2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 9 - Elections
Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission
Section 9-46 - Forfeiture of electoral rights.

(a) A person shall forfeit such person’s right to become an elector and such person’s privileges as an elector upon conviction of a felony and committal to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction for confinement in a correctional institution or facility or a community residence, committal to confinement in a federal correctional institution or facility, or committal to the custody of the chief correctional official of any other state or a county of any other state for confinement in a correctional institution or facility or a community residence in such state or county.

(b) No person who has forfeited and not regained such person’s privileges as an elector, as provided in section 9-46a, may be a candidate for or hold public office.

(1949 Rev., S. 253b; 1953, S. 548d; 1963, P.A. 645, S. 6; P.A. 73-465, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-192, S. 1, 2; P.A. 96-207, S. 2, 4; P.A. 01-11, S. 2, 4.)

History: 1963 act changed enumeration of crimes bringing forfeiture to felony; P.A. 73-465 provided for forfeiture of right to become an elector as well as forfeiture of privileges as an elector; P.A. 85-192 added Subsec. (b) which prohibits a person who has forfeited and not regained his privileges as an elector from becoming a candidate for or holding public office; P.A. 96-207 deleted exception in Subsec. (a) re person convicted of a crime of nonsupport, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 01-11 added provisions re committal for confinement in Subsec. (a) and made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality in Subsecs. (a) and (b), effective January 1, 2002.

See Sec. 53a-25 re definition of felony.

Section fails to provide any procedural safeguards in the nature of notice and right to hearing before loss of such valuable rights as electoral privileges. 34 CS 96. Cited. 43 CS 13.