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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1046
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5384
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING EL ECTION DAY REGISTRATION IN POLLING
PLACES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 9-19j of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
(a) As used in this subsection and subsections (b) to (i), inclusive, of 3
this section, "election day" means the day on which a regular election, 4
as defined in section 9-1, is held. 5
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, a person who (1) 6
is (A) not an elector, or (B) an elector registered in a municipality who 7
wishes to change his or her registration to another municipality 8
pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of this 9
section, and (2) meets the eligibility requirements under subsection (a) 10
of section 9-12, may apply for admission as an elector on election day 11
pursuant to the provisions of subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this 12
section. 13 Raised Bill No. 1046
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(c) (1) [The registrars of voters shall designate a location for the 14
completion and processing of] In each polling place, the location of 15
which is determined pursuant to section 9-169, the registrars of voters 16
shall complete and process election day registration applications on 17
election day. [, provided the] The registrars of voters shall have access 18
to the state-wide centralized voter registration system from such 19
[location] polling place. 20
(2) [The] In addition to the election officials appointed pursuant to 21
section 9-258, the registrars of voters may appoint one or more election 22
officials to serve at such [location] polling place for the completion and 23
processing of election day registration applications and may delegate 24
to such election officials any of the responsibilities assigned to the 25
registrars of voters. The registrars of voters shall supervise such 26
election officials and train such election officials to be election day 27
registration election officials. 28
(d) Any person applying to register on election day under the 29
provisions of subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section shall make 30
application in accordance with the provisions of section 9-20, provided 31
(1) on election day, the applicant shall appear in person at the [location 32
designated by the registrars of voters for election day registration] 33
polling place, (2) an applicant who is a student enrolled at an 34
institution of higher education may submit a current photo 35
identification card issued by [said] such institution in lieu of the 36
identification required by section 9-20, and (3) the applicant shall 37
declare under oath that the applicant has not previously voted in the 38
election. If the information that the applicant is required to provide 39
under section 9-20 and subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section 40
does not include proof of the applicant's residential address, the 41
applicant shall also submit identification that shows the applicant's 42
bona fide residence address, including, but not limited to, a learner's 43
permit issued under section 14-36 or a utility bill that has the 44
applicant's name and current address and that has a due date that is 45
not later than thirty days after the election or, in the case of a student 46
enrolled at an institution of higher education, a registration or fee 47 Raised Bill No. 1046
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statement from such institution that has the applicant's name and 48
current address. 49
(e) If the registrars of voters determine that an applicant satisfies the 50
application requirements set forth in subsection (d) of this section, the 51
registrars of voters shall check the state-wide centralized voter 52
registration system before admitting such applicant as an elector. 53
(1) If the registrars of voters determine that the applicant is not 54
already an elector, the registrars of voters shall admit the applicant as 55
an elector and the privileges of an elector shall attach immediately. 56
(2) If the registrars of voters determine that such applicant is an 57
elector in another municipality and such applicant states that he or she 58
wants to change the municipality in which the applicant is an elector, 59
notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-21, the registrars of voters 60
of the municipality in which such elector now seeks to register shall 61
immediately notify the registrars of voters in such other municipality 62
that such elector is changing the municipality in which the applicant is 63
an elector. The registrars of voters in such other municipality shall 64
notify the election officials in such municipality to remove such elector 65
from the official voter list of such municipality. Such election officials 66
shall cross through the elector's name on such official voter list and 67
mark "off" next to such elector's name on such official voter list. 68
(A) If it is reported that such applicant already voted in such other 69
municipality, the registrars of voters of such other municipality shall 70
immediately notify the registrars of voters of the municipality in which 71
such elector now seeks to register. In such event, such elector shall not 72
receive an election day registration ballot from the registrars of voters 73
of the municipality in which such elector now seeks to register. For any 74
such elector, the election day registration process shall cease in the 75
municipality in which such elector now seeks to register and such 76
matter shall be reviewed by the registrars of voters in the municipality 77
in which such elector now seeks to register. After completion of such 78
review, if a resolution of the matter can not be made, such matter shall 79 Raised Bill No. 1046
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be reported to the State Elections Enforcement Commission which 80
shall conduct an investigation of the matter. 81
(B) If there is no such report that such applicant already voted in the 82
other municipality, the registrars of voters of the municipality in which 83
the applicant seeks to register shall admit the applicant as an elector 84
and the privileges of an elector shall attach immediately. 85
(f) If the applicant is admitted as an elector, the registrars of voters 86
shall provide the elector with an election day registration ballot and 87
election day registration envelope and shall make a record of such 88
issuance. The elector shall complete an affirmation imprinted upon the 89
back of the envelope for an election day registration ballot and shall 90
declare under oath that the applicant has not previously voted in the 91
election. The affirmation shall be in the form substantially as follows 92
and signed by the voter: 93
AFFIRMATION: I, the undersigned, do hereby state, under penalty 94
of false statement, (perjury) that: 95
1. I am the person admitted here as an elector in the town indicated. 96
2. I am eligible to vote in the election indicated for today in the town 97
indicated. 98
3. The information on my voter registration card is correct and 99
complete. 100
4. I reside at the address that I have given to the registrars of voters. 101
5. If previously registered at another location, I have provided such 102
address to the registrars of voters and hereby request cancellation of 103
such prior registration. 104
6. I have not voted in person or by absentee ballot and I will not 105
vote otherwise than by this ballot at this election. 106
7. I completed an application for an election day registration ballot 107 Raised Bill No. 1046
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and received an election day registration ballot. 108
.... (Signature of voter) 109
(g) The elector shall forthwith mark the election day registration 110
ballot in the presence of the registrars of voters in such a manner that 111
the registrars of voters shall not know how the election day 112
registration ballot is marked. The elector shall place the election day 113
registration ballot in the election day registration ballot envelope 114
provided, and deposit such envelope in a secured election day 115
registration ballot depository receptacle. At the time designated by the 116
registrars of voters and noticed to election officials, the registrars of 117
voters shall transport such receptacle containing the election day 118
registration ballots to the central location or polling place, pursuant to 119
subsection (b) of section 9-147a, where absentee ballots are counted 120
and such election day registration ballots shall be counted by the 121
election officials present at such central location or polling place. A 122
section of the head moderator's return shall show the number of 123
election day registration ballots received from electors. The registrars 124
of voters shall seal a copy of the vote tally for election day registration 125
ballots in a depository envelope with the election day registration 126
ballots and store such election day registration depository envelope 127
with the other election results materials. The election day registration 128
depository envelope shall be preserved by the registrars of voters for 129
the period of time required to preserve counted ballots for elections. 130
(h) The provisions of the general statutes and regulations 131
concerning procedures relating to the custody, control and counting of 132
absentee ballots shall apply, as nearly as possible, to the custody, 133
control and counting of election day registration ballots under 134
subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section. 135
(i) After the acceptance of an election day registration, the registrars 136
of voters shall forthwith send a registration confirmation notice to the 137
residential address of each applicant who is admitted as an elector on 138
election day under subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section. Such 139 Raised Bill No. 1046
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confirmation shall be sent by first class mail with instructions on the 140
envelope that it be returned if not deliverable at the address shown on 141
the envelope. If a confirmation notice is returned undelivered, the 142
registrars shall forthwith take the necessary action in accordance with 143
section 9-35 or 9-43, as applicable, notwithstanding the May first 144
deadline in section 9-35. 145
(j) No person shall solicit in behalf of or in opposition to the 146
candidacy of another or himself or herself or in behalf of or in 147
opposition to any question being submitted at the election, or loiter or 148
peddle or offer any advertising matter, ballot or circular to another 149
person within a radius of seventy-five feet of any outside entrance in 150
use as an entry to the registrars' of voters designated location for 151
election day registration balloting or in any corridor, passageway or 152
other approach leading from any such outside entrance to such 153
registrars' of voters designated location or in any room opening upon 154
any such corridor, passageway or approach. 155
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 9-19j
Statement of Purpose:
To provide for the completion and processing of election day
registration applications at polling places.
[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.]