§ 9-12 Who may be admitted
§ 9-12a Residence of servicemen
§ 9-12b Admission of electors not prohibited on Sundays
§ 9-13 Blind persons
§ 9-14 Electors residing in state institutions
§ 9-14a Electors in custody of state
§ 9-15 Residence of pauper
§ 9-15a Membership and quorum of board for admission of electors
§ 9-16 Notice of sessions of registrars of voters
§ 9-17 Sessions of registrars of voters. Distribution of eligibility information at public high schools
§ 9-17a “Admitting official” defined
§ 9-19a Inconsistent provisions superseded
§ 9-19b Applications for admission submitted to town clerk or registrar of voters. Locations for admission of electors
§ 9-19c Application for admission at place of employment, residence or study
§ 9-19d Form of application
§ 9-19e Cross-town application for admission
§ 9-19f Out-of-town assistance permitted at admission sessions
§ 9-19g Application for admission after established cutoff date
§ 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
§ 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
§ 9-19j Election day registration. Designation and certification to Secretary of one or more locations for processing applications. Applicant confirmation procedures. Counting of ballots. Activities prohibited near election day registration location
§ 9-19k Online voter registration system
§ 9-20 Admission of electors; procedure
§ 9-20a Proof of citizenship
§ 9-20b Voter registration services for new citizens at naturalization ceremonies
§ 9-21 Removal of elector from registry list
§ 9-21a Search of computerized voter registration records. Duplicate registrations
§ 9-22 Instruction of electors at sessions for admission
§ 9-23 Registrars of voters. Posting of public hours. Maintenance of voter information
§ 9-23a When person admitted as an elector permitted to vote in primary. Exception
§ 9-23g Mail-in application for admission
§ 9-23h Application form
§ 9-23i Prohibition on witnessing official charging a fee
§ 9-23j Definition
§ 9-23k National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Coordination of state responsibilities. Enforcement
§ 9-23l Mail voter registration application form prescribed by Federal Election Commission
§ 9-23m Secretary to make form available. Changes to conform to federal law
§ 9-23n Voter registration agencies. Duties. Electronic application system
§ 9-23o Distribution of form by voter registration agencies. Declinations. Assistance. Use of electronic system
§ 9-23p Public institutions of higher education to distribute voter registration application forms and provide assistance. Use of electronic application system
§ 9-23q State-wide student voter registration drive
§ 9-23r Submission of identifying information with mail voter registration application
§ 9-24 Admission as electors of persons in armed forces; definitions
§ 9-25 Admission of members of the armed forces as electors
§ 9-25a Definitions
§ 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
§ 9-27 Elector’s oath
§ 9-27a Enrollment application sent to applicant for absentee admission
§ 9-28 Town clerk to mail forms
§ 9-29 Printing and distribution of forms
§ 9-30 Action by town clerk. Notice. Appeal from rejection of application
§ 9-31 Application of other statutes
§ 9-31a Special admission procedures for permanently physically disabled persons
§ 9-31b Application form
§ 9-31c Physician’s certificate
§ 9-31d Town clerk or registrar to provide forms
§ 9-31l Appeals of decisions re right of person to be or remain an elector
§ 9-32 Canvass to ascertain changes of residence
§ 9-35 Making and arrangement of preliminary list. Active and inactive registry lists. Removal of names. Change of address within municipality
§ 9-35a Posting of names removed from registry list
§ 9-35b Relinquishment of registration by elector
§ 9-35c Names on inactive registry list not to be counted for computing required number of petition signatures, minimum percentage of voting electors
§ 9-36 Availability of preliminary registry list. Distribution
§ 9-37 Final registry list. Availability of registrars of voters
§ 9-38 Availability of final registry list. Updated registry list
§ 9-39 Distribution of copies of final registry list
§ 9-40a Continuance of residence in certain cases. Procedure for removal of names for failure to vote
§ 9-40b Continuance of enrollment for purposes of voting in state-wide primary
§ 9-42 Restoration of names to active registry list under certain circumstances. Requirements re completion and use of inactive registry list
§ 9-42a Change of name on registry list. Change in name of candidate not to affect name appearing on ballot
§ 9-43 Procedure for removal of name for nonresidence
§ 9-44 Appeal from decisions of registrars
§ 9-45 Removal from registry list of certain convicted felons who are committed to custody of Commissioner of Correction
§ 9-46 Forfeiture of electoral rights
§ 9-46a Restoration or granting of electoral privileges
§ 9-50a Compilation of changes to active and inactive registry lists
§ 9-50b State-wide centralized voter registration system
§ 9-50c Maintenance of state-wide centralized voter registration system. Intrastate and interstate data sharing
§ 9-50d Nondisclosure of certain voter registration information
§ 9-51 Enrollment sessions
§ 9-52 Discretionary enrollment sessions
§ 9-53 Notice of sessions
§ 9-54 Compilation and maintenance of enrollment lists and list of unaffiliated electors
§ 9-55 Printing of complete enrollment lists and lists of unaffiliated electors
§ 9-55a Compensation of registrars, clerks and other personnel
§ 9-56 Application for enrollment by unaffiliated elector
§ 9-57 Application for enrollment by new elector at time of admission. Attachment of party privileges
§ 9-57a Application for enrollment made at time of application for restoration
§ 9-58 Applications for enrollment; record of, disposal after five years
§ 9-59 Erasure or transfer of name
§ 9-60 Discretionary erasure or exclusion from enrollment list for lack of good-faith party affiliation; citation and hearing
§ 9-61 Prima facie evidence supporting discretionary erasure or exclusion
§ 9-62 Hearings concerning discretionary erasure or exclusion
§ 9-63 Court appeal of discretionary erasure or exclusion
§ 9-64 Erasure of name not on registry list
§ 9-64a Removal, restoration or transfer of enrollment list names
§ 9-64b Removal of names from list to be used at caucus, primary or convention
§ 9-65 Statement to Secretary of registration, enrollment and addition and removal statistics
§ 9-66 Application of provisions
§ 9-67 Party affiliation of electors of boroughs
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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission

  • another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Board for admission of electors: means the board as composed under subsection (a) of section 9-15a. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
  • Clerical error: means any error in the registry list or enrollment list due to a mistake or an omission on the part of the printer or a mistake or omission made by the registrars or their assistants. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Election: means any electors' meeting at which the electors choose public officials by use of voting tabulators or by paper ballots as provided in section 9-272. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Elector: means any person possessing the qualifications prescribed by the Constitution and duly admitted to, and entitled to exercise, the privileges of an elector in a town. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • last session for admission of electors prior to an election: means the day which is the eighteenth day prior to an election. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • legislative body: means : (1) As applied to unconsolidated towns, the town meeting. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Municipal clerk: means the clerk of a municipality. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Municipality: means any city, borough or town within the state. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: shall include affirmations in cases where by law an affirmation may be used for an oath, and, in like cases, the word "swear" shall include the word "affirm". See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Population: means the population according to the last-completed United States census. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Print: means methods of duplication of words by mechanical process, but shall not include typewriting. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Referendum: means (1) a question or proposal which is submitted to a vote of the electors or voters of a municipality at any regular or special state or municipal election, as defined in this section, (2) a question or proposal which is submitted to a vote of the electors or voters, as the case may be, of a municipality at a meeting of such electors or voters, which meeting is not an election, as defined in subsection (d) of this section, and is not a town meeting, or (3) a question or proposal which is submitted to a vote of the electors or voters, as the case may be, of a municipality at a meeting of such electors or voters pursuant to section 7-7 or pursuant to charter or special act. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Registrars: means the registrars of voters of the municipality. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Registry list: means the list of electors of any municipality certified by the registrars. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Regular election: means any state or municipal election. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • succeeding: when used by way of reference to any section or sections, mean the section or sections next preceding, next following or next succeeding, unless some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Voter: means a person qualified to vote at town and district meetings under the provisions of section 7-6. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Voters: means those persons qualified to vote under the provisions of section 7-6. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Voting district: means any municipality, or any political subdivision thereof, having not more than one polling place in a regular election. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1