2011 Connecticut Code
Title 9 Elections
Chapter 143 Electors: Qualifications and Admission
Sec. 9-38. Deposit of final registry list. Supplementary list.

      Sec. 9-38. Deposit of final registry list. Supplementary list. The registrars of all towns shall, on the second Friday preceding a regular election, deposit in the town clerk's office the final registry list arranged as provided in section 9-35 and certified by them to be correct, and shall retain a sufficient number of copies to be used by them at such election for the purpose of checking the names of those who vote. They shall place on such final list, in the order provided in section 9-35, the names of all persons who have been admitted as electors. In each municipality said registrars shall also cause to be prepared and printed and deposited in the town clerk's office a supplementary or updated list containing the names and addresses of electors to be transferred, restored or added to such list prior to the fourth day before such election, provided in municipalities having a population of less than twenty-five thousand, such additional names may be inserted in writing in such final list. Such final registry list and supplementary or updated list deposited in the town clerk's office shall be on file in such office for public inspection for a period of two years, and any elector may make copies thereof.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1008; 1953, S. 540d; 1963, P.A. 211; P.A. 78-153, S. 22, 32; P.A. 83-391, S. 11, 24; P.A. 99-276, S. 2, 15; P.A. 05-235, S. 28; P.A. 06-196, S. 52.)

      History: 1963 act provided same time for filing list prior to state and town elections and gave towns of under 25,000 option of printing supplementary list or writing names on list; P.A. 78-153 substituted "for a period of two years" for "until the printing of the next such list", effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 83-391 deleted reference to board for admission of electors; P.A. 99-276 added references to "or updated" list, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 05-235 required that supplementary or updated list be deposited in town clerk's office not later than "fourth" rather than "sixth" day before election, effective January 1, 2006; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change, effective June 7, 2006.

      See Sec. 9-172b re supplementary list for special election or referendum.