2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 9-65. Statement to secretary of registration, enrollment and addition and removal statistics.
Sec. 9-65. Statement to secretary of registration, enrollment and addition and
removal statistics. (a) Within a week after the last session of the registrars of voters
under section 9-17 before an election, the registrars of voters in each municipality shall
submit in writing to the Secretary of the State a statement setting forth the total number
of electors on the active and inactive registry list, the total number of electors enrolled
on each active and inactive party enrollment list and the total number of unaffiliated
electors on the active and inactive registry list in such municipality. They shall omit
therefrom electors on the last-completed registry list or enrollment lists who have died,
and they shall include therein electors who have acquired electoral or enrollment privileges since the last-completed registry list or enrollment lists were perfected. In municipalities divided into two voting districts which elect registrars of voters for each district,
such information shall be so submitted by the registrars of voters of the first district.
Such statement shall be deemed to be submitted within the time required if it is either
(1) postmarked by the United States Postal Service not earlier than eight o'clock p.m.
on the day of such last session of the registrars and not later than midnight on the seventh
day following such last session, or (2) delivered by hand or by electronically transmitted
facsimile to the office of the Secretary of the State not earlier than the first day following,
and not later than four-thirty o'clock p.m. on the seventh day following, such last session.
(1957, P.A. 442, S. 14; 1961, P.A. 109; 1969, P.A. 40, S. 1; P.A. 73-113; P.A. 83-391, S. 12, 24; P.A. 85-577, S. 2; P.A. 93-384. S. 6; P.A. 95-171, S. 6, 14; P.A. 96-119, S. 1, 14; P.A. 97-154, S. 22, 27.)
History: 1961 act changed "June" to "August" in first sentence; 1969 act provided for addition of total number of unaffiliated electors to be reported and further provided that the report omit those who have died and include those who have acquired electoral or enrollment privileges since lists were perfected; P.A. 73-113 deleted "during the last week of August in each year" and substituted "within a week after the last session of the board for admission of electors before an election"; P.A. 83-391 deleted reference to board for admission of electors and added Subsec. (b) requiring registrars' statement re electors added or removed; P.A. 85-577 established late filing fee and guidelines for assuming timely filing in Subsec. (a); P.A. 93-384 inserted "or by electronically transmitted facsimile" in Subdiv. (2) of Subsec. (a); P.A. 95-171 amended Subsec. (a) by adding "two" re municipalities divided into voting districts and amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provision re submission of statement in municipalities divided into voting districts, effective January 8, 1997; P.A. 96-119 amended Subsec. (b) to require statement to be submitted by registrars of voters of the first district in municipalities divided into two voting districts that elect registrars of voters for each district, effective January 8, 1997; P.A. 97-154 amended Subsec. (a) re statements to Secretary of the State to require total number of electors to be from "active and inactive" registry and party enrollment lists, to require total number of unaffiliated electors to be from "active and inactive" registry lists, and to delete late filing fee for registrars who fail to submit required statements within time required, effective July 1, 1997.
See Sec. 1-2a re construing of references to "United States mail" or "postmark" to include references to any delivery service designated by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Section 7502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor to the code, as amended, and to any date recorded or marked as described in said Section 7502 by a designated delivery service and construing of "registered or certified mail" to include any equivalent designated by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to said Section 7502.
