Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 9 - Elections › 242a - Marksense Voting Tabulator › Section 9-242a-8 - Voting tabulator and ballots delivered to polls

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If the tabulator is stored at a central
			 location after inspection and test voting pursuant to 9-242a-5, two election
			 officials of different parties assigned to each polling place shall arrive one
			 and a half hours before the polls open on election day at the location where
			 the tabulator has been stored to receive the tabulator and a number of ballots
			 sufficient for three hours operation for their polling place from the
			 registrars of voters, if such ballots have not already been delivered to the
			 polling place. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the election officials
			 from employing individuals who are not sworn election officials to assist in
			 the transportation of the voting tabulators and ballots as long as such
			 individuals are accompanied by and under the direct supervision of the two
			 election officials.
(b) If the
			 tabulator is to be stored at a location other than a central location after
			 inspection and test voting pursuant to 9-242a-5, two election officials of
			 different parties shall appear before the registrars of voters at the central
			 long-term storage location at times determined by the registrars of voters to
			 receive the tabulator and a number of ballots sufficient for three hours
			 operation for their polling place and shall immediately transport the tabulator
			 and materials to the alternate, secure, short-term storage location for storage
			 until the opening of the polls on election day. Nothing in this subsection
			 shall prevent the election officials from employing individuals who are not
			 sworn election officials to assist in the transportation of the voting
			 tabulators and ballots as long as such individuals are accompanied by and under
			 the direct supervision of the two election officials.
(c) If the election officials have not
			 previously been sworn in, the oath for polling place officials shall be
			 administered by the registrars or moderator. The election officials shall
			 examine the label on the tabulator to ensure that it is the correct tabulator
			 for their polling place. Without opening the inner seal of any ballot package,
			 the election officials shall ensure that the ballots are the correct ones for
			 their polling place and shall give the registrar of voters a receipt for the
			 tabulator and the number of ballot packages received. The election officials
			 shall transport the unopened ballots and tabulator directly to their polling
			 place not later than thirty minutes before the polls open or to the short term
			 storage location before the election and then to the polls on election day,
			 whichever is applicable. Once at the polls, they shall immediately deliver the
			 unopened ballots and tabulator to the moderator who shall give the election
			 officials a receipt and shall keep a copy for his records. Any function in this
			 subsection may be performed by one police officer instead of two election
			 officials. For the purposes of this regulation any storage location used,
			 either long term or short term, shall have the following characteristics, (1)
			 the location shall remain locked at all times; (2) access to such location
			 shall be exclusively controlled by the registrars of voters; (3) Access shall
			 only be granted to such location for the purpose of machine programming,
			 maintenance, testing or set-up; and (4) the secure short-term storage location
			 may only be used for storage after adjustment and programming of the machines
			 has taken place pursuant to 9-242a-4 and until the close of the polls on
			 election day.