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14		-	AN ACT CONCERNING PO LLING PLACES AT INSTITUTIONS OF
	11	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
	12	+	AND ELECTIONS
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	15	+	Introduced by:
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	20	+	AN ACT REQUIRING POL LING PLACES AT INSTITUTIONS OF
15	21		HIGHER EDUCATION.
16	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	23		Assembly convened:
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19	25		Section 1. Section 9-169 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
20	26		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2
21	27		(a) The legislative body of any town, consolidated town and city or 3
22	28		consolidated town and borough may divide and, from time to time, 4
23	29		redivide such municipality into voting districts. The registrars of 5
24	30		voters of any municipality taking such action shall provide a suitable 6
25	31		polling place in each district but, if the registrars fail to agree as to the 7
26	32		location of any polling place or places, the legislative body shall 8
27	33		determine the location thereof. Polling places to be used in an election 9
28	34		shall be determined at least thirty-one days before such election, and 10
29	35		such polling places shall not be changed within said period of thirty-11
30	36		one days except that, if the municipal clerk and registrars of voters of a 12
31	37		municipality unanimously find that any such polling place within such 13
32	38		municipality has been rendered unusable within such period, they 14
33	39		shall forthwith designate another polling place to be used in place of 15
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34	45		the one so rendered unusable and shall give adequate notice that such 16
35	46		polling place has been so changed. The registrars of voters shall keep 17
36	47		separate lists of the electors residing in each district and shall appoint 18
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	48	+	for each district a moderator in accordance with the provisions of 19
44	49		section 9-229 and such other election officials as are required by law, 20
45	50		and shall designate one of the moderators so appointed or any other 21
46	51		elector of such town to be the head moderator for the purpose of 22
47	52		declaring the results of elections in the whole municipality. The 23
48	53		registrars may also designate a deputy head moderator to assist the 24
49	54		head moderator in the performance of his duties provided the deputy 25
50	55		head moderator and the head moderator shall not be enrolled in the 26
51	56		same major party, as defined in subdivision (5) of section 9-372. The 27
52	57		selectmen, town clerk, registrars of voters and all other officers of the 28
53	58		municipality shall perform the duties required of them by law with 29
54	59		respect to elections in each voting district established in accordance 30
55	60		with this section. Voting district lines shall not be drawn by a 31
56	61		municipality so as to conflict with the lines of congressional districts, 32
57	62		senate districts or assembly districts as established by law, except (1) as 33
58		-	provided in section 9-169d, and (2) that as to municipal elections, any 34
	63	+	provided in section 9-169d and (2) that as to municipal elections, any 34
59	64		part of a split voting district containing less than two hundred electors 35
60	65		may be combined with another voting district adjacent thereto from 36
61	66		which all and the same officers are elected at such municipal election. 37
62	67		Any change in the boundaries of voting districts made within ninety 38
63	68		days prior to any election or primary shall not apply with respect to 39
64	69		such election or primary. 40
65		-	(b) The legislative body of any town, consolidated town and city or 41
66		-	consolidated town and borough within which an institution of higher 42
67		-	education is located may divide such municipality so as to provide at 43
68		-	each election a separate voting district containing such institution. The 44
69		-	registrars of voters of any municipality taking such action shall 45
70		-	provide a suitable polling place at, or not more than five hundred feet 46
71		-	from, such institution but, if the registrars fail to agree as to the 47
72		-	location of such polling place, the legislative body shall determine the 48
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74		-	(c) The provisions of this section shall prevail over any contrary 50
75		-	provision of any charter or special act. 51 Substitute Bill No. 266
	70	+	(b) In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection (a) of this 41
	71	+	section, (1) the legislative body of any town, consolidated town and 42
	72	+	city or consolidated town and borough within which an institution of 43
	73	+	higher education is located shall divide such municipality so as to 44
	74	+	provide at each election a separate voting district containing such 45
	75	+	institution, provided such institution shall have (A) reported to the 46
	76	+	United States Department of Education, in the year prior to such 47
	77	+	election, a twelve-month, full-time equivalent enrollment in excess of 48
	78	+	three thousand at any campus of such institution, and (B) notified, not 49
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	84	+	later than January first of the year of such election, the registrars of 50
	85	+	voters of such municipality in which any such campus is located, and 51
	86	+	(2) the registrars of voters of any municipality described in subdivision 52
	87	+	(1) of this subsection shall provide a suitable polling place at, or not 53
	88	+	more than five hundred feet from, such institution but, if the registrars 54
	89	+	fail to agree as to the location of such polling place, the legislative body 55
	90	+	shall determine the location thereof. 56
	91	+	(c) The provisions of this section shall prevail over any contrary 57
	92	+	provision of any charter or special act. 58
82	93		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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85	96		Section 1 July 1, 2019 9-169
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	98	+	Statement of Purpose:
	99	+	To establish polling places for use during elections on college and
	100	+	university campuses.
	101	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	102	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	103	+	not underlined.]
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	105	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
	106	+	SEN. MCCRORY, 2nd Dist.; SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.
	107	+	SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.; SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.
	108	+	SEN. ABRAMS, 13th Dist.; SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
	109	+	SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.; SEN. BRADLEY, 23rd Dist.
	110	+	SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.; SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist.
	111	+	SEN. LEONE, 27th Dist.; SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.
	112	+	SEN. NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.; SEN. BERGSTEIN, 36th Dist.
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