2011 Connecticut Code
Title 9 Elections
Chapter 143 Electors: Qualifications and Admission
Sec. 9-55. Printing of corrected enrollment lists and list of unaffiliated electors.

      Sec. 9-55. Printing of corrected enrollment lists and list of unaffiliated electors. (a) The registrars shall cause to be printed at least once during the calendar year a sufficient number of copies of complete, corrected enrollment lists certified by them as correct, provided a supplementary or updated list shall be printed within one week after a session held on the fourteenth day before a primary.

      (b) If a political party authorizes unaffiliated electors to vote in a primary, under section 9-431, and a notice of primary is published, the registrars shall cause a list of all unaffiliated electors eligible to vote in the primary to be printed within one week after the session held on the fourteenth day before such primary. If unaffiliated electors are authorized to vote in only one party's primary and are authorized to vote for all offices to be contested at the primary, the registrars may print the list of unaffiliated electors in combination with such party's enrollment list, indicating party affiliation where applicable.

      (c) If the legislative body of the municipality votes to eliminate separate enrollment lists under section 9-54 and:

      (1) Notices of primaries are published for two parties to be held on the same day, the registrars shall print complete separate enrollment lists within one week after the enrollment session held on the fourteenth day before the primary and, if unaffiliated electors are authorized to vote in the primary, the registrars shall print a separate list of unaffiliated electors as provided in subsection (b) of this section; or

      (2) A notice of primary is published for one party in which unaffiliated electors are authorized to vote for some but not all offices to be contested at the primary, the registrars shall print a complete separate enrollment list and a separate list of unaffiliated electors as provided in subsection (b) of this section; or

      (3) A notice of primary is published for only one party and (A) unaffiliated electors are not authorized to vote or (B) unaffiliated electors are authorized to vote for all offices to be contested at the primary, a registry list may be used as a checklist at the primary and the registrars shall, within one week after the session held on the fourteenth day before such primary, print a supplementary or updated list indicating those electors who have become eligible to vote in the primary since the printing of the registry list.

      (d) Whenever a list is required by this section to be printed within one week after the session held on the fourteenth day before the primary, a supplement to such list shall be compiled by the registrars of persons who after such date and prior to twelve o'clock noon of the last business day before the primary become eligible to vote in such primary. The registrars may combine such separate compilation with the foregoing printed list either by inserting the names in writing or by reprinting the list incorporating the supplementary or updated list into a single printed list.

      (e) The registrars shall file one copy of each such list with the town clerk which copy shall be available for public use in the office of the town clerk until the printing of the next completed, corrected enrollment list; and they shall deliver to the chairman of the town committee of each political party five copies of each such list for each voting district in the town. Upon request the registrars shall give one complete set of such lists to each candidate for nomination for any office or for election as a town committee member. They shall deliver a sufficient number of copies thereof to the moderator of each primary. With each printing the registrars shall retain at least six copies of each such list and such copies shall be available for public use in the office of the registrars until the printing of the next complete, corrected enrollment list. No petition brought under the provisions of section 9-63 shall operate to delay the completion and printing of such lists. If the petition of any elector is granted after any such list has been completed, the registrar or assistant registrar shall issue to such elector a certificate showing that the elector is entitled to the privileges accompanying enrollment in the political party named in the elector's petition.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1182; 1953, 1955, June, 1955, S. 556d; November, 1955, S. N40; 1957, P.A. 442, S. 6; 1963, P.A. 201, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 370; P.A. 75-269, S. 3; P.A. 76-128, S. 8, 11; P.A. 77-298, S. 6; P.A. 80-281, S. 7, 31; P.A. 87-382, S. 7, 55; 87-509, S. 4, 24; P.A. 99-276, S. 3, 15; P.A. 03-241, S. 4.)

      History: 1963 act reduced copies of registry lists to be filed with town clerk to one and added provision requiring registrars to keep copies available for public use; 1967 act added provision for one copy to be filed with the town clerk, available for public use until next completed corrected list is available; P.A. 75-269 provided for a supplementary list to be printed within two weeks after session held on third Saturday before primary; P.A. 76-128 provided for separate supplementary list of those attaining age or citizenship qualifications after third Saturday and before day of primary and enrolling during that period; P.A. 77-298 deleted provision for printing of list within three weeks after completion of each mandatory enrollment session and substituted provision for printing of list at least once during calendar year, changed provision for supplementary list to be printed within one, instead of two weeks after session held on fourteenth day, instead of third Saturday, before a primary and, with reference to the separate supplementary list of those attaining qualifications within period before primary, changed reference to fourteenth day, instead of third Saturday; P.A. 80-281 added "residence" to qualifications of "age and citizenship" attained during period between fourteenth day before and day of primary; P.A. 87-382, in first sentence, deleted "attains the qualification as to age, citizenship or residence for admission as an elector", substituted "twelve o'clock noon on the last business day before" for "the day of", added reference to Sec. 9-56 and deleted "during such period", but changes were superseded by provisions of P.A. 87-509; P.A. 87-509 divided section into Subsecs., added new Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d) re, respectively, when registrars required to cause list of unaffiliated electors to be printed, requirements when legislative body of municipality votes to eliminate separate enrollment lists and compilation of supplementary list and, in Subsec. (e), required registrars to give one complete set of list to each candidate for election as town committee member or delegate to convention; P.A. 99-276 added references to "or updated" list, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 03-241 amended Subsec. (e) by eliminating requirement that registrars give set of lists to each candidate for election as delegate to a convention, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.

      See Sec. 9-372 for applicable definitions.