission of electors held pursuant to section 9-17 by publication in a newspaper published or circulated in such town not more than fifteen nor less than five days before each such session. Nothing herein shall require that such publication be in the form of a legal advertisement.
(1953, S. 517d; 1957, P.A. 441, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 684, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 266, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 393, S. 3; February, 1965, P.A. 275, S. 2; 443, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 352, S. 3; P.A. 83-391, S. 2, 24; P.A. 93-230, S. 5.)
History: 1959 act allowed town clerk's statement that applicant is an elector in lieu of proof of citizenship; 1961 act added registrar of voters to same provision; 1963 act deleted requirement of posting notice of session on signpost and changed time for giving notice by publication; 1965 acts required notice be published no more than 10 nor less than 5 days before each session and deleted provision for notice to include requirements for presentation of naturalization or other papers; 1967 act amended notice requirement to no more than 15 days instead of 10 days prior to session; P.A. 83-391 amended section to provide for notice of sessions to be given by registrars of voters not board for admission of electors; P.A. 93-230 specified that publication need not be in form of a legal advertisement.
See Sec. 9-25 re admission of armed forces members as electors.
See Sec. 9-31a re special admission procedure for permanently physically disabled persons.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-17a. - “Admitting official” defined.

As used in sections 9-17, 9-19b, 9-19c, 9-20, 9-23a, 9-24, 9-31a, 9-31b and 9-31l, unless otherwise provided, the term “admitting official” means a town clerk, assistant town clerk, registrar of voters, deputy registrar of voters or assistant registrar of voters or the board for admission of electors.
(1971, P.A. 768, S. 1; P.A. 79-363, S. 5, 38; P.A. 80-281, S. 2, 31; P.A. 81-350, S. 12, 17; P.A. 15-224, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 79-363 made technical changes; P.A. 80-281 added “special assistant registrar of voters”; P.A. 81-350 substituted reference to Sec. 9-31
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for reference to Sec. 9-31k, repealed by the same act; P.A. 15-224 redefined “admitting official” and made technical changes, effective July 7, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-18, 9-18a and 9-19. - Sessions of board during even-numbered years. Required monthly sessions. Additional sessions.

Sections 9-18, 9-18a and 9-19 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1014, 1016; 1953, S. 519d, 520d; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 5; 1963, P.A. 530, S. 2–4; 1971, P.A. 768, S. 3; P.A. 76-128, S. 10, 11; P.A. 83-391, S. 23, 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-19a. - Inconsistent provisions superseded.

The provisions of this chapter shall supersede any inconsistent provision of any charter or special act.
(1963, P.A. 530, S. 5; P.A. 79-363, S. 6, 38; P.A. 83-391, S. 4, 24; P.A. 84-319, S. 6, 49.)
History: P.A. 79-363 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 9-18a; P.A. 83-391 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 9-19; P.A. 84-319 amended section to provide that provisions of chapter 143, rather than of Sec. 9-17, supersede inconsistent provisions in charters and special acts.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-19d. - Form of application.

The application provided for in section 9-19c shall be in form substantially as follows:
To …. (name), Town Clerk,
of the Town of
Registrar of Voters,
…., Connecticut,
We the undersigned, being citizens of the United States of voting age, are
[ ] employed, and all being employees of .... (name of employer)
or
[ ] students attending .... (name of school, college or university)
or
[ ] residing at the (name of hospital, residential care home, rest home, nursing home or convalescent home) .... in said town and each of us believing that he or she possesses the qualifications for admission as an elector, do hereby request you to come to our place of employment, or school, college or university or residence, as the case may be, at .... (address), in said town, for the purpose of receiving applications for admission as an elector.
…. (signatures)
…. (addresses)
Dated at ...., Connecticut, this .... day of ...., 20...
(1969, P.A. 412, S. 2; P.A. 73-630, S. 4, 19; P.A. 75-17, S. 2; P.A. 76-128, S. 5, 11; P.A. 97-112, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 73-630 removed the words “now reside, and for at least six months have resided, in” and substituted “are bona fide residents of” in the application; P.A. 75-17 changed format of application to provide three alternatives, one to be indicated, of categories including employees, students of institutions of higher learning or residents of certain health care facilities; P.A. 76-128 removed recital of residency in town in which as employees, students or residents the signers request a voter-making session and deleted recital of possession of qualification for admission as an elector “in said town”; P.A. 97-112 replaced “home for the aged” with “residential care home”; (Revisor's note: In 2001 the reference in this section to the date “19..” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “20..” to reflect the new millennium).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-19f. - Out-of-town assistance permitted at admission sessions.

The registrar of voters or the deputy or any assistant registrar of voters of any town may, upon the request of the registrar of voters of any other town, assist such registrar or deputy or assistant registrar at any session for the admission of electors held pursuant to section 9-19b or subsection (a) of section 9-19c in the town in which the requesting registrar resides.
(P.A. 76-128, S. 2, 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-19g. - Application for admission after established cutoff date.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-19b, during the period between the last session for the admission of electors prior to an election and the opening of the limited session for such admission held on the last weekday before the election, the town clerk or assistant town clerk during office hours and at the office of such official, and either registrar of voters or a deputy or assistant registrar at the office of such official, may examine the qualifications of any person applying in person to be admitted as an elector in such town and act on such application, except the privileges of an elector shall not attach to any such applicant until written approval is sent to him by such official no earlier than two days following the election. If the application is disapproved, such official shall send notification thereof by certified mail no earlier than two days following the election. At the time of application, the official examining the applicant shall retain a copy of the application and shall hand a receipt thereof to the applicant.
(P.A. 79-357, S. 1; P.A. 94-121, S. 13, 33.)
History: P.A. 94-121 applied provisions of section to any person applying “in person” and substituted “in such town and act on such application” for “and administer the elector's oath to any person found qualified”, effective January 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-19i. - Change of address form submitted for purposes of motor vehicle operator's license to serve as notification of change of address for voter registration purposes; exception; procedure. Electronic notification system.

(a) Any change of address form submitted by a person in accordance with law for purposes of a motor vehicle operator's license shall serve as notification of change of address for voter registration for the person unless the person states on the form that the change of address is not for voter registration purposes. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall forthwith transmit such change of address information to the registrars of voters of the town of the former address of the person. If the name of the person appears on the registry list of the town, and if the new address is also within such town, the registrars shall enter the name of such elector on the registry list at the place where he then resides. If the name of the person appears on the registry list of the town and if the new address is outside such town, the registrars shall remove the name of such elector from the registry list and send the elector the notice, information and application required by subsection (c) of section 9-35, except that if said commissioner is using an electronic system pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of the State may prescribe alternative procedures for sending such notice and information and may waive the requirement to send such application.
(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall provide an electronic system, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the State, to effectuate the purposes of subsection (a) of this section regarding notifications of change of address for voter registration. Such electronic system may provide for the transmittal to the Secretary of an applicant's signature on file with said commissioner. The use of any such electronic system shall comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time.
(P.A. 94-121, S. 5, 33; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 88.)
History: P.A. 94-121 effective January 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added references to Subsec. (b) re electronic system and alternative procedures prescribed by Secretary of the State and waiver of Sec. 9-35 requirement therein, added Subsec. (b) re electronic system for change of address notifications and made technical changes, effective June 23, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-20a. - Proof of citizenship.

If the applicant is a naturalized citizen, or if the applicant has acquired citizenship by reason of being born abroad to a United States citizen parent or has derived citizenship through the naturalization of a parent or spouse, the certificate of his naturalization, under the seal of the court issuing the same, or a copy thereof issued by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service in lieu of the original certificate, or a certificate of citizenship issued by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, or a passport issued by the State Department of the United States on or after January 1, 1948, or a written statement signed by a town clerk or registrar of voters of a town of this state or by an election official of another state in the United States or a town or political subdivision of such state that the records of such state, town or political subdivision show that such applicant has previously been admitted as an elector therein, shall be conclusive proof of citizenship. Any applicant submitting documentary evidence of citizenship shall make oath that he is the person named therein.
(1963, P.A. 645, S. 3; February, 1965, P.A. 548, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 390, S. 2, 6.)
History: 1965 act added provision for a written statement signed by election official of another state, town or subdivision that their records show applicant previously admitted as an elector as alternative to naturalization papers or passport issued after January 1, 1948 where citizenship is by naturalization, derived through naturalization of parent or spouse, or applicant born abroad of a U.S. citizen parent; 1967 act clarified provisions for conclusive proof of citizenship by certificates of citizenship, passport or statement by election officials from other states or town clerk or registrars of any Connecticut towns that records show applicant previously admitted as elector, applicant submitting such documentary evidence to make oath that he is person named therein, effective January 1, 1968.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-20b. - Voter registration services for new citizens at naturalization ceremonies.

The Secretary of the State, within available appropriations and in consultation with registrars of voters and nonprofit organizations promoting voter registration, shall provide or arrange for voter registration services for new citizens at each naturalization ceremony held in the state by the federal Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services for twenty-five or more new citizens.
(P.A. 05-188, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 05-188 effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-21. - Removal of elector from registry list.

(a) If any applicant for admission as an elector in any town has previously been admitted as an elector in any other town in this state, or in any other state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, he shall, under penalties of perjury, so declare, and shall also declare by what name and in what town and state, district or territory he was last admitted as an elector and the street address from which he last voted therein. The admitting official shall within forty-eight hours thereafter transmit a notice of cancellation of such registration, upon a form prescribed by the Secretary of the State to the registrars of such other town or, in the case of a town in another state, district or territory, to the appropriate registration official or officials in such other town. Upon receipt of such notice of cancellation of registration, the registrars of the town from which such elector has removed shall forthwith erase the name of such elector from the registry list of the town, if the same has not been erased therefrom.
(b) When the Secretary of the State receives information from a registration official of another state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands that an elector of this state has registered in such other state, district or territory, the Secretary of the State may transmit a notification of such registration to the registrars of the town where such individual may be an elector in this state. If the registrars determine that the individual identified in the notice is an elector in this state, the registrars shall remove the name of such elector from the registry list.
(1949 Rev., S. 1018; 1953, S. 522d; 1971, P.A. 768, S. 7; P.A. 73-630, S. 6, 19; P.A. 83-213, S. 3; P.A. 84-319, S. 7, 49; P.A. 94-121, S. 16, 33; P.A. 96-134, S. 7, 9.)
History: 1971 act replaced reference to “registrars” with “admitting official”; P.A. 73-630 added provision for notification to election officials in another state as well as any other town in Connecticut of cancellation of previous registration in such other state or town where applicant was previously admitted as elector elsewhere; P.A. 83-213 amended section to include references to United States districts and territories; P.A. 84-319 amended section to require cancellation of registration by admitting official instead of applicant; P.A. 94-121 substituted “penalties of perjury” for “oath” and “transmit” for “mail”, effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 96-134 lettered existing section as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) re notification of registration of an elector in another state or voting venue, effective January 1, 1997.
See Sec. 9-31 re inapplicability of this section to electors admitted under provisions of Secs. 9-26 to 9-30, inclusive.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-21a. - Search of computerized voter registration records. Duplicate registrations.

(a) The Secretary of the State, at such times as the Secretary determines, may cause a search to be made of computerized voter registration records to identify electors who may be registered in more than one town. The Secretary may compile, from such search, a list of possible duplicate registrations in any town or towns and transmit such list to the registrars of voters of the appropriate town or towns.
(b) Upon receipt of such list from the Secretary, the registrars may make such additional investigation as they deem necessary to determine if any elector in their town whose name appears on such list was previously registered in another town. The registrars of voters shall send to each elector on the registry list in their town, who the registrars of voters determine to be the same person who was previously registered in another town, a notice of duplicate registration in a form prescribed by the Secretary of the State stating that (1) based on a computer search of voter registration records it appears that the elector may have been registered to vote in another town before registering in the registrars' town, (2) as the result of such previous registration, the elector is no longer entitled to remain on the registry list in the previous town, and (3) unless the elector contacts the registrars of voters within thirty days to confirm that the elector is still entitled to be on the registry list in the previous town, the elector's name shall be removed from the list. The notice of duplicate registration shall include a form on which the elector may confirm that the elector is entitled to be on an active registry list because the elector is a bona fide resident of the registrars' town and either is not the person whose name appears on the registry list of another town, or has registered in the registrars' town after registering in any other town.
(c) When an elector whose name appears on the inactive list files the confirmation provided for in this section, the elector's name shall be restored to the active list. No elector shall be removed from the registry list pursuant to this section unless both registrars of voters agree that such elector has subsequently registered to vote in another town.
(P.A. 97-154, S. 21, 27; P.A. 11-173, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 97-154 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 11-173 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing references to “subsequently registered”, “after having registered”, “subsequent registration” and “registrars' town” with references to “previously registered”, “before registering”, “previous registration” and “previous town”, respectively, and made technical changes, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-23. - Registrars of voters. Posting of public hours. Maintenance of voter information.

(a) The registrars of voters shall post, at the town hall or municipal building in the town in which they serve, the hours they are available to the public. Any change in the regular business hours of the office of the registrars of voters, and any hours for said office required under the general statutes for a specific day, shall be posted at least ten days before such change or day.
(b) The registrars shall enter the name, residence, date of birth and date of admission of each person admitted as an elector in the records of the registrars' office, which shall be prima facie evidence that each such person possesses the requisite qualifications of an elector. The registrars shall also enter such voter information in the state-wide centralized voter registration system and shall maintain such voter information for active electors in a fire-proof cabinet in the registrars' office. The registrars shall file monthly in the office of the town clerk an updated list of active electors in the town.
(1949 Rev., S. 1019; 1953, S. 525d; 1971, P.A. 768, S. 8; 1972, P.A. 39, S. 1; P.A. 79-363, S. 8, 38; P.A. 90-156, S. 3; P.A. 04-113, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act following “... persons admitted as electors” deleted “at any session of the board for admission of electors held for that purpose”; 1972 act provided for application of section by adding “In towns which do not have full-time registrars of voters with regular office hours”; P.A. 79-363 added requirements that information to be recorded by town clerk to include residence, date and place of birth and date of admission of electors and added provision for towns having full-time registrars which includes those whose offices maintain daily office hours, such registrars to file that information in the office of town clerk; P.A. 90-156 added Subsec. (b) re exceptions to Subsec. (a); P.A. 04-113 eliminated former Subsec. (b) re inapplicability of Subsec. (a) to certain towns, divided existing Subsec. (a) into new Subsecs. (a) and (b), amended Subsec. (a) to require registrars to post hours they are available to the public and revised Subsec. (b) re registrars' duties, effective July 1, 2004.
See Sec. 11-8(b) re appointment of Public Records Administrator.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-23i. - Prohibition on witnessing official charging a fee.

Section 9-23i is repealed, effective January 1, 1994.
(P.A. 88-344, S. 3, 5; P.A. 93-386, S. 4, 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-23j. - Definition.

As used in sections 9-7b and 9-12, subsection (a) of section 9-17, sections 9-19b, 9-19e, 9-19g, 9-19h, 9-19i, 9-20, 9-21, 9-23a, 9-23g, 9-23h, 9-23k to 9-23o, inclusive, 9-26, 9-31a, 9-32, 9-35, 9-35b, 9-35c, 9-40a, 9-42, 9-43, 9-50a, 9-56 and 9-59, “public assistance offices” means offices of state agencies that administer or provide services under the supplemental nutrition assistance, Medicaid, Women, Infants and Children, and temporary family assistance programs.
(P.A. 94-121, S. 1, 33; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 11, 165; P.A. 09-9, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 94-121 effective January 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced a reference to “Aid to Families with Dependent Children” with “temporary family assistance”, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 09-9 replaced “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-23k. - National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Coordination of state responsibilities. Enforcement.

The Secretary of the State shall be the chief state election official responsible for coordination of state responsibilities under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, except that the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall be responsible for the investigation of any complaint alleging a violation of sections 9-7b and 9-12, subsection (a) of section 9-17, sections 9-19b, 9-19e, 9-19g to 9-19k, inclusive, 9-20, 9-21, 9-23a, 9-23g, 9-23h, 9-23j to 9-23o, inclusive, 9-26, 9-31a, 9-32, 9-35, 9-35b, 9-35c, 9-40a, 9-42, 9-43, 9-50a, 9-56 and 9-59 and shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of said sections by use of its powers as prescribed in section 9-7b.
(P.A. 94-121, S. 2, 33; P.A. 12-56, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 94-121 effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 12-56 added references to Secs. 9-19j and 9-19k, effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-23l. - Mail voter registration application form prescribed by Federal Election Commission.

Registrars of voters shall accept the mail voter registration application form prescribed by the Federal Election Commission pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, as an application for admission as an elector for all elections in Connecticut. The procedures in subsections (c), (d), (f) and (g) of section 9-23g which are not inconsistent with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, shall apply to applications made under this section.
(P.A. 94-121, S. 3, 33.)
History: P.A. 94-121 effective January 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-23m. - Secretary to make form available. Changes to conform to federal law.

The Secretary of the State shall make available for distribution the mail voter registration application form prescribed by the Federal Election Commission pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time. The secretary may make any changes in any forms required by this title which, in the opinion of the secretary, are necessary to cause said forms to conform to the provisions of applicable federal law.
(P.A. 94-121, S. 4, 33.)
History: P.A. 94-121 effective January 1, 1995; (Revisor's note: In 1997 a reference to “title 9” was replaced editorially by the Revisors with “this title” for consistency with customary statutory usage).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-23o. - Distribution of form by voter registration agencies. Declinations. Assistance. Use of electronic system.

A voter registration agency, as defined in section 9-23n shall comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, and (1) shall distribute with each application for assistance or services provided by the agency, and with each recertification, renewal or change of address form relating to such assistance or services, a mail voter registration application form approved by the Secretary of the State, and (2) during each application for such assistance or services and each recertification, renewal or change of address relating to such assistance or services, shall use an electronic system described in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 9-23n in accordance with said subdivision to effectuate the purposes of subdivision (1) of said subsection regarding application for admission of an elector, unless the applicant declines to register to vote pursuant to the provisions of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time. Such declination shall be in writing, except in the case of an application for service or assistance provided by a library, or a recertification, renewal or change of address form relating to such library service or assistance. Such voter registration agency shall provide each applicant to register to vote the same degree of assistance with regard to the completion of the registration application form as is provided by the agency with regard to the completion of its own forms, unless the applicant refuses such assistance.
(P.A. 94-121, S. 7, 33; P.A. 99-112, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 90.)
History: P.A. 94-121 effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 99-112 made technical changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 designated existing provisions re distribution of mail application form as Subdiv. (1) and added Subdiv. (2) re use of electronic system for elector admission application, effective January 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-23p. - Public institutions of higher education to distribute voter registration application forms and provide assistance. Use of electronic application system.

Each public institution of higher education shall (1) distribute mail voter registration application forms, and assist applicants who request assistance in completing such voter registration application forms, and (2) use an electronic system described in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 9-23n in accordance with said subdivision to effectuate the purposes of subdivision (1) of said subsection regarding application for admission of an elector, and assist applicants who request assistance in so applying through such electronic system.
(P.A. 99-112, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 91.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 deleted Subdiv. (2) designator from provision re assistance to applicants who request assistance in completing application forms and added new Subdiv. (2) re use of electronic elector admission application system, effective January 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-23q. - State-wide student voter registration drive.

The Secretary of the State shall annually designate, after consultation with registrars of voters, a period of time between January first and May thirty-first for a state-wide student voter registration drive and shall coordinate and publicize such drive.
(P.A. 03-54, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-24. - Admission as electors of persons in armed forces; definitions.

As used in sections 9-25 to 9-31, inclusive, the term “members of the armed forces” shall include members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force or Merchant Marine of the United States, or any of their respective components.
(1949 Rev., S. 1022; 1953, S. 526d; P.A. 73-630, S. 7, 19.)
History: P.A. 73-630 deleted provision concerning period of residency.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-25. - Admission of members of the armed forces as electors.

The town clerk or assistant town clerk or either registrar of voters or deputy or assistant registrar, on any week day and at any time before five o'clock p.m. on the last week day before any regular election, when requested in writing by any member of the armed forces desiring to be made an elector, or by any former member of the armed forces discharged therefrom within the calendar year immediately preceding such request, may forthwith examine the qualifications of such person and admit him to the elector's oath if he is qualified.
(1949 Rev., S. 1021; 1953, S. 527d; 1969, P.A. 718, S. 1; P.A. 75-9, S. 1, 2.)
History: 1969 act added provision for former member of armed forces discharged within calendar year immediately preceding request to be eligible for special session; P.A. 75-9 substituted town clerk and other officials for board of admission, deleted “hold a special session” leaving provision to examine qualifications forthwith.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-25a. - Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 9-26 and 9-28, “armed forces” has the meaning provided in section 27-103; “member of the Merchant Marine” means a person, other than a member of the armed forces, employed as an officer or member of the crew of a vessel documented under the laws of the United States, or of a vessel owned by the United States, or of a vessel of foreign-flag registry under charter to or control of the United States, or a person, other than a member of the armed forces, enrolled with the United States for employment, or for training for employment, or maintained by the United States for emergency relief service, as an officer or member of the crew of any such vessel, but does not include persons so employed, or enrolled for such employment or for training for such employment, or maintained for such emergency relief services, on the Great Lakes or the inland waterways; “dependent” means any person who in fact is dependent; and “induction into the armed forces” shall be construed to include the latest reenlistment in the armed forces.
(1963, P.A. 403, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 210; P.A. 73-630, S. 8, 19; P.A. 81-350, S. 7, 17; P.A. 93-384, S. 19, 28; P.A. 14-122, S. 83.)
History: 1965 act defined “induction into the armed forces”; P.A. 73-630 added “bona fide” to residence and clarified “town in this state in which he last resided” with respect to spouse or dependent; P.A. 81-350 eliminated a definition of the term “town in this state in which he last resided”; P.A. 93-384 deleted provision applying definitions to Sec. 9-27, effective January 1, 1994; P.A. 14-122 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-27. - Elector's oath.

Section 9-27 is repealed, effective January 1, 1995.
(1949 Rev., S. 1025; 1953, S. 529d; 1957, P.A. 441, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 684, S. 3; 1961, P.A. 232; 266, S. 4; 517, S. 5; 1963, P.A. 41; 96; 403, S. 3; February, 1965, P.A. 407, S. 3; 548, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 390, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 694, S. 4; 1972, P.A. 264, S. 4; P.A. 73-630, S. 12, 19; P.A. 79-366, S. 2; P.A. 81-350, S. 9, 17; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-1, S. 4, 7; P.A. 93-384, S. 21, 28; P.A. 94-121, S. 32, 33.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-28. - Town clerk to mail forms.

Either registrar of any town may, in writing, direct the town clerk to mail a copy of the form prescribed in section 9-26, with an envelope for its return, to the last-known address of any person who, in the opinion of such registrar possesses the qualifications required of an applicant for admission as an elector under the provisions of section 9-26, and the town clerk shall forthwith comply with such direction. Upon request to the town clerk by any person, a copy of such form, with an envelope for its return, shall be mailed by the town clerk to any member of the armed forces, of the merchant marine or of any religious or welfare group or agency attached to and serving with the armed forces or any civilian employee of the United States employed outside of this state or to the spouse or a dependent of any of such persons or to any person temporarily residing outside the territorial limits of the several states of the United States and the District of Columbia, or it may be delivered in person if so requested.
(1949 Rev., S. 1026; 1953, S. 530d; 1963, P.A. 403, S. 4; P.A. 73-630, S. 9, 19; P.A. 93-384, S. 22, 28.)
History: 1963 act extended provision to groups allied with armed forces, U.S. civilian employees, spouses and dependents; P.A. 73-630 deleted requirement that extract from Connecticut constitution and statutes be mailed with the form; P.A. 93-384 deleted references to Sec. 9-27 and required mailing of form to “any person temporarily residing outside the territorial limits of the several states of the United States and the District of Columbia”, effective January 1, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-29. - Printing and distribution of forms.

The Secretary of the State shall cause to be printed, at the expense of the state, a sufficient quantity of such forms and envelopes and shall distribute to each town such number of copies thereof as the town clerk thereof requests or as the Secretary of the State deems sufficient.
(1949 Rev., S. 1027; 1953, S. 531d; P.A. 73-630, S. 10, 19.)
History: P.A. 73-630 deleted requirement for printing of extracts from the constitution and statutes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-30. - Action by town clerk. Notice. Appeal from rejection of application.

All such applications shall be examined by the town clerk and, after such examination, he shall decide upon the right of the applicant to be admitted as an elector. If the town clerk decides that such applicant possesses all the qualifications required by law of applicants for admission as electors, he shall so certify, in writing, upon the form submitted by such applicant, who shall thereupon be an elector and shall be so advised in writing by the clerk. Said clerk shall forthwith notify, by mail, any person whose application to be admitted as an elector under the provisions of sections 9-26 to 9-29, inclusive, is denied, with his reasons therefor. The applicant may appeal the rejection of his application under section 9-31l.
(1949 Rev., S. 1024; 1953, S. 532d; 1972, P.A. 264, S. 2; P.A. 81-350, S. 14, 17.)
History: 1972 act deleted references to board for admission substituting the town clerk therefor; P.A. 81-350 amended section to delete reference to reexamination and refer to appeal under Sec. 9-31
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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-31. - Application of other statutes.

All provisions of the general statutes relating to electors, not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 9-24 to 9-30, inclusive, shall apply to electors admitted under the provisions of said sections, except that the provisions of section 9-21 shall not apply to electors admitted under the provisions of sections 9-26 to 9-30, inclusive.
(1949 Rev., S. 1028; 1953, S. 533d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-31b. - Application form.

Such application shall be in form substantially as follows:
APPLICATION OF PERMANENTLY PHYSICALLY DISABLED
PERSON FOR ADMISSION AS AN ELECTOR
To the Town Clerk of the town of .... or to the registrar of voters of the .... Party of the town of .... I hereby apply for admission as an elector:
(1) My name is .... (last name) (first name) (initial).
(2) My bona fide residence is .... (street and number), but I am presently residing at .... (street, number and town if different from residence above).
(3) I am a permanently physically disabled person and my permanent physical disability prevents me and will continue to prevent me from appearing in person at your office.
(4) I am a United States Citizen who has attained the age of eighteen and my electoral privileges are not forfeited by reason of conviction of any disfranchising crime.
Dated at ...., Connecticut, this .... day of ...., 20...
.... (Signature of Applicant)
(1959, P.A. 200, S. 3; 684, S. 4; February, 1965, P.A. 407, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 390, S. 5; 1969, P.A. 198, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 768, S. 11; 871, S. 65; P.A. 73-630, S. 17, 19; P.A. 78-153, S. 8, 32; P.A. 83-391, S. 8, 24; P.A. 84-319, S. 9, 49.)
History: 1965 act deleted section of form for continuous residence in Connecticut; 1967 act deleted date of marriage and birthplace of husband and whether husband alien or native born in reference to married women, added provision to include maiden name and deleted provision for occupation, effective January 1, 1968; 1969 act changed title of application by deleting “for special session” and adding “of permanently physically disabled person” and added “or to the registrar of voters of the ... Party of the town of ....” to the address line; 1971 acts added provision in form for recital of incapacity to prevent applicant from appearing in person at office of town clerk and registrars of voters as well as session held by board, substituted penalty of false statement for penalty of perjury; P.A. 73-630 substituted “my bona fide residence is” for “I reside at”; P.A. 78-153 removed section where marital status to be checked, also section where married woman to indicate name of husband and maiden name, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 83-391 deleted reference to board for admission of electors; P.A. 84-319 amended section to provide uniformity in statutes pertaining to on-location admission sessions for handicapped persons, students and patients at hospitals and nursing homes; (Revisor's note: In 2001 the reference in this section to the date “19..” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “20..” to reflect the new millennium).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-31c. - Physician's certificate.

Section 9-31c is repealed.
(1959, P.A. 200, S. 4; 1961, P.A. 144, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 198, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 768, S. 12; 871, S. 66; P.A. 75-83, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-31d. - Town clerk or registrar to provide forms.

The form of application provided for in section 9-31a shall be provided by the town clerk or either registrar of voters of the town in which the individual desiring to make application resides.
(1961, P. A. 144, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 198, S. 4; P.A. 75-83, S. 1.)
History: 1969 act added either registrar of voters as providing application form; P.A. 75-83 deleted provision for physician's certificate.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-31e to 9-31k. - Transfer of voting privileges between towns. Application for transfer and enrollment. Cancellation of registration in prior town. Town clerk's compensation. Reexamination of rejected applicant. Appeal from decision of admitting official.

Sections 9-31e to 9-31k, inclusive, are repealed.
(1963, P.A. 392, S. 1–5; 1971, P.A. 768, S. 14–16; P.A. 79-143, S. 4; P.A. 81-350, S. 16, 17.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-33 and 9-34. - Record of applicants; change of name of married woman. Hours of sessions of registrars.

Sections 9-33 and 9-34 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1010, 1013; 1953, S. 535d, 536d; 1963, P.A. 645, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 559, S. 4; P.A. 79-363, S. 37, 38; P.A. 83-213, S. 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-35a. - Posting of names removed from registry list.

Immediately after the close of the session or immediately after the sending of notice of intended removal provided for in section 9-35, the registrars of voters shall post at the town hall or municipal building in the municipality in which they serve, in a place readily accessible to the public, a list of the names of the electors whose names were removed from the registry list at such session or will be removed on the date specified in section 9-35, together with the address of each such elector as it appeared on the registry list at the time the name was so removed. Together with such list, and as a part thereof, such registrars shall also cause to be posted a statement that complete information as to such removal and as to the privileges and remedies of those whose names were removed from the registry list is available from such registrars, specifying when and where such registrars are available for such purpose and, in the case of registrars of voters having office hours, specifying such office hours.
(1967, P.A. 613, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 94; P.A. 75-287, S. 2.)
History: 1971 act added “in a place readily accessible to the public”; P.A. 75-287 following “Immediately after the close of the session” added “or immediately after the sending of notice of intended removal” and further added, following “whose names were removed from the registry list at such session” “or will be removed on the date specified ...”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-35b. - Relinquishment of registration by elector.

Except during the period between the last session for the admission of electors prior to an election and the day following that election, any elector of any municipality who desires to relinquish his rights as an elector and to have his name erased from the registry list shall make a signed written request to the registrars of voters of such municipality. Upon receipt of such application, the registrars shall remove the elector's name from the registry list and any enrollment list. Any person whose name has been removed from the registry list pursuant to this section may reapply for admission as an elector at any time, without prejudice on account of such removal. In the event such person is admitted as an elector, the registrar of the municipality shall notify the registrars of the municipality where such person resided at the time of his relinquishment that his electoral privileges have been restored.
(P.A. 81-350, S. 2, 17; P.A. 85-207, S. 1; P.A. 94-121, S. 24, 33.)
History: P.A. 85-207 amended section to delete language which had limited electors' right to relinquish electoral privileges by requiring that relinquishment be for religious reasons; P.A. 94-121 repealed requirement that elector desiring to relinquish rights as an elector appear before either registrar and make application on form prescribed by secretary, effective January 1, 1995.