When the registrars in any municipality are unable to agree upon the removal from the registry list of such municipality of the name of any elector concerning whom the claim is made by either registrar that such elector does not maintain a residence within such municipality, the registrars shall send to such elector, by registered or certified mail at the address at which his name appears on such list, a notice and return card required by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, that his right to have his name retained on such list has been challenged; and, unless such elector has filed with the registrars, not later than seven days before the next succeeding regular election or primary to be held in such municipality, an application for the retention of his electoral privileges therein, the registrars shall place his name on the inactive registry list compiled under section 9-35. Such challenge may be made, and notice thereof sent, at any time except for the period of five weeks before any regular election to be held in such municipality. Such application for the retention of electoral privileges shall be a signed and sworn application in form substantially as follows:
“I, ...., (insert name of elector) an elector of the town of .... (insert name of town) now registered at .... (insert name of street, and number, if any) do hereby state under oath that I maintain a place of abode at .... (insert name of street, and number, if any) within such town; that my absence is temporary from said town for the following reasons: ....; that it is my present intention to maintain a domicile and residence in said town and return thereto whenever the necessity for temporary absence has ceased; that I am not now registered elsewhere as an elector nor have I any present intention so to register.
.... (Signature of elector)
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this .... day of ...., 20.., at ....
....
Notary Public or other officerempowered to administer oaths”.
Upon receipt of such application, if either registrar, in writing signed by him, certifies on such application that he believes such claim of residence has sufficient foundation in fact, the name of such elector shall be retained on the active registry list of the municipality and his right to vote therein at the next succeeding regular election or primary shall not be challenged by the registrars because of any question of residence. Otherwise, the name of such elector shall be placed on the inactive registry list for four years and then removed from the registry list. All applications herein provided for shall be kept by the registrars as a permanent record; and, when no application for retention of his electoral privilege is received from any elector whose right to have his name retained on the registry list is challenged under the provisions of this section, the registrars shall keep as a permanent record evidence that the notice required by this section has been sent in the manner provided herein.
(1949 Rev., S. 1005; 1953, S. 545d; 1959, P.A. 125; P.A. 75-348, S. 6, 11; P.A. 80-281, S. 6, 31; P.A. 94-121, S. 27, 33.)
History: 1959 act added provisions for oath, statement of reasons for absence, and notarization of elector's signature; P.A. 75-348 added provision that where elector's name restored to list his right to vote at next succeeding regular election shall not be challenged by the registrars on any question of residence; P.A. 80-281 added “a primary” to “next succeeding regular election” where appearing; P.A. 94-121 added reference to return cards required by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and added requirements re inactive registry list, effective January 1, 1995; (Revisor's note: In 2001 the reference in this section to the date “19..” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “20..” to reflect the new millennium).
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.