2022 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 9 - Elections
Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission
Section 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. Electronic notification system.
(a) Any change of address form submitted by a person in accordance with law for purposes of a motor vehicle operator's license shall serve as notification of change of address for voter registration for the person unless the person states on the form that the change of address is not for voter registration purposes. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall forthwith transmit such change of address information to the registrars of voters of the town of the former address of the person. If the name of the person appears on the registry list of the town, and if the new address is also within such town, the registrars shall enter the name of such elector on the registry list at the place where he then resides. If the name of the person appears on the registry list of the town and if the new address is outside such town, the registrars shall remove the name of such elector from the registry list and send the elector the notice, information and application required by subsection (c) of section 9-35, except that if said commissioner is using an electronic system pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of the State may prescribe alternative procedures for sending such notice and information and may waive the requirement to send such application.
(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall provide an electronic system, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the State, to effectuate the purposes of subsection (a) of this section regarding notifications of change of address for voter registration. Such electronic system may provide for the transmittal to the Secretary of an applicant's signature on file with said commissioner. The use of any such electronic system shall comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time.
(P.A. 94-121, S. 5, 33; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 88.)
History: P.A. 94-121 effective January 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added references to Subsec. (b) re electronic system and alternative procedures prescribed by Secretary of the State and waiver of Sec. 9-35 requirement therein, added Subsec. (b) re electronic system for change of address notifications and made technical changes, effective June 23, 2021.
