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2011 Connecticut Code
Title 9 Elections
Chapter 143 Electors: Qualifications and Admission
- Sec. 9-12. Who may be admitted.
- Sec. 9-12a. Residence of servicemen.
- Sec. 9-12b. Admission of electors not prohibited on Sundays.
- Sec. 9-13. Blind persons.
- Sec. 9-14. Electors residing in state institutions.
- Sec. 9-14a. Electors in custody of state.
- Sec. 9-15. Residence of pauper.
- Sec. 9-15a. Membership and quorum of board for admission of electors.
- Sec. 9-16. Notice of sessions of registrars of voters.
- Sec. 9-17. Sessions of registrars of voters.
- Sec. 9-17a. "Admitting official" defined.
- Secs. 9-18, 9-18a and 9-19. Sessions of board during even-numbered years. Required monthly sessions. Additional sessions.
- Sec. 9-19a. Inconsistent provisions superseded.
- Sec. 9-19b. Applications for admission submitted to town clerk or registrar of voters. Locations for admission of electors.
- Sec. 9-19c. Application for admission at place of employment, residence or study.
- Sec. 9-19d. Form of application.
- Sec. 9-19e. Cross-town application for admission.
- Sec. 9-19f. Out-of-town assistance permitted at admission sessions.
- Sec. 9-19g. Application for admission after established cutoff date.
- Sec. 9-19h. Availability of admissions information and materials at certain state agencies and libraries. Application for admission through Department of Motor Vehicles.
- Sec. 9-19i. Change of address form submitted for purposes of motor vehicle operator's license to serve as notification of change of address for voter registration purposes; exception; procedure.
- Sec. 9-20. Admission of electors; procedure.
- Sec. 9-20a. Proof of citizenship.
- Sec. 9-20b. Voter registration services for new citizens at naturalization ceremonies.
- Sec. 9-21. Removal of elector from registry list.
- Sec. 9-21a. Search of computerized voter registration records. Duplicate registrations.
- Sec. 9-22. Instruction of electors at sessions for admission.
- Sec. 9-23. Registrars of voters. Posting of public hours. Maintenance of voter information.
- Sec. 9-23a. When person admitted as an elector permitted to vote in primary. Exception.
- Secs. 9-23b to 9-23f.
- Sec. 9-23g. Mail-in application for admission.
- Sec. 9-23h. Application form.
- Sec. 9-23i. Prohibition on witnessing official charging a fee.
- Sec. 9-23j. Definition.
- Sec. 9-23k. National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Coordination of state responsibilities. Enforcement.
- Sec. 9-23l. Mail voter registration application form prescribed by Federal Election Commission.
- Sec. 9-23m. Secretary to make form available. Changes to conform to federal law.
- Sec. 9-23n. Voter registration agencies. Duties.
- Sec. 9-23o. Distribution of form by voter registration agencies. Declinations. Assistance.
- Sec. 9-23p. Public institutions of higher education to distribute voter registration application forms and provide assistance.
- Sec. 9-23q. State-wide student voter registration drive.
- Sec. 9-23r. Submission of identifying information with mail voter registration application.
- Sec. 9-24. Admission as electors of persons in armed forces; definitions.
- Sec. 9-25. Admission of members of the armed forces as electors.
- Sec. 9-25a. Definitions.
- Sec. 9-26. Application of member of armed forces or related group or person temporarily residing outside of the United States who is unable to appear in person.
- Sec. 9-27. Elector's oath.
- Sec. 9-27a. Enrollment application sent to applicant for absentee admission.
- Sec. 9-28. Town clerk to mail forms.
- Sec. 9-29. Printing and distribution of forms.
- Sec. 9-30. Action by town clerk. Notice. Appeal from rejection of application.
- Sec. 9-31. Application of other statutes.
- Sec. 9-31a. Special admission procedures for permanently physically disabled persons.
- Sec. 9-31b. Application form.
- Sec. 9-31c. Physician's certificate.
- Sec. 9-31d. Town clerk or registrar to provide forms.
- Secs. 9-31e to 9-31k. Transfer of voting privileges between towns. Application for transfer and enrollment. Cancellation of registration in prior town. Town clerk's compensation. Reexamination of rejected applicant. Appeal from decision of admitting official.
- Sec. 9-31l. Appeals of decisions re right of person to be or remain an elector.
- Sec. 9-32. Canvass to ascertain changes of residence.
- Secs. 9-33 and 9-34. Record of applicants; change of name of married woman. Hours of sessions of registrars.
- Sec. 9-35. Making and arrangement of preliminary list. Active and inactive registry lists. Removal of names. Change of address within municipality.
- Sec. 9-35a. Posting of names removed from registry list.
- Sec. 9-35b. Relinquishment of registration by elector.
- Sec. 9-35c. Names on inactive registry list not to be counted for computing required number of voting machines, petition signatures, minimum percentage of voting electors.
- Sec. 9-36. Completion of preliminary registry list. Distribution.
- Sec. 9-37. Making of final registry list; registrars' sessions for revision and correction of preliminary list.
- Sec. 9-38. Deposit of final registry list. Supplementary list.
- Sec. 9-39. Distribution of copies of final registry list.
- Secs. 9-39a and 9-40. Designation of party affiliation on registry list. Privileges after removal to another municipality.
- Sec. 9-40a. Continuance of residence in certain cases. Procedure for removal of names for failure to vote.
- Sec. 9-40b. Continuance of enrollment for purposes of voting in state-wide primary.
- Secs. 9-41 to 9-41b. Application for restoration of name to registry list. Restoration to registry list of physically disabled person. Certificate of physician.
- Sec. 9-42. Restoration of names to active registry list under certain circumstances. Requirements re completion and use of inactive registry list.
- Sec. 9-42a. Change of name on registry list. When name of candidate on ballot affected.
- Sec. 9-43. Procedure for removal of name for nonresidence.
- Sec. 9-44. Appeal from decisions of registrars.
- Sec. 9-45. Removal from registry list of convicted felons who are committed to custody of Commissioner of Correction.
- Sec. 9-46. Forfeiture of electoral rights.
- Sec. 9-46a. Restoration or granting of electoral privileges.
- Secs. 9-47 to 9-50. Commission on forfeited rights. Petitions for restoration of electoral rights; investigation. Hearings; no appeal. Notice to registrars and petitioner of action.
- Sec. 9-50a. Monthly compilation of changes to active and inactive registry lists.
- Sec. 9-50b. State-wide centralized voter registration system.
- Sec. 9-51. Enrollment sessions.
- Sec. 9-52. Discretionary enrollment sessions.
- Sec. 9-53. Notice of sessions.
- Sec. 9-54. Compilation and maintenance of enrollment lists and list of unaffiliated electors.
- Sec. 9-55. Printing of corrected enrollment lists and list of unaffiliated electors.
- Sec. 9-55a. Compensation of registrars, clerks and other personnel.
- Sec. 9-56. Application for enrollment by unaffiliated elector.
- Sec. 9-57. Application for enrollment by new elector at time of admission. Attachment of party privileges.
- Sec. 9-57a. Application for enrollment made at time of application for restoration.
- Sec. 9-58. Applications for enrollment; record of, disposal after five years.
- Sec. 9-59. Erasure or transfer of name.
- Sec. 9-60. Discretionary erasure or exclusion from enrollment list for lack of good-faith party affiliation; citation and hearing.
- Sec. 9-61. Prima facie evidence supporting discretionary erasure or exclusion.
- Sec. 9-62. Hearings concerning discretionary erasure or exclusion.
- Sec. 9-63. Court appeal of discretionary erasure or exclusion.
- Sec. 9-64. Erasure of name not on registry list.
- Sec. 9-64a. Removal, restoration or transfer of enrollment list names.
- Sec. 9-64b. Removal of names from list to be used at caucus, primary or convention.
- Sec. 9-65. Statement to secretary of registration, enrollment and addition and removal statistics.
- Sec. 9-66. Application of provisions.
- Sec. 9-67. Party affiliation of electors of boroughs.
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