House Bill No. 5308
Public Act No. 24-34
AN ACT CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING FOR CERTAIN
PATIENTS OF NURSING HOMES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 9-150c of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
An applicant who applies for an absentee ballot because of
unforeseen illness or physical disability occurring within six days
immediately preceding the close of the polls at an election, primary or
referendum or because the applicant is a patient in a hospital or nursing
home, as such terms are defined in section 19a-490, within such six-day
period, may appoint a designee, as defined in subsection (b) of section
9-140b, to deliver the ballot to [him] the applicant, by stating on the
application, in a space provided for that purpose, (1) the date of
occurrence of the illness or disability or the name and address of the
hospital or nursing home in which the applicant is a patient within such
six-day period, (2) the name, address and category under [said]
subsection [,] (b) of section 9-140b of the person so designated, and (3)
the delivery which the person is designated to perform, provided the
person so designated shall also sign a statement on the application to
the effect that [he] such person consents to the designation and will
perform the delivery without tampering with the ballot in any way. If House Bill No. 5308
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the application designates a person to deliver the ballot to the applicant,
[that] such person shall personally submit the application to the
municipal clerk. If such application is personally submitted to the clerk,
[in person,] within six days immediately preceding the close of the polls
at an election, [or] primary or referendum, by a person designated on
the application to deliver the absentee ballot to the applicant as
provided in this section and in subsection (b) of [said] section 9-140b,
and if [the] such application is dated within such [time] six-day period,
the clerk shall give [that] such person the absentee voting set.