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Connecticut Statutes § 9-137 Inner envelope for return of ballot; statement of eligibility

⤴ Up to Chapter 145: Absentee Voting

Statute Text

[(a)] Each absentee ballot shall be returned to the municipal clerk, inserted in an inner envelope which shall be capable of being sealed and which shall have printed on its face a form containing the following statements:
I hereby state under the penalties of false statement in absentee balloting that I am eligible to vote at the primary, election or referendum in the municipality in which this absentee ballot is to be cast and that I expect to be unable to appear at my polling place [during the hours of voting at] on the day of such primary, election or referendum for one or more of the following reasons:
(1) My active service in the armed forces;
(2) my absence from the town in which I am eligible to vote ; [during all of the hours of voting; (3) my illness or physical disability; (4)]
(3) sickness;
(4) physical disability;
(5) the tenets of my religion which forbid secular activity on the day of [the] such primary, election or referendum; or [(5)]
(6) my duties as a primary, election or referendum official.
Date....
....(Signature)
[(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, for the state election in 2020, and any election, primary or referendum held on or after June 23, 2021, but prior to November 3, 2021, each inner envelope in which an absentee ballot is returned to the municipal clerk shall have printed on its face a form containing the following statements:]
[I hereby state under the penalties of false statement in absentee balloting that I am eligible to vote at the primary, election or referendum in the municipality in which this absentee ballot is to be cast and that I expect to be unable to appear at my polling place during the hours of voting at such primary, election or referendum for one or more of the following reasons: (1) My active service in the armed forces; (2) my absence from the town in which I am eligible to vote during all of the hours of voting; (3) my illness or physical disability; (4) the tenets of my religion which forbid secular activity on the day of the primary, election or referendum; (5) my duties as a primary, election or referendum official; or (6) the sickness of COVID-19.]
[Date....]
[....(Signature)]

Source

(1949 Rev., S. 1141; 1953, 1955, S. 624d; 1963, P.A. 42, S. 2; 93, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 74, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 678, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 2, S. 2; 69, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 69; P.A. 74-96, S. 2, 9; P.A. 75-595, S. 3, 5; P.A. 79-189, S. 6, 9; 79-363, S. 13, 38; P.A. 82-247, S. 2, 14; P.A. 83-254, S. 3, 4; P.A. 86-179, S. 6, 53.)

History

Amended by P.A. 22-0002 , S. 2 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session , eff. 4/8/2022 .

Amended by P.A. 21-0002 , S. 128 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Special Session , eff. 6/23/2021 .

Amended by P.A. 20-0003 , S. 2 of the 2020 July Special Session , eff. 7/31/2020 .

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