Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 9 - Elections › 242a - Marksense Voting Tabulator › Section 9-242a-28 - Recanvass

Current through July 10, 2024
If a recanvass is required by law in a municipality which uses
				marksense voting tabulators, the head moderator shall summon the recanvass
				officials consisting of at least two checkers, two ballot clerks and two
				absentee ballot counters of opposing political parties, the registrars of
				voters, and the municipal clerk. The registrars of voters shall be required to
				bring with them the sealed tabulators, the sealed ballot transfer cases,
				replacement seals, sufficient ballot boxes, new memory cards for each voting
				district, test ballots prepared in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of
				the State, and the other materials required by law. The recanvass officials
				shall, in the presence of the moderator, make a record of the number on the
				seals on the tabulator and ballot transfer case. The recanvass officials shall
				break the seal on the tabulator, remove the memory card and place it in a
				storage container approved by the Secretary of the State. The new memory card
				shall be installed in the tabulator, the tabulator shall be installed on an
				empty ballot box, the test ballots shall be test voted in the manner prescribed
				by the Secretary of the State and a record shall be made. When the tabulator
				prints the election zero report, the report shall be signed by the moderator
				and registrars and left attached to the tape in the tabulator. The recanvass
				officials shall break the seal of the ballot transfer case and begin the
				recount required by law for that voting district. Two recanvass officials of
				opposing political parties shall (1) open the depository envelope containing
				the ballots from the auxiliary bin, hand count the votes for the offices and
				questions subject to recanvass, record them on the tally sheets and reseal them
				in a labeled depository envelope, (2) open the depository envelopes containing
				the absentee ballots which were handcounted on election day, hand count the
				votes for the offices and questions subject to recanvass, record them on the
				tally sheets and reseal them in labeled depository envelopes, and (3) open the
				depository envelope containing the ballots from the write-in bin, count by
				tabulator and by hand the votes for the offices and questions subject to
				recanvass in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of the State, record them
				on the tally sheets and reseal them in a labeled depository envelope. The
				recanvass officials of opposing political parties shall examine all ballots
				which were tabulator counted on election day to determine whether the markings
				for the office being recanvassed are sufficiently clear to be read by the
				tabulator. If two recanvass officials of opposing political parties agree that
				such ballots are sufficiently clear to be read by the tabulator, such ballots
				shall be processed through the tabulator. For each voting district, the
				recanvass officials shall print and sign two elections results reports,
				announce the tabulator results for the offices and questions subject to
				recanvass, post one copy of the report and attach the other copy of the report
				to the moderator's return. All other ballots which were counted by tabulator on
				election day shall be counted by hand by recanvass officials of opposing
				political parties, recorded on the tally sheets and sealed in labeled
				depository envelopes. The recanvass officials shall complete the moderator's
				returns for each office and question subject to recanvass and announce the
				results. All ballots shall be placed in the ballot transfer case which shall be
				sealed with a new seal, and the seal number recorded on the moderator's return.
				The memory card shall be sealed in the tabulator and the seal number recorded
				on the moderator's return. The memory card which has been removed from the
				tabulator shall be sealed in a storage container in the manner prescribed by
				the Secretary of the State and the seal number recorded on the moderator's
				return. The moderator shall return the keys, the tabulator, and the ballot
				transfer case to the registrars of voters and the polling place moderator's
				returns with elections results reports attached, and other election materials
				to the municipal clerk. The moderator shall also prepare the head moderator's
				return in duplicate as prescribed by law and file one with the municipal clerk
				and one with the Secretary of the State. The tabulator and memory card storage
				container shall be sealed for the period of time prescribed for sealing voting
				machines. The recanvass may be conducted in such other manner as may be
				prescribed by the Secretary of the State.