Title 9 — Title 9: Elections

Sec. 9-40a. Continuance of residence in certain cases. Procedure for removal of names for failure to vote. (a) No person shall be deemed to have lost his residence in any municipality for purposes of qualification as an elector by reason of his absence therefrom in the service of…

Sec. 9-40b. Continuance of enrollment for purposes of voting in state-wide primary. Section 9-40b is repealed. (P.A. 77-298, S. 11; P.A. 79-189, S. 8, 9.)

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. Sections 9-41 to 9-41b, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 998; 1953, 1955, S. 543d; 1961, P.A. 73; 105, S. 1; 215…

Sec. 9-42. Restoration of names to active registry list under certain circumstances. Requirements re completion and use of inactive registry list. (a) If it appears at any time that the name of an elector who was formerly admitted or registered as an elector in a town and who is …

Sec. 9-42a. Change of name on registry list. Change in name of candidate not to affect name appearing on ballot. (a) On the written request of any elector who identifies himself to the satisfaction of the registrars of voters, such registrars shall make any changes in the name of…

Sec. 9-43. Procedure for removal of name for nonresidence. When the registrars in any municipality are unable to agree upon the removal from the registry list of such municipality of the name of any elector concerning whom the claim is made by either registrar that such elector d…

Sec. 9-44. Appeal from decisions of registrars. Section 9-44 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1006; 1953, S. 546d; P.A. 81-350, S. 16, 17.)

Sec. 9-45. Removal from registry list of certain convicted felons who are committed to custody of Commissioner of Correction. (a) The Commissioner of Correction shall, on or before the fifteenth day of each month, transmit to the Secretary of the State a list of all persons who, …

Sec. 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 (1) committal to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction for confinement in a correction…

Sec. 9-46a. Restoration or granting of electoral privileges. (a)(1) A person who has been convicted of a felony and committed to confinement in a correctional institution or facility of the federal government or of another state shall have such person's electoral privileges resto…

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. Sections 9-47 to 9-50, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 16; 1949, S. 4b–8b; 1953, S. 549d–5…

Sec. 9-50a. Compilation of changes to active and inactive registry lists. The registrars of voters of each town shall compile a list of (1) all persons whose names were added, restored, removed or erased from the active and inactive registry lists, (2) all electors who changed ei…

Sec. 9-50b. State-wide centralized voter registration system. (a) As used in this section, “state-wide centralized voter registration system” means a computerized system designed and maintained by the Secretary of the State which includes: (1) Voter registration information presc…

Sec. 9-50c. Maintenance of state-wide centralized voter registration system. Intrastate and interstate data sharing. (a) The Secretary of the State may enter into an agreement to share information or data with any other state in order to maintain the state-wide centralized voter …

Sec. 9-50d. Nondisclosure of certain voter registration information. (a) Whenever voter registration information maintained under this title by the Secretary of the State or any registrar of voters is provided pursuant to any provision of the general statutes, disclosure of a vot…

Sec. 9-51. Enrollment sessions. The registrars shall make changes and corrections in the list of enrolled electors at any time. On the fourteenth day before each primary, the registrars of voters in each town shall hold a mandatory enrollment session for the purpose of making an …

Sec. 9-52. Discretionary enrollment sessions. The registrars of voters in each municipality may hold additional discretionary enrollment sessions for the purpose of making an enrollment of the electors who are entitled to vote in any primary or caucus in such municipality at such…

Sec. 9-53. Notice of sessions. The registrars of voters in each municipality in which an enrollment session is to be held shall give notice of such session, and of the purpose, day, hours and place thereof, by publication in a newspaper published in or having a circulation in suc…

Sec. 9-54. Compilation and maintenance of enrollment lists and list of unaffiliated electors. The registrars of voters shall compile separate lists of all qualified electors making application for enrollment according to the declared political preference of such electors. Before …

Sec. 9-55. Printing of complete enrollment lists and lists of unaffiliated electors. (a) The registrars of voters shall cause to be printed at least once during the calendar year a complete enrollment list and shall make such list available to the public upon request. (b) If a po…

Sec. 9-55a. Compensation of registrars, clerks and other personnel. For the performance of the duties imposed by sections 9-55 and 9-57, each registrar, deputy registrar and other personnel appointed as provided in section 9-57 actually engaged in such duties and each municipal c…

Sec. 9-56. Application for enrollment by unaffiliated elector. Except as otherwise provided in the case of an elector whose name has not been placed on or has been removed from the enrollment list under section 9-59, 9-60, 9-61 or 9-62, any elector not enrolled on any enrollment …

Sec. 9-57. Application for enrollment by new elector at time of admission. Attachment of party privileges. Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act or charter to the contrary, whenever any person makes application for admission as an elector in person to an admitting off…

Sec. 9-57a. Application for enrollment made at time of application for restoration. Section 9-57a is repealed. (1961, P.A. 274, S. 1; P.A. 78-153, S. 31, 32.)

Sec. 9-58. Applications for enrollment; record of, disposal after five years. All applications for enrollment shall be arranged in alphabetical order and shall be preserved by the registrars as a permanent record open to public inspection, except that any such application of an e…

Sec. 9-59. Erasure or transfer of name. Any elector whose name appears on any enrollment list or who has made application for enrollment may, at any time, make a written application, on an application form for admission as an elector, which shall be signed by such elector, to eit…

Sec. 9-60. Discretionary erasure or exclusion from enrollment list for lack of good-faith party affiliation; citation and hearing. Whenever the registrar of voters of any political party, or any deputy registrar thereof in cases where it is provided by law that the deputy registr…

Sec. 9-61. Prima facie evidence supporting discretionary erasure or exclusion. Enrollment in any other political party or organization, active affiliation with any other political party or organization, knowingly being a candidate at any primary or caucus of any other party or po…

Sec. 9-62. Hearings concerning discretionary erasure or exclusion. At any hearing provided for in sections 9-60 and 9-61, any elector upon whom a citation or notice as therein provided has been served and any person offering himself as a witness shall be sworn; and all registrars…

Sec. 9-63. Court appeal of discretionary erasure or exclusion. Any elector whose name has been removed from an enrollment list in the manner provided in sections 9-60 and 9-61, and any elector whose application to have his name placed upon an enrollment list has been refused, and…

Sec. 9-64. Erasure of name not on registry list. Upon the written application of an enrolled elector of any town, made to any registrar or assistant registrar of any ward or voting district in such town, stating that the name of an elector appearing on the enrollment list of any …

Sec. 9-64a. Removal, restoration or transfer of enrollment list names. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this chapter, the registrars of voters in any town or district shall remove the name of any elector from the enrollment list at the same time that such na…

Sec. 9-64b. Removal of names from list to be used at caucus, primary or convention. Prior to distributing any enrollment list for use in any caucus, primary or town convention, the registrar of voters shall remove all names from such enrollment list which have been removed from t…

Sec. 9-65. Statement to Secretary of registration, enrollment and addition and removal statistics. (a) After the last session of the registrars of voters under section 9-17 before each election, the registrars of voters in each municipality shall submit in writing to the Secretar…

Sec. 9-66. Application of provisions. The provisions of sections 9-51 to 9-67, inclusive, shall extend only to (A) any major party as defined in subdivision (5) of section 9-372, and (B) any minor party as defined in subdivision (6) of section 9-372. In the case of a major party,…

Sec. 9-67. Party affiliation of electors of boroughs. Any provision of the general statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, any elector of a borough may, in connection with any borough election, enroll in, be affiliated with, be a candidate for nomination or election of, or in a…

Secs. 9-133a to 9-133e. Eligibility for absentee voting. Application for ballot; distribution. Votes to be restricted to candidates appearing on ballot label. Voting and counting procedures. Form and printing of primary absentee ballot; filing of ballot and affidavit with secreta…

Secs. 9-68 to 9-133. Nominations and political parties. Sections 9-68 to 9-133, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1044, 1045, 1185; 1953, S. 569d, 570d, 617d, 618d; 1953, June, 1955, S. 615d; June, 1955, S. 571d, 572d, 574d–583d, 585d–612d, 616d; November, 1955, S. N42, N44…

Sec. 9-133f. Absentee voting procedures. The provisions of this chapter shall govern procedures relating to absentee voting at elections. Except as otherwise provided by statute, such provisions shall also apply, as nearly as practicable and in the manner prescribed by the Secret…

Sec. 9-134. Members of the armed forces; definitions. The term “members of the armed forces”, wherever used in this chapter, means members in active service of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space Force, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Public Health Service and …

Sec. 9-135. Absentee voting eligibility. Misrepresentation prohibited. (a) Any elector eligible to vote at a primary or an election and any person eligible to vote at a referendum may vote by absentee ballot if such elector or person is unable to appear at such elector's or perso…

Sec. 9-135a. Form of absentee ballot. (a) Each absentee ballot shall be arranged to resemble the appropriate ballot and sample ballot as prescribed by law, and shall include, as applicable, the offices, party designations, names of candidates and questions to be voted upon and sp…

Sec. 9-135b. Preparation and printing of absentee ballots; layouts for public inspection; filing of ballot and affidavit with Secretary. Vacancies; procedure. Omissions or errors in printing. (a) Immediately after the deadline for certification of all candidates whose names are t…

Secs. 9-136 and 9-136a. Form of absentee ballot. Form for municipal election to fill partisan and nonpartisan offices. Sections 9-136 and 9-136a are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1140; 1953, S. 623d; 1957, P.A. 517, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 395, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 224, S. 1; 374, S. 1; 1971, P.…

Sec. 9-136b. Transferred to Sec. 9-153c.

Sec. 9-137. Inner envelope for return of ballot; statement under false statement penalty. Each absentee ballot shall be returned to the municipal clerk, inserted in an inner envelope which shall be capable of being sealed and which shall have printed on its face a form containing…

Sec. 9-138. Transferred to Sec. 9-140a.

Sec. 9-139. Outer envelope for return of ballot. The inner envelope, in which the absentee ballot has been inserted by the absentee ballot applicant, shall be returned to the municipal clerk in an outer envelope endorsed on the outside with the words: “OFFICIAL ABSENTEE BALLOT”. …

Sec. 9-139a. (Formerly Sec. 9-155). Secretary to furnish forms. Contents. Instructions. (a) The Secretary of the State shall prescribe and furnish the following materials to municipal clerks: The absentee ballot facsimile, the application for absentee ballot authorized for use at…

Sec. 9-139b. (Formerly Sec. 9-157). Secretary authorized to change forms. The Secretary of the State may make any changes in any forms prescribed by this chapter which, in the opinion of the Secretary, are necessary to conform to the applicable provisions of federal law. (1949 Re…