| 28 | | - | Section 1. Section 9-438 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 30 | | - | In each municipality or voting district, the polling place or places for [primaries] a primary held under sections 9-382 to 9-450, inclusive, as amended by this act, shall be [the same as those used for the election to be held] designated by the registrars of voters of such municipality or voting district, at least ninety days prior to the primary. At least thirty days prior to a primary, the registrars of voters shall send notification of the polling place for the primary, by mail, to each elector whose polling place for the primary will be different than the elector's polling place for the election. If a municipality's registrars of voters cannot agree upon a polling place or places for a primary, the polling place or places shall be the same as those used for the election to be held. When unaffiliated electors are authorized under section 9-431 to vote in the primary of either of two parties, both parties shall hold their primaries in the same room of each such polling place. On the day of the primary, the polls shall remain open for voting from six o'clock a.m. until eight o'clock p.m. |
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| 32 | | - | Sec. 2. Subsection (d) of section 9-436 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 34 | | - | (d) The registrar shall appoint from among the enrolled party members in the municipality or political subdivision holding the primary, as the case may be, to serve in each polling place, the primary polling place officials, who shall consist of one moderator, two checkers, not more than two challengers if he deems it necessary, and at least one and not more than two voting machine tenders for each machine 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 and is a certified moderator to be moderator, (3) in the case of a political subdivision holding a primary, if an insufficient number of enrolled party members who reside in the political subdivision consent to serve as checkers, challengers, voting machine tenders or assistant registrars, the registrar may appoint any enrolled party member who resides in the municipality to be a checker, challenger, voting machine tender or assistant registrar, [and] (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) 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 machines. 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. |
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| 39 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 40 | | - | Section 1 from passage 9-438 |
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| 41 | | - | Sec. 2 from passage 9-436(d) |
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| 43 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 45 | | - | Section 1 |
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| 47 | | - | from passage |
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| 49 | | - | 9-438 |
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| 51 | | - | Sec. 2 |
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| 53 | | - | from passage |
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| 55 | | - | 9-436(d) |
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| 25 | + | That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to permit municipalities to reduce the number of polling places open for primary election days where voter volume is much lower. |
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