Title 9 — Title 9: Elections

Sec. 9-1. Definitions. Except as otherwise provided, the following terms, as used in this title and sections 3-124, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 7-17, 7-20, 7-39, 7-157, 7-214, 7-275, 7-295, 7-343, 7-407, 8-1, 8-5, 8-19, 10-219, 11-36, 13a-11, 45a-18, 45a-19 and 51-95 have the following meanin…

Sec. 9-1a. “Municipal clerk” defined. As used in this title, “municipal clerk” or “clerk of the municipality” means the town clerk in or for the municipality to which reference is made, unless otherwise provided by charter or special act. (1969, P.A. 704, S. 1; P.A. 14-122, S. 82…

Sec. 9-1b. “Tabulator” substituted for “machine”. “Ballot” substituted for “ballot label”. On and after May 24, 2011, (1) “tabulator” shall be substituted for “machine” and “tabulators” shall be substituted for “machines”, and (2) “ballot” shall be substituted for “ballot label” …

Sec. 9-2. Calculation of period of time. In this title and the sections listed in section 9-1, when a period of time is prescribed for the doing of any act, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays shall be included in computing such period, except that, if the last day of such period is …

Sec. 9-2a. Notice and warning requirements. (a) Whenever in this title newspaper publication of any notice or warning is required to be given by a municipal clerk, it may be given by an assistant clerk. (b) Any provision of any special act contrary to the notice or warning requir…

Sec. 9-3. Secretary to be Commissioner of Elections. Presumption re rulings, instructions, opinions and orders. Order to correct irregularity or impropriety. (a) The Secretary of the State, by virtue of the office, shall be the Commissioner of Elections of the state, with such po…

Sec. 9-4. Duties of secretary. The Secretary of the State, in addition to other duties imposed by law, shall, as such commissioner, (1) advise local election officials in connection with proper methods of conducting elections and referenda as defined in subsection (n) of section …

Sec. 9-4a. Voter guide for state elections. (a) Not later than October first in each year in which a state election, as defined in section 9-1, is to be held, the Secretary of the State, in consultation with the State Elections Enforcement Commission and within available appropri…

Sec. 9-4b. Elections training unit. The Secretary of the State shall establish an elections training unit to coordinate all training for registrars of voters, deputy registrars of voters and poll workers. Such unit shall employ at least one person having field experience in the c…

Sec. 9-4c. System for submitting electronic signature for purposes of signing elections forms and applications. (a) The Secretary of the State shall develop and implement a system or systems through which the Secretary may permit any person to submit an electronic signature for t…

Sec. 9-5. Copies of instructional materials for moderators. At least one week prior to each state or municipal election, the Secretary of the State shall send to the registrars of voters of each municipality in which such election is to be held a copy of such instructional materi…

Sec. 9-5a. Towns to supply registrars with office space and supplies. Records. Each town shall provide the registrars of voters with office space, supplies and equipment, including facilities for the safe storage of the official records of such registrars. Such records shall be a…

Sec. 9-5b. Retention of records by registrars. When the registrars of voters are required by law to maintain, have on file or retain any document, record, list or other paper, the same shall be kept in their office or, if they do not have a permanent office, in the office space p…

Sec. 9-6. Conferences of municipal clerks, registrars and Secretary. Each registrar of voters or, in the absence of a registrar, the deputy registrar of voters, and each municipal clerk or, in the absence of a municipal clerk, one of the assistant municipal clerks shall be compen…

Sec. 9-6a. Conference for voting machine examiners. Section 9-6a is repealed, effective May 24, 2011. (1969, P.A. 31; P.A. 83-475, S. 4, 43; P.A. 11-20, S. 39; 11-173, S. 69.)

Sec. 9-6b. Assistance to blind persons in the signing of petitions. (a) Any provision of the general statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, a circulator of any petition shall, without subjecting himself to the penalties of false statement, accept the signature of an authorized…

Sec. 9-6c. Agreements between municipalities re performance of functions. Exception re conduct of early voting. (a) Two or more municipalities may jointly perform any function that each municipality is required to perform individually under this title, except conduct early voting…

Sec. 9-7. Charter provisions not affected. No provision of this title or the sections listed in section 9-1 shall be construed to repeal any charter provision in existence on May 14, 1953, relative to the election, term of office or powers or duties of any municipal officer or to…

Sec. 9-7a. (Formerly Sec. 9-368a). State Elections Enforcement Commission. Reports. Political activity of members. Written complaints and statements. (a) There is established a State Elections Enforcement Commission to consist of five members, not more than two of whom shall be m…

Sec. 9-7b. (Formerly Sec. 9-368b). State Elections Enforcement Commission's duties and powers. (a) The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall have the following duties and powers: (1) To make investigations on its own initiative or with respect to statements filed with the …

Sec. 9-7c. Recommended appropriations. Allotments. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the appropriations recommended for the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Offic…

Sec. 9-8. Penalty for false statement. Any person who makes a false statement in any statement required to be signed under the penalties of false statement under this title and, except as otherwise provided by law, any person who signs the name of another to any such statement sh…

Sec. 9-8a. 1972 election of General Assembly. Section 9-8a is repealed. (1972, P.A. 220, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-153, S. 31, 32.)

Sec. 9-10. Senatorial districts. Section 9-10 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 990; November, 1964, P.A. 2, S. 4.)

Sec. 9-10a. State senators. Senatorial districts. The Senate shall consist of thirty-six senators, and the state shall be divided into thirty-six districts, in each of which one senator shall be elected as follows: (Districts omitted.*) (November, 1964, P.A. 2, S. 3.) *Note: See …

Secs. 9-10b to 9-10d. State representatives. Assembly districts. Boundaries of local voting districts. Obsolete. (November, 1964, P.A. 2, S. 1, 2, 6; December, 1965, P.A. 2, S. 1.)

Sec. 9-11. Notice of election of congressmen and senators. Section 9-11 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 172; 1953, S. 511d; P.A. 85-577, S. 23.)

Sec. 9-9. Representatives in Congress. Districts. For the purpose of representation in the Congress of the United States, there shall be elected in the manner provided by law one representative from each of the five congressional districts. (1949 Rev., S. 989; 1953, S. 509d; Apri…

Sec. 9-12. Who may be admitted. (a) Each citizen of the United States who has attained the age of eighteen years, and who is a bona fide resident of the town to which the citizen applies for admission as an elector shall, on approval by the registrars of voters or town clerk of t…

Sec. 9-12a. Residence of servicemen. Section 9-12a is repealed. (1969, P.A. 492, S. 1; P.A. 81-350, S. 16, 17.)

Sec. 9-12b. Admission of electors not prohibited on Sundays. The provisions of section 53-302a shall not apply to activities conducted for the purpose of admitting electors. (P.A. 76-128, S. 1, 11; P.A. 79-363, S. 3, 38.) History: P.A. 79-363 substituted “sections 53-302a” for “s…

Sec. 9-13. Blind persons. No applicant, otherwise qualified to be an elector in this state, shall be ineligible by reason of blindness or defective sight. (1949 Rev., S. 992; 1953, S. 514d; P.A. 76-128, S. 3, 11.) History: P.A. 76-128 deleted requirements for reading or submissio…

Sec. 9-14. Electors residing in state institutions. No person shall be deemed to have lost his residence in any town by reason of his absence therefrom in any institution maintained by the state. No person who resides in any institution maintained by the state shall be admitted a…

Sec. 9-14a. Electors in custody of state. Any person in the custody of the state being held at a community correctional center or a correctional institution, whose voting rights have not been denied, shall be deemed to be absent from the town or city of which he is an inhabitant …

Sec. 9-15. Residence of pauper. Section 9-15 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 1020; 1953, S. 516d; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 9-15a. Membership and quorum of board for admission of electors. (a) The board for admission of electors in each town shall consist of the town clerk and the selectmen, provided the legislative body of any town may, at any time, except during the period of eight weeks prior …

Sec. 9-16. Notice of sessions of registrars of voters. The registrars of voters in each town shall give notice of the time and place of each session for the admission of electors held pursuant to section 9-17 by publication in a newspaper published or circulated in such town not …

Sec. 9-17. Sessions of registrars of voters. Distribution of eligibility information at public high schools. (a) For the purposes of this section, “primary day” means the day that a primary for state, district and municipal offices is being held in accordance with section 9-423, …

Sec. 9-17a. “Admitting official” defined. As used in sections 9-17, 9-19b, 9-19c, 9-20, 9-23a, 9-24, 9-31a, 9-31b and 9-31l, unless otherwise provided, the term “admitting official” means a town clerk, assistant town clerk, registrar of voters, deputy registrar of voters or assis…

Secs. 9-18, 9-18a and 9-19. Sessions of board during even-numbered years. Required monthly sessions. Additional sessions. Sections 9-18, 9-18a and 9-19 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1014, 1016; 1953, S. 519d, 520d; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 5; 1963, P.A. 530, S. 2–4; 1971, P.A. 768…

Sec. 9-19a. Inconsistent provisions superseded. The provisions of this chapter shall supersede any inconsistent provision of any charter or special act. (1963, P.A. 530, S. 5; P.A. 79-363, S. 6, 38; P.A. 83-391, S. 4, 24; P.A. 84-319, S. 6, 49.) History: P.A. 79-363 deleted refer…

Sec. 9-19b. Applications for admission submitted to town clerk or registrar of voters. Locations for admission of electors. (a) Except during the period between the last session for the admission of electors prior to an election and the day following that election, the town clerk…

Sec. 9-19c. Application for admission at place of employment, residence or study. (a) Upon the presentation to the town clerk or either registrar of voters of any town of the signed application of twenty-five or more persons who are employed by the same employer at the same place…

Sec. 9-19d. Form of application. The application provided for in section 9-19c shall be in form substantially as follows: To …. (name), Town Clerk, of the Town of Registrar of Voters, …., Connecticut, We the undersigned, being citizens of the United States of voting age, are [ ] …

Sec. 9-19e. Cross-town application for admission. Except during the period between the last session for the admission of electors prior to an election and the day following that election, an admitting official of any town, as defined in section 9-17a, may, at the times and places…

Sec. 9-19f. Out-of-town assistance permitted at admission sessions. The registrar of voters or the deputy or any assistant registrar of voters of any town may, upon the request of the registrar of voters of any other town, assist such registrar or deputy or assistant registrar at…

Sec. 9-19g. Application for admission after established cutoff date. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-19b, during the period between the last session for the admission of electors prior to an election and the opening of the limited session for such admission held on th…

Sec. 9-19h. Availability of admissions information and materials at certain state agencies and libraries. Application for admission through Department of Motor Vehicles. Electronic application system. (a) The Department of Social Services, the Labor Department and the Department …

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. Electronic notification system. (a) Any change of address form submitted by a person …

Sec. 9-19j. Same-day election registration on day of regular election or during period of early voting at such regular election. Designation and certification to Secretary of one or more locations for processing applications. Applicant confirmation procedures. Custody and countin…