Title 9, Title 9: Elections

Sec. 9-20b. Voter registration services for new citizens at naturalization ceremonies. The Secretary of the State, within available appropriations and in consultation with registrars of voters and nonprofit organizations promoting voter registration, shall provide or arrange for …

Sec. 9-21. Removal of elector from registry list. (a) If any applicant for admission as an elector in any town has previously been admitted as an elector in any other town in this state, or in any other state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Sa…

Sec. 9-21a. Search of computerized voter registration records. Duplicate registrations. (a) The Secretary of the State, at least annually, shall cause a search to be made of computerized voter registration records to identify electors who may be registered in more than one town o…

Sec. 9-22. Instruction of electors at sessions for admission. Section 9-22 is repealed. (1955, S. 521d; P.A. 83-391, S. 23, 24.)

Sec. 9-23. Registrars of voters. Posting of public hours. Maintenance of voter information. (a) The registrars of voters shall post, at the town hall or municipal building in the town in which they serve, the hours they are available to the public. Any change in the regular busin…

Sec. 9-23a. When person admitted as an elector permitted to vote in primary. Exception. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person admitted as an elector after twelve o'clock noon on the last business day before a primary shall be permitted to vote in suc…

Sec. 9-23g. Mail-in application for admission. (a) In addition to the procedures for admission of electors under sections 9-19b, 9-19c, 9-19e, 9-20 and 9-31, any person may apply to a registrar of voters of the town of his residence for admission as an elector in accordance with …

Sec. 9-23h. Application form. The application provided for in section 9-23g shall provide spaces for the following information for each applicant: (1) Name, (2) bona fide residence, including street number, street address, apartment number if applicable, town and zip code, (3) te…

Sec. 9-23i. Prohibition on witnessing official charging a fee. Section 9-23i is repealed, effective January 1, 1994. (P.A. 88-344, S. 3, 5; P.A. 93-386, S. 4, 5.)

Sec. 9-23j. Definition. As used in sections 9-7b and 9-12, subsection (a) of section 9-17, sections 9-19b, 9-19e, 9-19g, 9-19h, 9-19i, 9-20, 9-21, 9-23a, 9-23g, 9-23h, 9-23k to 9-23o, inclusive, 9-26, 9-31a, 9-32, 9-35, 9-35b, 9-35c, 9-40a, 9-42, 9-43, 9-50a, 9-56 and 9-59, “publ…

Sec. 9-23k. National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Coordination of state responsibilities. Enforcement. The Secretary of the State shall be the chief state election official responsible for coordination of state responsibilities under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993…

Sec. 9-23l. Mail voter registration application form prescribed by Federal Election Commission. Registrars of voters shall accept the mail voter registration application form prescribed by the Federal Election Commission pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.…

Sec. 9-23m. Secretary to make form available. Changes to conform to federal law. The Secretary of the State shall make available for distribution the mail voter registration application form prescribed by the Federal Election Commission pursuant to the National Voter Registration…

Sec. 9-23n. Voter registration agencies. Duties. Electronic application system. (a) As used in this section, “voter registration agency” means (1) public assistance offices, (2) all offices in the state that provide state-funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to…

Sec. 9-23o. Distribution of form by voter registration agencies. Declinations. Assistance. Use of electronic system. A voter registration agency, as defined in section 9-23n shall comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, …

Sec. 9-23p. Public institutions of higher education to distribute voter registration application forms and provide assistance. Use of electronic application system. Each public institution of higher education shall (1) distribute mail voter registration application forms, and ass…

Sec. 9-23q. State-wide student voter registration drive. The Secretary of the State shall annually designate, after consultation with registrars of voters, a period of time between January first and May thirty-first for a state-wide student voter registration drive and shall coor…

Sec. 9-23r. Submission of identifying information with mail voter registration application. (a) On or after January 1, 2003, any person who is applying, by mail, to register to vote for the first time in this state may submit as part of such voter registration application: (1) A …

Sec. 9-24. Admission as electors of persons in armed forces; definitions. As used in sections 9-25 to 9-31, inclusive, the term “members of the armed forces” shall include members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force, Space Force or Merchant Marine of the Unite…

Sec. 9-25. Admission of members of the armed forces as electors. The town clerk or assistant town clerk or either registrar of voters or deputy or assistant registrar, on any week day and at any time before five o'clock p.m. on the last week day before any regular election, when …

Sec. 9-25a. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 9-26 and 9-28, “armed forces” has the meaning provided in section 27-103; “member of the Merchant Marine” means a person, other than a member of the armed forces, employed as an officer or member of the crew of a vesse…

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. Any person who, because of service in the armed forces, membership in the United States Merchant Marine, membership in …

Sec. 9-27. Elector's oath. Section 9-27 is repealed, effective January 1, 1995. (1949 Rev., S. 1025; 1953, S. 529d; 1957, P.A. 441, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 684, S. 3; 1961, P.A. 232; 266, S. 4; 517, S. 5; 1963, P.A. 41; 96; 403, S. 3; February, 1965, P.A. 407, S. 3; 548, S. 2; 1967, P.A…

Sec. 9-27a. Enrollment application sent to applicant for absentee admission. Section 9-27a is repealed. (1972, P.A. 264, S. 1; P.A. 81-350, S. 16, 17.)

Sec. 9-28. Town clerk to mail forms. Either registrar of any town may, in writing, direct the town clerk to mail a copy of the form prescribed in section 9-26, with an envelope for its return, to the last-known address of any person who, in the opinion of such registrar possesses…

Sec. 9-29. Printing and distribution of forms. The Secretary of the State shall cause to be printed, at the expense of the state, a sufficient quantity of such forms and envelopes and shall distribute to each town such number of copies thereof as the town clerk thereof requests o…

Sec. 9-30. Action by town clerk. Notice. Appeal from rejection of application. All such applications shall be examined by the town clerk and, after such examination, he shall decide upon the right of the applicant to be admitted as an elector. If the town clerk decides that such …

Sec. 9-31. Application of other statutes. All provisions of the general statutes relating to electors, not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 9-24 to 9-30, inclusive, shall apply to electors admitted under the provisions of said sections, except that the provisions of s…

Sec. 9-31a. Special admission procedures for permanently physically disabled persons. (a) As used in this section and section 9-31b, “permanently physically disabled person” means a person who, by reason of a major defect or infirmity of body, whether congenital or acquired by ac…

Sec. 9-31b. Application form. Such application shall be in form substantially as follows: APPLICATION OF PERMANENTLY PHYSICALLY DISABLEDPERSON FOR ADMISSION AS AN ELECTOR To the Town Clerk of the town of .... or to the registrar of voters of the .... Party of the town of .... I h…

Sec. 9-31c. Physician's certificate. Section 9-31c is repealed. (1959, P.A. 200, S. 4; 1961, P.A. 144, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 198, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 768, S. 12; 871, S. 66; P.A. 75-83, S. 2.)

Sec. 9-31d. Town clerk or registrar to provide forms. The form of application provided for in section 9-31a shall be provided by the town clerk or either registrar of voters of the town in which the individual desiring to make application resides. (1961, P. A. 144, S. 2; 1969, P.…

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. Sections 9-31e to 9-…

Sec. 9-31l. Appeals of decisions re right of person to be or remain an elector. (a)(1) A person who is denied admission as an elector may appeal a decision of an admitting official of a town concerning the right of such person to be or remain an elector. Any such appeal shall be …

Sec. 9-32. Canvass to ascertain changes of residence. (a) In each municipality the registrars, between January first and May first, annually, shall cause either (1) a complete house to house canvass to be made in person of each residence on each street, avenue or road within such…

Secs. 9-33 and 9-34. Record of applicants; change of name of married woman. Hours of sessions of registrars. Sections 9-33 and 9-34 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1010, 1013; 1953, S. 535d, 536d; 1963, P.A. 645, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 559, S. 4; P.A. 79-363, S. 37, 38; P.A. 83-213, S. 11…

Sec. 9-35. Making and arrangement of preliminary list. Active and inactive registry lists. Removal of names. Change of address within municipality. (a) The registrars, on the Tuesday of the fifth week before each regular election, shall be in session for the purpose of completing…

Sec. 9-35a. Posting of names removed from registry list. Immediately after the close of the session or immediately after the sending of notice of intended removal provided for in section 9-35, the registrars of voters shall post at the town hall or municipal building in the munic…

Sec. 9-35b. Relinquishment of registration by elector. Except during the period between the last session for the admission of electors prior to an election and the day following that election, any elector of any municipality who desires to relinquish his rights as an elector and …

Sec. 9-35c. Names on inactive registry list not to be counted for computing required number of petition signatures, minimum percentage of voting electors. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-238, 9-406 and 9-436 and other provisions of the general statutes, the names of …

Sec. 9-36. Availability of preliminary registry list. Distribution. The list for which provision is made in section 9-35 shall be termed the preliminary registry list and such list shall be available in the office of the registrars of voters for public inspection and copies shall…

Sec. 9-37. Final registry list. Availability of registrars of voters. The registrars of voters or the assistant registrars of voters shall be available for at least one day during the fourteen-day period immediately before all elections for revisions and corrections of the prelim…

Sec. 9-38. Availability of final registry list. Updated registry list. The registrars of voters in all towns shall produce a final registry list in accordance with the provisions of section 9-37 and certified by such registrars of voters to be correct. Such final registry list an…

Sec. 9-39. Distribution of copies of final registry list. The registrars of voters of each municipality shall print copies of the final registry list for distribution in such municipality and in all the voting districts located therein. The registrars shall, upon request, produce…

Secs. 9-39a and 9-40. Designation of party affiliation on registry list. Privileges after removal to another municipality. Sections 9-39a and 9-40 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 999; 1953, S. 542d; 1967, P.A. 512; 1969, P.A. 69, S. 1; 694, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 685, S. 3; P.A. 73-630, S…

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…