| 27 | | - | Section 1. Section 9-14a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 |
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| 28 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2 |
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| 29 | | - | (a) Any [person] elector in the custody of the state or a municipality 3 |
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| 30 | | - | being held at a community correctional center, [or] a correctional 4 |
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| 31 | | - | institution [, whose voting rights have not been denied] or a lockup, as 5 |
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| 32 | | - | defined in section 7-135, and whose privileges as an elector have not 6 |
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| 33 | | - | been forfeited by reason of conviction of any disfranchising crime, shall 7 |
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| 34 | | - | be deemed to be absent from the [town or city of which he] municipality 8 |
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| 35 | | - | of which such elector is an inhabitant for purposes of voting, 9 |
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| 36 | | - | notwithstanding that such center or institution may be situated within 10 |
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| 37 | | - | such [town or city] municipality. 11 |
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| 38 | | - | (b) In the case of any such elector described in subsection (a) of this 12 |
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| 39 | | - | section, the administrative head of any such center, institution or lockup 13 |
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| 40 | | - | shall distribute to such elector an absentee ballot application if it is 14 |
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| 41 | | - | expected that such elector will be unable to appear at the polling place 15 |
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| 44 | | - | on the day of any election, primary or referendum. Such administrative 16 |
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| 45 | | - | head shall assist in returning any such completed application to the 17 |
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| 46 | | - | registrars of voters of the municipality of which such elector is an 18 |
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| 47 | | - | inhabitant. In carrying out the duties of this subsection, such 19 |
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| 48 | | - | administrative head shall comply with the provisions of section 9-140. 20 |
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| 49 | | - | Sec. 2. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 9-140b of the general statutes 21 |
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| 50 | | - | are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 22 |
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| 51 | | - | from passage): 23 |
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| 52 | | - | (a) An absentee ballot shall be cast at a primary, election or 24 |
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| 53 | | - | referendum only if: (1) It is mailed by (A) the ballot applicant, (B) a 25 |
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| 54 | | - | designee of a person who applies for an absentee ballot (i) because of 26 |
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| 55 | | - | illness or physical disability, or (ii) because such person is in the custody 27 |
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| 56 | | - | of the state or a municipality, as described in section 9-14a, as amended 28 |
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| 57 | | - | by this act, or (C) a member of the immediate family of an applicant who 29 |
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| 58 | | - | is a student, so that it is received by the clerk of the municipality in 30 |
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| 59 | | - | which the applicant is qualified to vote not later than the close of the 31 |
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| 60 | | - | polls; (2) it is returned in person by the applicant [in person] to the clerk 32 |
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| 61 | | - | by the day before a regular election, special election or primary or prior 33 |
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| 62 | | - | to the opening of the polls on the day of a referendum; (3) it is returned 34 |
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| 63 | | - | in person by a designee of (A) an ill or physically disabled ballot 35 |
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| 64 | | - | applicant, [in person] or (B) a ballot applicant who is in the custody of 36 |
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| 65 | | - | the state or a municipality, as described in section 9-14a, as amended by 37 |
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| 66 | | - | this act, to said clerk not later than the close of the polls on the day of 38 |
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| 67 | | - | the election, primary or referendum; (4) it is returned by a member of 39 |
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| 68 | | - | the immediate family of the absentee voter, in person, to said clerk not 40 |
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| 69 | | - | later than the close of the polls on the day of the election, primary or 41 |
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| 70 | | - | referendum; (5) in the case of a presidential or overseas ballot, it is 42 |
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| 71 | | - | mailed or otherwise returned pursuant to the provisions of section 9-43 |
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| 72 | | - | 158g; or (6) it is returned with the proper identification as required by 44 |
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| 73 | | - | the Help America Vote Act, P.L. 107-252, as amended from time to time, 45 |
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| 74 | | - | if applicable, inserted in the outer envelope so such identification can be 46 |
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| 75 | | - | viewed without opening the inner envelope. A person returning an 47 |
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| 76 | | - | absentee ballot to the municipal clerk pursuant to subdivision (3) or (4) 48 |
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| 77 | | - | of this subsection shall present identification and, on the outer envelope 49 |
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| 80 | | - | of the absentee ballot, sign his name in the presence of the municipal 50 |
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| 81 | | - | clerk, and indicate his address, his relationship to the voter or his 51 |
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| 82 | | - | position, and the date and time of such return. As used in this section, 52 |
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| 83 | | - | "immediate family" means a dependent relative who resides in the 53 |
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| 84 | | - | individual's household or any spouse, child or parent of the individual. 54 |
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| 85 | | - | (b) As used in this section and section 9-150c, "designee" means (1) a 55 |
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| 86 | | - | person who is caring for the applicant because of the applicant's illness 56 |
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| 87 | | - | or physical disability, including but not limited to, a licensed physician 57 |
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| 88 | | - | or a registered or practical nurse, (2) a member of the applicant's family, 58 |
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| 89 | | - | who is designated by an absentee ballot applicant and who consents to 59 |
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| 90 | | - | such designation, [or] (3) the administrative head of any community 60 |
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| 91 | | - | correctional center, correctional institution or lockup at which the 61 |
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| 92 | | - | applicant who is in the custody of the state or a municipality, as 62 |
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| 93 | | - | described in section 9-14a, as amended by this act, is being held, or (4) if 63 |
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| 94 | | - | no such person consents or is available, then a police officer, registrar of 64 |
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| 95 | | - | voters, deputy registrar of voters or assistant registrar of voters in the 65 |
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| 96 | | - | municipality in which the applicant resides. 66 |
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| 97 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 100 | | - | Section 1 from passage 9-14a |
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| 101 | | - | Sec. 2 from passage 9-140b(a) and (b) |
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| 27 | + | That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to provide that the 1 |
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| 28 | + | registrars of voters of a municipality shall send an absentee ballot to 2 |
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| 29 | + | each individual who (1) is an elector and has not had such individual's 3 |
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| 30 | + | electoral privileges forfeited because of conviction of a disfranchising 4 |
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| 31 | + | crime, and (2) is detained in a correctional facility located outside of such 5 |
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| 32 | + | municipality. 6 |
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