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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5335
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3789
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING RE MOVAL FROM PARTY ENR OLLMENT
LISTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 9-53 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
The registrars of voters in each municipality in which an enrollment 3
session is to be held shall give notice of such session, and of the 4
purpose, day, hours and place thereof, by publication in a newspaper 5
published in or having a circulation in such municipality, not more 6
than fifteen nor less than five days before such session. Nothing in this 7
section shall require that such publication be in the form of a legal 8
advertisement. In each municipality divided into voting districts, any 9
session for enrollment in such municipality may, if the registrars of 10
voters so decide, be held in each such district by assistant registrars of 11
voters appointed under section 9-192, provided the registrars of voters 12
in the notice shall specify the place in each such district in which such 13
session is to be held. When such a session is so held in each such 14
district by such assistant registrars of voters, within forty-eight hours 15 Committee Bill No. 5335
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after the close of each of such sessions, each of such assistant registrars 16
of voters shall deliver to the registrar of whom he is the appointee a 17
true and attested list or lists, as made by such assistant registrars of 18
voters at such session, showing all enrollments and corrections, if any, 19
[by them made, together with a list of all applications rejected under 20
the provisions of sections 9-60 and 9-63] made by such assistant 21
registrars of voters. 22
Sec. 2. Subsection (e) of section 9-55 of the general statutes is 23
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 24
passage): 25
(e) The registrars of voters shall make available for public use such 26
list in the office of the registrars of voters until the printing of the next 27
completed enrollment list; and they shall deliver to the chairman of the 28
town committee of each political party copies of each such list for each 29
voting district in the town. Whenever the registrars of voters are not in 30
their office, such list shall be available at another municipal office. 31
Upon request, the registrars of voters shall give one complete set of 32
such lists to each candidate for nomination for any office or for election 33
as a town committee member. The registrars of voters shall deliver a 34
sufficient number of copies thereof to the moderator of each primary. 35
[No petition brought under the provisions of section 9-63 shall operate 36
to delay the completion and printing of such lists. If the petition of any 37
elector is granted after any such list has been completed, the registrars 38
of voters or assistant registrars of voters, as the case may be, shall issue 39
to such elector a certificate showing that the elector is entitled to the 40
privileges accompanying enrollment in the political party named in the 41
elector's petition.] 42
Sec. 3. Section 9-56 of the general statutes is repealed and the 43
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 44
Except as otherwise provided in the case of an elector whose name 45
has not been placed on or has been removed from the enrollment list 46
under section 9-59, [9-60, 9-61 or 9-62,] any elector not enrolled on any 47 Committee Bill No. 5335
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enrollment list may at any time make a written and signed application 48
for enrollment to the registrars of voters on an application form for 49
admission as an elector, in accordance with the requirements of this 50
section. The application shall be effective as of the date it is filed with 51
the registrars of voters of the town of residence of the applicant and 52
any person making application for enrollment in such manner shall 53
immediately be entitled to the privileges of party enrollment unless the 54
application for enrollment (1) is filed in person by the applicant with 55
the registrars of voters after twelve o'clock noon on the last business 56
day before a primary, in which case he shall be entitled to the 57
privileges of party enrollment immediately after the primary, (2) is 58
otherwise filed with the registrar after the fifth day before the primary, 59
in which case he shall be entitled to the privileges of party enrollment 60
immediately after the primary, except as provided in section 9-23a, or 61
(3) is filed with the registrars of voters after 5:00 p.m. on the last 62
business day before a caucus or convention, in which case he shall be 63
entitled to the privileges of party enrollment immediately after the 64
caucus or convention. The application shall be signed or initialed by 65
the registrar, deputy, assistant or registrar's clerk receiving it, or by 66
such other personnel as such registrar or deputy may appoint for [the] 67
such purpose, showing the date when such application is received and, 68
in the case of an applicant not immediately eligible under section 9-59 69
[, 9-60, 9-61 or 9-62] to the privileges accompanying enrollment in the 70
party named in his application, the date upon which such applicant 71
becomes so eligible. In municipalities divided into voting districts in 72
which an enrollment session is held in each district thereof under 73
section 9-51, application for enrollment shall be made to the registrar 74
or assistant registrar, as the case may be, in the voting district in which 75
such elector is entitled to vote at the time of making such application. 76
If any registrar or assistant registrar fails to add any name to any such 77
list on written application or adds any name to any such list except as 78
[herein provided, he] provided in this section, such registrar or 79
assistant registrar shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor. 80
Sec. 4. Section 9-361 of the general statutes is repealed and the 81 Committee Bill No. 5335
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following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 82
The following persons shall be guilty of primary or enrollment 83
violations: (1) Any person unlawfully voting or participating or 84
attempting to vote or participate in any primary in which he is not 85
eligible to vote or participate; (2) in towns divided into voting districts, 86
any elector who registers or votes at any primary in a voting district 87
other than the district in which such elector is legally entitled to vote at 88
the time of such primary; (3) any elector who signs the name of 89
another to a written application to register, without the knowledge and 90
consent of the person whose name is signed thereto, or who falsely 91
represents the contents of any written or printed form of application 92
for enrollment with intent to secure the application of an elector for 93
enrollment upon a list other than that of his true political preference; 94
(4) any registrar or deputy registrar of voters who fails to hold sessions 95
as provided in sections 9-51 and 9-53, as amended by this act, or who 96
fails to register an elector upon the oral or written application for 97
enrollment of such elector, except as provided by law, or who fails to 98
erase an elector's name as provided in section 9-59 or who registers 99
any elector upon an enrollment list other than that declared by such 100
elector in his application as his political preference, or who removes or 101
erases the name of any elector from any enrollment list except as 102
provided by law; [(5) any person who fails to properly serve any notice 103
or citation required by sections 9-60 and 9-61 when directed so to do 104
by any registrar or deputy registrar, or who makes any false return as 105
to any such notice or citation; and (6)] and (5) any moderator of a 106
primary of the enrolled electors of a specified party, such primary 107
being legally called for the nomination of candidates for any public 108
elective office, who fails to comply with the requirements of chapter 109
153. The penalty for any such violation shall be a class D misdemeanor, 110
except that any person found to have violated subdivision (1) or (2) of 111
this section shall be guilty of a class D felony and shall be 112
disfranchised. 113
Sec. 5. Subsection (b) of section 51-164n of the general statutes is 114 Committee Bill No. 5335
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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 115
passage): 116
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any 117
person who is alleged to have committed (1) a violation under the 118
provisions of section 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 4b-13, 7-13, 7-14, 7-35, 7-41, 7-83, 7-119
283, 7-325, 7-393, 8-12, 8-25, 8-27, [9-63,] 9-322, 9-350, 10-193, 10-197, 10-120
198, 10-230, 10-251, 10-254, 12-52, 12-170aa, 12-292, 12-314b or 12-326g, 121
subdivision (4) of section 12-408, subdivision (3), (5) or (6) of section 122
12-411, section 12-435c, 12-476a, 12-476b, 12-487, 13a-71, 13a-107, 13a-123
113, 13a-114, 13a-115, 13a-117b, 13a-123, 13a-124, 13a-139, 13a-140, 13a-124
143b, 13a-247 or 13a-253, subsection (f) of section 13b-42, section 13b-125
90, 13b-221, 13b-292, 13b-336, 13b-337, 13b-338, 13b-410a, 13b-410b or 126
13b-410c, subsection (a), (b) or (c) of section 13b-412, section 13b-414, 127
subsection (d) of section 14-12, section 14-20a or 14-27a, subsection (e) 128
of section 14-34a, subsection (d) of section 14-35, section 14-43, 14-49, 129
14-50a or 14-58, subsection (b) of section 14-66, section 14-66a or 14-130
67a, subsection (g) of section 14-80, subsection (f) of section 14-80h, 131
section 14-97a, 14-100b, 14-103a, 14-106a, 14-106c, 14-146, 14-152, 14-132
153 or 14-163b, a first violation as specified in subsection (f) of section 133
14-164i, section 14-219 as specified in subsection (e) of said section, 134
subdivision (1) of section 14-223a, section 14-240, 14-250 or 14-253a, 135
subsection (a) of section 14-261a, section 14-262, 14-264, 14-267a, 14-136
269, 14-270, 14-275a, 14-278 or 14-279, subsection (e) or (h) of section 137
14-283, section 14-291, 14-293b, 14-296aa, 14-300, 14-300d, 14-319, 14-138
320, 14-321, 14-325a, 14-326, 14-330 or 14-332a, subdivision (1), (2) or (3) 139
of section 14-386a, section 15-25 or 15-33, subdivision (1) of section 15-140
97, subsection (a) of section 15-115, section 16-44, 16-256e, 16a-15 or 141
16a-22, subsection (a) or (b) of section 16a-22h, section 17a-24, 17a-145, 142
17a-149, 17a-152, 17a-465, 17b-124, 17b-131, 17b-137, 19a-30, 19a-33, 143
19a-39 or 19a-87, subsection (b) of section 19a-87a, section 19a-91, 19a-144
105, 19a-107, 19a-113, 19a-215, 19a-219, 19a-222, 19a-224, 19a-286, 19a-145
287, 19a-297, 19a-301, 19a-309, 19a-335, 19a-336, 19a-338, 19a-339, 19a-146
340, 19a-425, 19a-502, 20-7a, 20-14, 20-158, 20-231, 20-249, 20-257, 20-147
265, 20-324e, 20-341l, 20-366, 20-597, 20-608, 20-610, 21-1, 21-38, 21-39, 148 Committee Bill No. 5335
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21-43, 21-47, 21-48, 21-63 or 21-76a, subsection (c) of section 21a-2, 149
subdivision (1) of section 21a-19, section 21a-21, subdivision (1) of 150
subsection (b) of section 21a-25, section 21a-26 or 21a-30, subsection (a) 151
of section 21a-37, section 21a-46, 21a-61, 21a-63 or 21a-77, subsection 152
(b) of section 21a-79, section 21a-85 or 21a-154, subdivision (1) of 153
subsection (a) of section 21a-159, subsection (a) of section 21a-279a, 154
section 22-12b, 22-13, 22-14, 22-15, 22-16, 22-26g, 22-29, 22-34, 22-35, 22-155
36, 22-38, 22-39, 22-39a, 22-39b, 22-39c, 22-39d, 22-39e, 22-49 or 22-54, 156
subsection (d) of section 22-84, section 22-89, 22-90, 22-98, 22-99, 22-157
100, 22-111o, 22-167, 22-279, 22-280a, 22-318a, 22-320h, 22-324a, 22-326 158
or 22-342, subsection (b), (e) or (f) of section 22-344, section 22-359, 22-159
366, 22-391, 22-413, 22-414, 22-415, 22a-66a or 22a-246, subsection (a) of 160
section 22a-250, subsection (e) of section 22a-256h, section 22a-363 or 161
22a-381d, subsections (c) and (d) of section 22a-381e, section 22a-449, 162
22a-461, 23-37, 23-38, 23-46 or 23-61b, subsection (a) or subdivision (1) 163
of subsection (c) of section 23-65, section 25-37 or 25-40, subsection (a) 164
of section 25-43, section 25-43d, 25-135, 26-18, 26-19, 26-21, 26-31, 26-40, 165
26-40a, 26-42, 26-49, 26-54, 26-55, 26-56, 26-58 or 26-59, subdivision (1) 166
of subsection (d) of section 26-61, section 26-64, subdivision (1) of 167
section 26-76, section 26-79, 26-87, 26-89, 26-91, 26-94, 26-97, 26-98, 26-168
104, 26-105, 26-107, 26-117, 26-128, 26-131, 26-132, 26-138 or 26-141, 169
subdivision (1) of section 26-186, section 26-207, 26-215, 26-217 or 26-170
224a, subdivision (1) of section 26-226, section 26-227, 26-230, 26-232, 171
26-244, 26-257a, 26-260, 26-276, 26-284, 26-285, 26-286, 26-288, 26-294, 172
28-13, 29-6a, 29-25, 29-143o, 29-143z or 29-156a, subsection (b), (d), (e) 173
or (g) of section 29-161q, section 29-161y or 29-161z, subdivision (1) of 174
section 29-198, section 29-210, 29-243 or 29-277, subsection (c) of section 175
29-291c, section 29-316, 29-318, 29-381, 30-48a, 30-86a, 31-3, 31-10, 31-176
11, 31-12, 31-13, 31-14, 31-15, 31-16, 31-18, 31-23, 31-24, 31-25, 31-32, 31-177
36, 31-38, 31-40, 31-44, 31-47, 31-48, 31-51, 31-52, 31-52a or 31-54, 178
subsection (a) or (c) of section 31-69, section 31-70, 31-74, 31-75, 31-76, 179
31-76a, 31-89b or 31-134, subsection (i) of section 31-273, section 31-288, 180
subdivision (1) of section 35-20, section 36a-787, 42-230, 45a-283, 45a-181
450, 45a-634 or 45a-658, subdivision (13) or (14) of section 46a-54, 182
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133, 53-199, 53-212a, 53-249a, 53-252, 53-264, 53-280, 53-302a, 53-303e, 184
53-311a, 53-321, 53-322, 53-323, 53-331 or 53-344, subsection (c) of 185
section 53-344b, or section 53-450, or (2) a violation under the 186
provisions of chapter 268, or (3) a violation of any regulation adopted 187
in accordance with the provisions of section 12-484, 12-487 or 13b-410, 188
or (4) a violation of any ordinance, regulation or bylaw of any town, 189
city or borough, except violations of building codes and the health 190
code, for which the penalty exceeds ninety dollars but does not exceed 191
two hundred fifty dollars, unless such town, city or borough has 192
established a payment and hearing procedure for such violation 193
pursuant to section 7-152c, shall follow the procedures set forth in this 194
section. 195
Sec. 6. Section 51-274 of the general statutes is repealed and the 196
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 197
All special acts or provisions thereof inconsistent with this chapter 198
and with sections 1-1a, 2-5, 2-40, 2-61, 5-164, 5-189, 7-80, 8-12, [9-63,] 9-199
258, 9-368, 12-154, 14-141, 14-142, 18-65, 18-73, 19a-220, 21a-96, 29-13, 200
29-362, 30-105, 30-107, 30-111, 35-22, 46b-120, 46b-133, 46b-160, 47a-23, 201
47a-28, 47a-35, 47a-37, 49-61, 49-62, 51-6a, 51-9, 51-15, 51-27, 51-30, 51-202
33, 51-34, 51-36, 51-48, 51-49, 51-50, 51-51, 51-52, 51-59, 51-72, 51-73, 51-203
78, 51-95, 51-183b, 51-183d, 51-183f, 51-183g, 51-215a, 51-229, 51-232, 204
51-237 and 51-241, subsection (a) of section 51-243 and sections 51-247, 205
51-347, 52-45a, 52-45b, 52-46, 52-97, 52-112, 52-139, 52-193, 52-194, 52-206
196, 52-209, 52-212, 52-215, 52-226, 52-240, 52-257, 52-258, 52-261, 52-207
263, 52-268, 52-270, 52-278i, 52-293, 52-297, 52-298, 52-324, 52-351, 52-208
397, 52-425, 52-427, 52-428, 52-521, 53-308, 53-328, 54-2a, 54-56f, 54-66, 209
54-72, 54-74, 54-82g, 54-82j, 54-82k, 54-95a, 54-96a, 54-96b, 54-97, 54-108, 210
54-154, 54-166 and 54-169 to 54-174, inclusive, are repealed. 211
Sec. 7. Sections 9-60 to 9-63, inclusive, of the general statutes are 212
repealed. (Effective from passage) 213 Committee Bill No. 5335
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 9-53
Sec. 2 from passage 9-55(e)
Sec. 3 from passage 9-56
Sec. 4 from passage 9-361
Sec. 5 from passage 51-164n(b)
Sec. 6 from passage 51-274
Sec. 7 from passage Repealer section
GAE Joint Favorable