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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6059
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANG ES TO ELECTION
DAY REGISTRATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 9-19j of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
passage): 3
(c) (1) (A) The registrars of voters shall designate a location for the 4
completion and processing of election day registration applications on 5
election day, provided (i) the registrars of voters shall have access to 6
the state-wide centralized voter registration system from such location, 7
and (ii) such location shall be certified in writing to the Secretary of the 8
State not later than thirty-one days before election day. The written 9
certification required pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) of this 10
subdivision shall (I) include the name, street address and relevant 11
contact information associated with such location, (II) list the name 12
and address of each election official appointed to serve at such 13
location, if any, and (III) provide a description of the design of such 14
location and a plan for effective completion and processing of such 15
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applications. Upon review of such written certification, the Secretary 16
may require the registrars of voters to appoint one or more additional 17
election officials or to alter such design or plan. 18
(B) The registrars of voters may apply to the Secretary of the State, 19
in a form and manner prescribed by the Secretary, to designate any 20
additional location for the completion and processing of election day 21
registration applications on election day, provided the registrars of 22
voters shall so apply not later than ninety days before election day. 23
Upon approval of any such application by the Secretary, the registrars 24
of voters may so designate any such additional location. The 25
provisions of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision shall apply to any 26
such additional location designated pursuant to this subparagraph. 27
(2) The registrars of voters may [appoint one or more election 28
officials to serve at such location and may delegate to such election 29
officials] delegate to each election official appointed pursuant to 30
subdivision (1) of this subsection, if any, any of the responsibilities 31
assigned to the registrars of voters. The registrars of voters shall 32
supervise each such election [officials] official and train each such 33
election [officials] official to be an election day registration election 34
[officials] official. 35
Sec. 2. Subsection (j) of section 9-19j of the general statutes is 36
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 37
passage): 38
(j) No person shall solicit in behalf of or in opposition to the 39
candidacy of another or himself or herself or in behalf of or in 40
opposition to any question being submitted at the election, or loiter or 41
peddle or offer any advertising matter, ballot or circular to another 42
person within a radius of seventy-five feet of any outside entrance in 43
use as an entry to [the registrars' of voters designated location] any 44
location designated by the registrars of voters for election day 45
registration balloting or in any corridor, passageway or other approach 46
leading from any such outside entrance to [such registrars' of voters 47
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designated] any such location or in any room opening upon any such 48
corridor, passageway or approach. 49
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 9-19j(c)
Sec. 2 from passage 9-19j(j)
Statement of Purpose:
To permit towns to provide additional locations for election day
registration and require that registrars of voters advise the Secretary of
the State of expected staffing levels at election day registration
locations.
[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. FOX, 148th Dist.
H.B. 6059