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Connecticut House Bill HB05262

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914 AN ACT REVISING CERTAIN ABSENTEE VOTING ELIGIBILITY
1015 STATUTES.
1116 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
1217 Assembly convened:
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14-Section 1. Section 9-135 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes
15-is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
16-passage):
17-(a) Any elector eligible to vote at a primary or an election and any
18-person eligible to vote at a referendum may vote by absentee ballot if
19-such elector or person is unable to appear at such elector's or person's
20-polling place [during the hours of voting] on the day of such primary,
21-election or referendum for any of the following reasons: (1) Such
22-elector's or person's active service with the armed forces of the United
23-States; (2) such elector's or person's absence from the town of such
24-elector's or person's voting residence; [during all of the hours of voting;
25-(3) such elector's or person's illness; (4) such elector's or person's] (3)
26-sickness; (4) physical disability; (5) the tenets of such elector's or person's
27-religion forbid secular activity on the day of [the] such primary, election
28-or referendum; or (6) the required performance of such elector's or
29-person's duties as a primary, election or referendum official, including
30-as a town clerk or registrar of voters or as staff of the clerk or registrar,
31-at a polling place other than such elector's or person's own during all of Substitute House Bill No. 5262
19+Section 1. Section 9-135 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 1
20+is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
21+passage): 3
22+(a) Any elector eligible to vote at a primary or an election and any 4
23+person eligible to vote at a referendum may vote by absentee ballot if 5
24+such elector or person is unable to appear at such elector's or person's 6
25+polling place during the hours of voting for any of the following reasons: 7
26+(1) Such elector's or person's active service with the armed forces of the 8
27+United States; (2) such elector's or person's absence from the town of 9
28+such elector's or person's voting residence; [during all of the hours of 10
29+voting; (3) such elector's or person's illness; (4) such elector's or person's] 11
30+(3) sickness; (4) physical disability; (5) the tenets of such elector's or 12
31+person's religion forbid secular activity on the day of the primary, 13
32+election or referendum; or (6) the required performance of such elector's 14
33+or person's duties as a primary, election or referendum official, 15
34+including as a town clerk or registrar of voters or as staff of the clerk or 16
35+registrar, at a polling place other than such elector's or person's own 17
36+during all of the hours of voting at such primary, election or 18 Substitute Bill No. 5262
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35-the hours of voting at such primary, election or referendum. [; or (7) for
36-the state election in 2020, and any election, primary or referendum held
37-on or after June 23, 2021, but prior to November 3, 2021, the sickness of
38-COVID-19. As used in this section, "COVID-19" means the respiratory
39-disease designated by the World Health Organization on February 11,
40-2020, as coronavirus 2019, and any related mutation thereof recognized
41-by said organization as a communicable respiratory disease.]
42-(b) No person shall misrepresent the eligibility requirements for
43-voting by absentee ballot prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, to
44-any elector or prospective absentee ballot applicant.
45-Sec. 2. Section 9-137 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is
46-repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
47-passage):
48-[(a)] Each absentee ballot shall be returned to the municipal clerk,
49-inserted in an inner envelope which shall be capable of being sealed and
50-which shall have printed on its face a form containing the following
51-statements:
52-"I hereby state under the penalties of false statement in absentee
53-balloting that I am eligible to vote at the primary, election or referendum
54-in the municipality in which this absentee ballot is to be cast and that I
55-expect to be unable to appear at my polling place [during the hours of
56-voting at] on the day of such primary, election or referendum for one or
57-more of the following reasons: (1) My active service in the armed forces;
58-(2) my absence from the town in which I am eligible to vote; [during all
59-of the hours of voting; (3) my illness or physical disability; (4)] (3)
60-sickness; (4) physical disability; (5) the tenets of my religion which
61-forbid secular activity on the day of [the] such primary, election or
62-referendum; or [(5)] (6) my duties as a primary, election or referendum
63-official. Substitute House Bill No. 5262
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43+referendum. [; or (7) for the state election in 2020, and any election, 19
44+primary or referendum held on or after June 23, 2021, but prior to 20
45+November 3, 2021, the sickness of COVID-19. As used in this section, 21
46+"COVID-19" means the respiratory disease designated by the World 22
47+Health Organization on February 11, 2020, as coronavirus 2019, and any 23
48+related mutation thereof recognized by said organization as a 24
49+communicable respiratory disease.] 25
50+(b) No person shall misrepresent the eligibility requirements for 26
51+voting by absentee ballot prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, to 27
52+any elector or prospective absentee ballot applicant. 28
53+Sec. 2. Section 9-137 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is 29
54+repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 30
55+passage): 31
56+[(a)] Each absentee ballot shall be returned to the municipal clerk, 32
57+inserted in an inner envelope which shall be capable of being sealed and 33
58+which shall have printed on its face a form containing the following 34
59+statements: 35
60+"I hereby state under the penalties of false statement in absentee 36
61+balloting that I am eligible to vote at the primary, election or referendum 37
62+in the municipality in which this absentee ballot is to be cast and that I 38
63+expect to be unable to appear at my polling place during the hours of 39
64+voting at such primary, election or referendum for one or more of the 40
65+following reasons: (1) My active service in the armed forces; (2) my 41
66+absence from the town in which I am eligible to vote; [during all of the 42
67+hours of voting; (3) my illness] (3) sickness or physical disability; (4) the 43
68+tenets of my religion which forbid secular activity on the day of the 44
69+primary, election or referendum; or (5) my duties as a primary, election 45
70+or referendum official. 46
71+Date .... 47
72+.... (Signature)" 48 Substitute Bill No. 5262
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67-Date ....
68-.... (Signature)"
69-[(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section,
70-for the state election in 2020, and any election, primary or referendum
71-held on or after June 23, 2021, but prior to November 3, 2021, each inner
72-envelope in which an absentee ballot is returned to the municipal clerk
73-shall have printed on its face a form containing the following statements:
74-"I hereby state under the penalties of false statement in absentee
75-balloting that I am eligible to vote at the primary, election or referendum
76-in the municipality in which this absentee ballot is to be cast and that I
77-expect to be unable to appear at my polling place during the hours of
78-voting at such primary, election or referendum for one or more of the
79-following reasons: (1) My active service in the armed forces; (2) my
80-absence from the town in which I am eligible to vote during all of the
81-hours of voting; (3) my illness or physical disability; (4) the tenets of my
82-religion which forbid secular activity on the day of the primary, election
83-or referendum; (5) my duties as a primary, election or referendum
84-official; or (6) the sickness of COVID-19.
85-Date ....
86-.... (Signature)"]
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79+[(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, 49
80+for the state election in 2020, and any election, primary or referendum 50
81+held on or after June 23, 2021, but prior to November 3, 2021, each inner 51
82+envelope in which an absentee ballot is returned to the municipal clerk 52
83+shall have printed on its face a form containing the following statements: 53
84+"I hereby state under the penalties of false statement in absentee 54
85+balloting that I am eligible to vote at the primary, election or referendum 55
86+in the municipality in which this absentee ballot is to be cast and that I 56
87+expect to be unable to appear at my polling place during the hours of 57
88+voting at such primary, election or referendum for one or more of the 58
89+following reasons: (1) My active service in the armed forces; (2) my 59
90+absence from the town in which I am eligible to vote during all of the 60
91+hours of voting; (3) my illness or physical disability; (4) the tenets of my 61
92+religion which forbid secular activity on the day of the primary, election 62
93+or referendum; (5) my duties as a primary, election or referendum 63
94+official; or (6) the sickness of COVID-19. 64
95+Date .... 65
96+.... (Signature)"] 66
97+This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
98+sections:
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100+Section 1 from passage 9-135
101+Sec. 2 from passage 9-137
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103+GAE Joint Favorable Subst.
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