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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5817
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING OF FICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL CHECK ERS IN
POLLING PLACES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 9-261 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
October 1, 2019): 3
(a) In each primary, election or referendum, when an elector has 4
entered the polling place, the elector shall announce the elector's street 5
address, if any, and the elector's name to the official checker or 6
checkers in a tone sufficiently loud and clear as to enable all the 7
election officials present to hear the same. Each elector who registered 8
to vote by mail for the first time on or after January 1, 2003, and has a 9
"mark" next to the elector's name on the official registry list, as 10
required by section 9-23r, shall present to the official checker or 11
checkers, before the elector votes, either a current and valid photo 12
identification that shows the elector's name and address or a copy of a 13
current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or 14
other government document that shows the name and address of the 15
elector. Each other elector shall (1) present to the official checker or 16
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checkers the elector's Social Security card or any other preprinted form 17
of identification which shows the elector's name and either the elector's 18
address, signature or photograph, or (2) on a form prescribed by the 19
Secretary of the State, write the elector's residential address and date of 20
birth, print the elector's name and sign a statement under penalty of 21
false statement that the elector is the elector whose name appears on 22
the official checklist. Such form shall clearly state the penalty of false 23
statement. A separate form shall be used for each elector. If the elector 24
presents a preprinted form of identification under subdivision (1) of 25
this subsection, the official checker or checkers shall check the name of 26
such elector on the official checklist, manually on paper or 27
electronically. If the elector completes the form under subdivision (2) 28
of this subsection, the registrar of voters or the assistant registrar of 29
voters, as the case may be, shall examine the information on such form 30
and either instruct the official checker or checkers to check the name of 31
such elector on the official checklist, manually on paper or 32
electronically, or notify the elector that the form is incomplete or 33
inaccurate. The official checker shall, upon checking the name of an 34
elector on the official checklist, announce such elector's voter 35
identification number in a tone sufficiently loud and clear as to enable 36
any unofficial checkers to hear the same. 37
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 9-261(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure official checkers in a polling place loudly and clearly
announce the voter identification number of an elector permitted to
receive a ballot such that any unofficial checker can hear such
information.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. MILLER P., 145th Dist.
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H.B. 5817