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Connecticut Statutes § 9-264 Assistance to elector who is blind, has disability or is unable to write or to read the ballot

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Statute Text

An elector who requires assistance to vote, by reason of blindness, disability or inability to write or to read the ballot, may be given assistance by a person of the elector's choice, other than (1) the elector's employer, (2) an agent of such employer, (3) an officer or agent of the elector's union, or (4) a candidate for any office on the ballot, unless the elector is a member of the immediate family of such candidate. The person assisting the elector may accompany the elector into the voting booth at the polling place, the location designated for same-day election registration or the location designated for the conduct of early voting, as applicable. Such person shall register such elector's vote upon the ballot as such elector directs. Any person accompanying an elector into the voting booth at the polling place or the location designated for election day registration who deceives any elector in registering the elector's vote under this section or seeks to influence any elector while in the act of voting, or who registers any vote for any elector or on any question other than as requested by such elector, or who gives information to any person as to what person or persons such elector voted for, or how such elector voted on any question, shall be guilty of a class D felony. As used in this section, "immediate family" means "immediate family" as defined in section 9-140b .

Source

(1949 Rev., S. 1210; 1953, S. 740d; 1961, P.A. 431; P.A. 75-133; P.A. 87-382, S. 29, 55; P.A. 93-384 , S. 10 , 28 ; P.A. 00-79 , S. 3 ; P.A. 11-20 , S. 18 ; 11-173 , S. 41 ; P.A. 13-258 , S. 36 .)

History

Amended by P.A. 23-0204 , S. 183 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session , eff. 1/1/2024 .

Amended by P.A. 23-0005 , S. 31 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session , eff. 7/1/2023 .

Amended by P.A. 21-0002 , S. 110 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Special Session , eff. 6/23/2021 .

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