(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 to a regular election, vote to change the membership of such board to consist of (1) the town clerk, the selectmen and the registrars of voters or (2) the town clerk and the registrars of voters. For the purposes of this section, the term “registrars of voters”, in a town where there are different registrars of voters for different voting districts, means the registrars of voters in the voting district in which, at the last-preceding election, the presiding officer for the purpose of declaring the result of the vote of the whole town was the moderator.
(b) Any member of the board for the admission of electors in any town who finds that he is unable to attend a meeting of the board shall designate another elected officer of such town to act for him by filing a statement of such designation in writing in the office of the town clerk at any time prior to the opening of the meeting, provided, if an assistant town clerk is available, he shall serve in the absence or inability of the town clerk and, if the deputy registrar of voters is available, he shall serve in the absence or inability of his registrar.
(c) A quorum of the board for the admission of electors shall consist of a bare majority of the members of such board. An assistant town clerk or a deputy registrar or any other town officer designated by, and acting for, a member of such board pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be included as a member of such board for purposes of ascertaining the existence of a quorum.
(d) This section shall supersede any inconsistent provision of any charter or special act.
(February, 1965, P.A. 471; 1969, P.A. 496; P.A. 79-363, S. 4, 38; P.A. 83-391, S. 1, 24; P.A. 07-217, S. 39.)
History: 1969 act changed word “municipality” for “town” wherever appearing and in Subsec. (b) inserted the word “elected” before “officer”; P.A. 79-363 amended Subsec. (a) by inserting “the” before “moderator”; P.A. 83-391 amended Subsec. (b) to eliminate reference to sessions of board for the admission of electors; P.A. 07-217 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective July 12, 2007.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission
Section 9-12. - Who may be admitted.
Section 9-12a. - Residence of servicemen.
Section 9-12b. - Admission of electors not prohibited on Sundays.
Section 9-13. - Blind persons.
Section 9-14. - Electors residing in state institutions.
Section 9-14a. - Electors in custody of state.
Section 9-15. - Residence of pauper.
Section 9-15a. - Membership and quorum of board for admission of electors.
Section 9-16. - Notice of sessions of registrars of voters.
Section 9-17a. - “Admitting official” defined.
Section 9-19a. - Inconsistent provisions superseded.
Section 9-19c. - Application for admission at place of employment, residence or study.
Section 9-19d. - Form of application.
Section 9-19e. - Cross-town application for admission.
Section 9-19f. - Out-of-town assistance permitted at admission sessions.
Section 9-19g. - Application for admission after established cutoff date.
Section 9-19k. - Online voter registration system.
Section 9-20. - Admission of electors; procedure.
Section 9-20a. - Proof of citizenship.
Section 9-20b. - Voter registration services for new citizens at naturalization ceremonies.
Section 9-21. - Removal of elector from registry list.
Section 9-21a. - Search of computerized voter registration records. Duplicate registrations.
Section 9-22. - Instruction of electors at sessions for admission.
Section 9-23. - Registrars of voters. Posting of public hours. Maintenance of voter information.
Section 9-23a. - When person admitted as an elector permitted to vote in primary. Exception.
Section 9-23g. - Mail-in application for admission.
Section 9-23h. - Application form.
Section 9-23i. - Prohibition on witnessing official charging a fee.
Section 9-23l. - Mail voter registration application form prescribed by Federal Election Commission.
Section 9-23m. - Secretary to make form available. Changes to conform to federal law.
Section 9-23n. - Voter registration agencies. Duties. Electronic application system.
Section 9-23q. - State-wide student voter registration drive.
Section 9-23r. - Submission of identifying information with mail voter registration application.
Section 9-24. - Admission as electors of persons in armed forces; definitions.
Section 9-25. - Admission of members of the armed forces as electors.
Section 9-27. - Elector's oath.
Section 9-27a. - Enrollment application sent to applicant for absentee admission.
Section 9-28. - Town clerk to mail forms.
Section 9-29. - Printing and distribution of forms.
Section 9-30. - Action by town clerk. Notice. Appeal from rejection of application.
Section 9-31. - Application of other statutes.
Section 9-31a. - Special admission procedures for permanently physically disabled persons.
Section 9-31b. - Application form.
Section 9-31c. - Physician's certificate.
Section 9-31d. - Town clerk or registrar to provide forms.
Section 9-31l. - Appeals of decisions re right of person to be or remain an elector.
Section 9-32. - Canvass to ascertain changes of residence.
Section 9-35a. - Posting of names removed from registry list.
Section 9-35b. - Relinquishment of registration by elector.
Section 9-36. - Availability of preliminary registry list. Distribution.
Section 9-37. - Final registry list. Availability of registrars of voters.
Section 9-38. - Availability of final registry list. Updated registry list.
Section 9-39. - Distribution of copies of final registry list.
Section 9-40b. - Continuance of enrollment for purposes of voting in state-wide primary.
Section 9-43. - Procedure for removal of name for nonresidence.
Section 9-44. - Appeal from decisions of registrars.
Section 9-46. - Forfeiture of electoral rights.
Section 9-46a. - Restoration or granting of electoral privileges.
Section 9-50a. - Compilation of changes to active and inactive registry lists.
Section 9-50b. - State-wide centralized voter registration system.
Section 9-50d. - Nondisclosure of certain voter registration information.
Section 9-51. - Enrollment sessions.
Section 9-52. - Discretionary enrollment sessions.
Section 9-53. - Notice of sessions.
Section 9-54. - Compilation and maintenance of enrollment lists and list of unaffiliated electors.
Section 9-55. - Printing of complete enrollment lists and lists of unaffiliated electors.
Section 9-55a. - Compensation of registrars, clerks and other personnel.
Section 9-56. - Application for enrollment by unaffiliated elector.
Section 9-57a. - Application for enrollment made at time of application for restoration.
Section 9-58. - Applications for enrollment; record of, disposal after five years.
Section 9-59. - Erasure or transfer of name.
Section 9-61. - Prima facie evidence supporting discretionary erasure or exclusion.
Section 9-62. - Hearings concerning discretionary erasure or exclusion.
Section 9-63. - Court appeal of discretionary erasure or exclusion.
Section 9-64. - Erasure of name not on registry list.
Section 9-64a. - Removal, restoration or transfer of enrollment list names.
Section 9-64b. - Removal of names from list to be used at caucus, primary or convention.