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Connecticut Statutes § 9-364a (Formerly Sec. 9-344). Acts prohibited in elections, primaries, referenda, caucuses and conventions. Penalties

⤴ Up to Chapter 151: Elections: Prohibited Acts and Penalties

Statute Text

(a) As used in this section, "election worker" means any municipal clerk, registrar of voters, deputy registrar of voters, election official described in section 9-258 , primary official described in section 9-436 or recanvass official described in section 9-311 , and "personal identifying information" has the same meaning as provided in section 53a-129a .
(b) Any person who influences or attempts to influence by force or threat the vote, or by force, threat, bribery or corrupt means, the speech, of any other person [ in ] at a primary, caucus, referendum , convention or election; [ or ] any person who influences or attempts to influence by force, threat or harassment any election worker in the performance of any duty under the provisions of this title related to election administration at a primary, referendum, election or recanvass; any person who wilfully and fraudulently suppresses or destroys any vote or ballot properly given or cast , whether so given or cast by mail, by deposit in a secure drop box or in person at a polling place or designated early voting or same-day election registration location, or, in counting such votes or ballots, wilfully miscounts or misrepresents the number thereof; and any presiding or other officer of a primary, caucus or convention who wilfully announces the result of a ballot or vote of such primary, caucus or convention, untruly and wrongfully, shall be guilty of a class C felony.
(c) Any person who, with intent to harass, terrorize or alarm any election worker, or to improperly influence any election worker in the performance of any duty under this title related to election administration at a primary, referendum, election or recanvass, publicly discloses the personal identifying information of such election worker shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(d) Any election worker described in subsection (b) or (c) of this section, as applicable, shall have a civil cause of action against the person who, with respect to such election worker, violated said subsection.

Source

(1949 Rev., S. 1162; 1953, S. 821d; P.A. 74-189, S. 10, 24; P.A. 81-467, S. 7, 8; P.A. 82-176, S. 2, 3; P.A. 12-193 , S. 3 .)

History

Amended by P.A. 24-0148 , S. 7 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session , eff. 7/1/2024 .

Amended by P.A. 12-0193 , S. 3 of the the 2012 Regular Session , eff. 7/1/2012 .

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Prior Versions of This Statute