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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5818
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT EXTENDING THE HOURS OF ELECTION DAY
REGISTRATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 9-174 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute, special 3
act or municipal charter to the contrary, at any regular election, or at 4
any special election held to fill a vacancy in a state, district or 5
municipal office, the polls shall remain open for voting from six o'clock 6
a.m. until eight o'clock p.m. No elector shall be permitted to cast his 7
vote after the hour prescribed for the closing of the polls in any 8
election unless such elector is in line at eight o'clock p.m. An election 9
official or a police official of the municipality, who is designated by the 10
moderator, shall be placed at the end of the line at eight o'clock p.m. 11
Such official shall not allow any electors who were not in such line at 12
eight o'clock p.m. to enter such line. 13
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute, special 14
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act or municipal charter to the contrary, at any regular election, the 15
location designated for election day registration pursuant to 16
subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 9-19j shall remain open for 17
election day registration and voting from six o'clock a.m. until eight 18
o'clock p.m. No applicant for election day registration shall be 19
admitted as an elector or permitted to cast such applicant's vote after 20
the hour prescribed for the closing of the location designated for such 21
purposes in any regular election unless such applicant is in line at 22
eight o'clock p.m. An election official or a police official of the 23
municipality, who is appointed by the registrars of voters, shall be 24
placed at the end of the line at eight o'clock p.m. Such official shall not 25
allow any applicants for election day registration who were not in such 26
line at eight o'clock p.m. to enter such line. 27
Sec. 2. Subsection (d) of section 9-19j of the general statutes is 28
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 29
passage): 30
(d) Any person applying to register on election day under the 31
provisions of subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section shall make 32
application in accordance with the provisions of section 9-20, provided 33
(1) on election day, the applicant shall appear in person not later than 34
eight o'clock p.m., in accordance with subsection (b) of section 9-174, as 35
amended by this act, at the location designated by the registrars of 36
voters for election day registration, (2) an applicant who is a student 37
enrolled at an institution of higher education may submit a current 38
photo identification card issued by [said] such institution in lieu of the 39
identification required by section 9-20, and (3) the applicant shall 40
declare under oath that the applicant has not previously voted in the 41
election. If the information that the applicant is required to provide 42
under section 9-20 and subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section 43
does not include proof of the applicant's residential address, the 44
applicant shall also submit identification that shows the applicant's 45
bona fide residence address, including, but not limited to, a learner's 46
permit issued under section 14-36 or a utility bill that has the 47
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applicant's name and current address and that has a due date that is 48
not later than thirty days after the election or, in the case of a student 49
enrolled at an institution of higher education, a registration or fee 50
statement from such institution that has the applicant's name and 51
current address. 52
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 9-174
Sec. 2 from passage 9-19j(d)
Statement of Purpose:
To permit applicants in line for election day registration prior to eight
o'clock p.m. to be admitted as electors and cast a vote in a regular
election.
[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. PORTER, 94th Dist.; REP. BAKER, 124th Dist.
REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.; REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.
REP. GIBSON, 15th Dist.; REP. HALL, 7th Dist.
REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist.; SEN. MCCRORY, 2nd Dist.
REP. MCGEE, 5th Dist.; SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.
REP. REYES, 75th Dist.; REP. SANCHEZ, 25th Dist.
REP. STALLWORTH, 126th Dist.; REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.
SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
H.B. 5818