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Electors: Qualifications and Admission

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Who may be admitted.

Residence of servicemen.

Admission of electors not prohibited on Sundays.

Blind persons.

Electors residing in state institutions.

Electors in custody of state.

Residence of pauper.

Membership and quorum of board for admission of electors.

Notice of sessions of registrars of voters.

Sessions of registrars of voters.

“Admitting official” defined.

9-18a and 9-19 - Sessions of board during even-numbered years. Required monthly sessions. Additional sessions.

Inconsistent provisions superseded.

Applications for admission submitted to town clerk or registrar of voters. Locations for admission of electors.

Application for admission at place of employment, residence or study.

Form of application.

Cross-town application for admission.

Out-of-town assistance permitted at admission sessions.

Application for admission after established cutoff date.

Availability of admissions information and materials at certain state agencies and libraries. Application for admission through Department of Motor Vehicles.

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.

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.

Online voter registration system.

Admission of electors; procedure.

Proof of citizenship.

Voter registration services for new citizens at naturalization ceremonies.

Removal of elector from registry list.

Search of computerized voter registration records. Duplicate registrations.

Instruction of electors at sessions for admission.

Registrars of voters. Posting of public hours. Maintenance of voter information.

When person admitted as an elector permitted to vote in primary. Exception.

Sections
9-23b to 9-23f

Reserved for future use.

Mail-in application for admission.

Application form.

Prohibition on witnessing official charging a fee.

Definition.

National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Coordination of state responsibilities. Enforcement.

Mail voter registration application form prescribed by Federal Election Commission.

Secretary to make form available. Changes to conform to federal law.

Voter registration agencies. Duties.

Distribution of form by voter registration agencies. Declinations. Assistance.

Public institutions of higher education to distribute voter registration application forms and provide assistance.

State-wide student voter registration drive.

Submission of identifying information with mail voter registration application.

Admission as electors of persons in armed forces; definitions.

Admission of members of the armed forces as electors.

Definitions.

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.

Elector's oath.

Enrollment application sent to applicant for absentee admission.

Town clerk to mail forms.

Printing and distribution of forms.

Action by town clerk. Notice. Appeal from rejection of application.

Application of other statutes.

Special admission procedures for permanently physically disabled persons.

Application form.

Physician's certificate.

Town clerk or registrar to provide forms.

Sections
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.

Appeals of decisions re right of person to be or remain an elector.

Canvass to ascertain changes of residence.

Sections
9-33 and 9-34

Record of applicants; change of name of married woman. Hours of sessions of registrars.

Making and arrangement of preliminary list. Active and inactive registry lists. Removal of names. Change of address within municipality.

Posting of names removed from registry list.

Relinquishment of registration by elector.

Names on inactive registry list not to be counted for computing required number of petition signatures, minimum percentage of voting electors.

Availability of preliminary registry list. Distribution.

Final registry list. Availability of registrars of voters.

Availability of final registry list. Updated registry list.

Distribution of copies of final registry list.

Sections
9-39a and 9-40

Designation of party affiliation on registry list. Privileges after removal to another municipality.

Continuance of residence in certain cases. Procedure for removal of names for failure to vote.

Continuance of enrollment for purposes of voting in state-wide primary.

Sections
9-41 to 9-41b

Application for restoration of name to registry list. Restoration to registry list of physically disabled person. Certificate of physician.

Restoration of names to active registry list under certain circumstances. Requirements re completion and use of inactive registry list.

Change of name on registry list. Change in name of candidate not to affect name appearing on ballot.

Procedure for removal of name for nonresidence.

Appeal from decisions of registrars.

Removal from registry list of convicted felons who are committed to custody of Commissioner of Correction.

Forfeiture of electoral rights.

Restoration or granting of electoral privileges.

Sections
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.

Compilation of changes to active and inactive registry lists.

State-wide centralized voter registration system.

Maintenance of state-wide centralized voter registration system. Intrastate and interstate data sharing.

Enrollment sessions.

Discretionary enrollment sessions.

Notice of sessions.

Compilation and maintenance of enrollment lists and list of unaffiliated electors.

Printing of complete enrollment lists and lists of unaffiliated electors.

Compensation of registrars, clerks and other personnel.

Application for enrollment by unaffiliated elector.

Application for enrollment by new elector at time of admission. Attachment of party privileges.

Application for enrollment made at time of application for restoration.

Applications for enrollment; record of, disposal after five years.

Erasure or transfer of name.

Discretionary erasure or exclusion from enrollment list for lack of good-faith party affiliation; citation and hearing.

Prima facie evidence supporting discretionary erasure or exclusion.

Hearings concerning discretionary erasure or exclusion.

Court appeal of discretionary erasure or exclusion.

Erasure of name not on registry list.

Removal, restoration or transfer of enrollment list names.

Removal of names from list to be used at caucus, primary or convention.

Statement to Secretary of registration, enrollment and addition and removal statistics.

Application of provisions.

Party affiliation of electors of boroughs.