Bill Text: CT HB05250 | 2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Appointment Of Primary Polling Place Officials.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-31 - Signed by the Governor [HB05250 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2012-HB05250-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 5250 | |||
February Session, 2012 |
LCO No. 1255 | |||
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Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF PRIMARY POLLING OFFICIALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsections (c) and (d) of section 9-436 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(c) The registrar shall appoint from among the enrolled party members in the [municipality or political subdivision holding the primary, as the case may be] state, to serve in each polling place, the primary polling place officials, who shall consist of one moderator, at least one, but not more than two official checkers, not more than two challengers if [he] the registrar deems it necessary, and at least one and not more than two ballot clerks and at least one but not more than two voting tabulator tenders for each tabulator in use at such primary and, in towns with two or more voting districts at least one and not more than two assistant registrars, provided (1) [in the case of a political subdivision holding a primary, if no enrolled party member who resides in the political subdivision and who is a certified moderator consents to serve as a moderator, the registrar may appoint any enrolled party member who resides in the municipality and is a certified moderator to be moderator, (2)] in the case of either a municipality or a political subdivision holding a primary, if no enrolled party member can be found or no such person consents to serve as a moderator, the registrar may appoint any elector who resides in the [municipality] state and is a certified moderator to be moderator, [(3)] (2) in the case of a political subdivision holding a primary, if an insufficient number of enrolled party members who reside in the [political subdivision] state consent to serve as checkers, challengers, voting tabulator tenders or assistant registrars, the registrar may appoint any [enrolled party member] elector who resides in the [municipality] state to be a checker, challenger, voting tabulator tender or assistant registrar, [(4) in the case of either a municipality or a political subdivision holding a primary, if a sufficient number of enrolled party members cannot be found or do not consent to serve in a position described in subdivision (3) of this subsection, the registrar may appoint any elector who resides in the municipality to any such position, and (5)] and (3) in the case of either a municipality or a political subdivision holding more than one primary on the same day for different political parties, one certified moderator may serve as moderator for both primaries, if the registrars of voters so agree. If unaffiliated electors are authorized under section 9-431 to vote for some but not all of the offices to be contested at the primary, the registrar shall appoint two additional checkers to check the list of unaffiliated electors who are authorized to vote on the separate tabulators. If unaffiliated electors are authorized under section 9-431 to vote in the primary of either of two parties in the same polling place, whether for some or for all offices to be contested at the primary, each such registrar shall appoint two additional checkers to check the list of unaffiliated electors who are authorized to vote in either such primary.
(d) The registrar shall designate one of the moderators so appointed by the registrar to be head moderator or shall appoint as head moderator an elector who is not also moderator of a polling place and who shall be deemed a primary official. The registrar may also appoint a deputy head moderator to assist the head moderator in the performance of his duties. A deputy head moderator shall also be deemed to be a primary official. Each registrar's appointments of primary polling place officials, except moderators of polling places, and of designees to conduct supervised voting of absentee ballots pursuant to sections 9-159q and 9-159r shall be divided equally, as nearly as may be, between designees of the party-endorsed candidates and designees of one or more of the contestants, provided, if a party-endorsed candidate is a member of a party other than the one holding the primary, such primary officials shall be enrolled party members of the party holding the primary. Names of designees and alternate designees for such positions shall be submitted in writing by party-endorsed candidates and contestants to the registrar not later than ten days before the primary, except that names of designees and alternate designees for the position of moderator shall be so submitted not later than twenty-one days before the primary and, if such lists are not so presented, all such appointments shall be made by the registrar but in the above-mentioned proportion. The registrar shall notify all such candidates and contestants of their right to submit a list of designees under this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the registrar shall appoint as moderators only persons who are certified to serve as moderators or alternate moderators pursuant to section 9-229, unless there is an insufficient number of such persons who are enrolled members of the registrar's party [in the municipality or political subdivision] holding the primary, in which case the registrar may appoint a new moderator in accordance with section 9-229, but only to the extent of such insufficiency. Primary central counting moderators and absentee ballot counters shall also be deemed primary officials. No primary official shall perform services for any candidate at the primary on primary day.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
9-436(c) and (d) |
Statement of Purpose:
To provide that an enrolled party member in the state, rather than just an enrolled party member in the municipality, may serve as a primary polling place official.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]