Bill Text: CT HB06744 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 6744 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Mandatory Registrars Of Voters Sessions.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-06-02 - Senate Calendar Number 650 [HB06744 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB06744-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 6744*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 3223
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)

AN ACT CONCERNING MANDATORY REGISTRARS OF VOTERS SESSIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 9-17 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):

[(a) For the purposes of this section, "primary day" means the day that a primary for state, district and municipal offices is being held in accordance with section 9-423, and "election day" means the day of each regular election. (1)]

(a) The registrars of voters of each town shall hold [sessions] a session to examine the qualifications of electors and admit those found qualified on the [dates and at the times set forth in this section. Such sessions shall be held on the following days during the hours indicated, except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection:

T1	Day	Hours
T2	Fourteenth day
T3	before primary day ……………….	any two hours between
T4		5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
T5	Saturday of third week
T6	before election day .……………….	10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
T7	Seventh day
T8	before election day .……………….	9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The session of the registrars of voters on the seventh day before election day shall be the last regular session for the admission of electors prior to an election, as defined in subsection (y) of section 9-1. (2) No town having a population of less than twenty-five thousand persons shall be required to hold sessions for admission of electors on the fourteenth day before primary day] seventh day before the day of each regular election from nine o'clock a.m. to eight o'clock p.m.

(b) [Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the] The registrars of voters shall hold a limited session on the last [week day before] weekday before the day of each regular election from nine o'clock a.m. to five o'clock p.m. for the purpose of admitting only those persons whose qualifications as to age, citizenship or residence in the municipality were attained after the [last] session for the admission of electors prior to [an] a regular election held pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The registrars shall enter the names of those electors admitted at such limited session on the proper list, with their residences by street and numbers.

(c) In addition to the [sessions] session held pursuant to [subsections (a) and] subsection (a) of this section and the limited session held pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the registrars of voters in each town shall hold one session each year, between the first of January and the last day of the school year, at each public high school in such town, for the admission of persons who are eligible for admission under subsection (a) or (b) of section 9-12, provided, in the case of a public high school in a regional school district, such session shall be held on a rotating basis by the registrars of voters for each town which is a member of the regional school district. The registrars of voters need not give notice of this session by publication in a newspaper.

Sec. 2. Subsection (d) of section 9-19b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):

(d) During the period between the [last] session for the admission of electors [prior to an election] held pursuant to subsection (a) of section 9-17, as amended by this act, and the opening of the limited session for the admission of electors held [on the last weekday before such election under] pursuant to subsection (b) of section 9-17, as amended by this act, the town clerk or assistant town clerk during office hours and at the office of such official and either registrar of voters or a deputy or assistant registrar at the office of such official may examine the qualifications of any person applying in person to be admitted in such town and approve the application of such person whose qualifications as to age, citizenship or residence in the municipality were attained after [such last] the session held pursuant to subsection (a) of section 9-17, as amended by this act, and on or before [the last weekday prior to such election] the limited session held pursuant to subsection (b) of section 9-17, as amended by this act.

Sec. 3. Section 9-65 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):

(a) After the [last session of the registrars of voters under section 9-17 before each election] session for the admission of electors held pursuant to subsection (a) of section 9-17, as amended by this act, the registrars of voters in each municipality shall submit in writing to the Secretary of the State a statement setting forth the total number of names of new electors added to the registry list, and the total number of names of former electors removed from the registry list, in such municipality during the period between the two most recent such [last] sessions. Such statement shall be submitted annually at a time to be determined by the Secretary of the State.

(b) Not later than a week after the [last session of the registrars of voters before an election under] session for the admission of electors held pursuant to subsection (a) of section 9-17, as amended by this act, the Secretary of the State shall issue a report on the total number of electors on the active and inactive registry list, the total number of electors enrolled on each active and inactive party enrollment list and the total number of unaffiliated electors on the active and inactive registry list in such municipality, as reported by the registrars of voters on the state-wide centralized voter registration system. The Secretary shall omit from such report electors on the last-completed registry list or enrollment lists who have died, but shall include electors who have acquired electoral or enrollment privileges since the last-completed registry list or enrollment lists were perfected.

Sec. 4. Section 9-170 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):

At any regular or special town election any person may vote who is registered as an elector on the revised registry list of the town last completed and he shall vote only in the district in which he is so registered, provided any person may vote whose name is restored to the list under the provisions of section 9-42 or whose name is added [on the last week day before a regular election under the provisions] at the limited session for the admission of electors held pursuant to subsection (b) of section 9-17, as amended by this act. Each person so registered shall be permitted to vote unless he is not a bona fide resident of the town and political subdivision holding the election or has been convicted of a disfranchising crime. Any person offering to vote and being challenged as to his identity or residence shall, before he votes, prove his identity with the person on whose name he offers to vote or his bona fide residence in the town and political subdivision holding the election, as the case may be, by the testimony, under oath, of at least one other elector or by such other evidence acceptable to the moderator.

Sec. 5. Section 9-171 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):

In all cities, unless otherwise provided by law, any person entitled to vote at city elections who is registered on the revised registry list last completed, and any person having a legal right to vote at such elections whose name is entered on a copy of such list before voting, may vote therein in the district for which such registry list is made; provided those persons may vote whose names are restored to the list under the provisions of section 9-42 or whose names are added [on the last week day before a regular election under the provisions] at the limited session for the admission of electors held pursuant to subsection (b) of section 9-17, as amended by this act. Each person so registered shall be permitted to vote, unless he has lost his right by removal from such city since he has registered or by conviction of a disfranchising crime. Any person offering so to vote, and being challenged as to his identity or residence, shall, before he votes, prove his identity with the person on whose name he offers to vote or his bona fide residence in such city, as the case may be, by the testimony, under oath, of at least one other elector or by such other evidence acceptable to the moderator. The names of those voting shall be checked on such copy of such list, and such copy so checked shall be kept on file in the office of the town clerk, as in the case of state elections.

Sec. 6. Section 9-172 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):

At any regular or special state election any person may vote who was registered on the last-completed revised registry list of the town in which he offers to vote, and he shall vote in the district in which he was so registered; provided those persons may vote whose names are restored to the list under the provisions of section 9-42 or whose names are added [on the last weekday before a regular election under the provisions] at the limited session for the admission of electors held pursuant to subsection (b) of section 9-17, as amended by this act. Each person so registered shall be permitted to vote if he is a bona fide resident of the town and political subdivision holding the election and has not lost his right by conviction of a disfranchising crime. Any person offering so to vote and being challenged as to his identity or residence shall, before he votes, prove his identity with the person on whose name he offers to vote or his bona fide residence in the town and political subdivision holding the election, as the case may be, by the testimony, under oath, of at least one other elector or by such other evidence as is acceptable to the moderator.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2015	9-17
Sec. 2	July 1, 2015	9-19b(d)
Sec. 3	July 1, 2015	9-65
Sec. 4	July 1, 2015	9-170
Sec. 5	July 1, 2015	9-171
Sec. 6	July 1, 2015	9-172