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General Statutes of Connecticut Chapter 147 — Voting Methods

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-238

*(See end of section for amended version of subsection (a) and effective date.) Voting tabulators required. Notification of purchase or discontinuance of use

*(a) Except as provided in section 9-272, voting tabulators shall be used at all elections held in any municipality, or in any part thereof, for voting and registering and counting votes cast at such elections for officers, and upon all questions or amendments submitted at such elections. The board of selectmen of each…

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-239

Payment for voting tabulators. Exception re direct purchase by Secretary and subsequent transfer

(a) The fiscal authority in each municipality shall authorize payment of the bill incurred for the purchase or lease or other method of acquisition of an adequate number of voting tabulators incurred by the officials who are responsible for providing the same under the provisions of section 9-238. (b) Notwithstanding t…

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-241

Examination and approval of tabulators by Secretary. Subsequent alteration made by voting tabulator companies. Use of hole-punch voting tabulators prohibited. Regulations. Agreement with The University of Connecticut or Connecticut State University System

(a) Any person owning or holding an interest in any voting tabulator, as defined in subsection (w) of section 9-1, may apply to the Secretary of the State to examine such tabulator and report on its accuracy and efficiency. The Secretary of the State shall examine the tabulator and determine whether, in the Secretary's…

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-242

Voting tabulator and direct recording electronic voting tabulator construction requirements. Attribution of unknown votes for cross-endorsed candidates

(a) A voting tabulator approved by the Secretary of the State shall be so constructed as to provide facilities for voting for the candidates of at least nine different parties or organizations. It shall permit voting in absolute secrecy. It shall be provided with a lock by means of which any illegal movement of the vot…

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-242b

Procedures for use of direct recording electronic voting tabulators

The following procedures shall apply to any election or primary in which one or more direct recording electronic voting tabulators are used: (1) Any elector who requires assistance by reason of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write shall have the right to request assistance inside the voting booth by a p…

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-246

Duties of registrars re condition of tabulators. Repairs made on election day. Required reports

(a) The registrar or registrars shall file a written report of the condition of each tabulator certifying that (1) they have prepared the tabulators, (2) all the counters are set at zero (000), (3) the ballot is properly prepared, (4) the tabulator has been properly adjusted according to the ballots, and (5) each tabul…

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-247a

Candidates, immediate family members and associated business entities prohibited from transporting, preparing, repairing or maintaining voting tabulator. Exception

No candidate, as defined in section 9-601, member of the immediate family, as defined in section 1-79, of a candidate or business entity that a candidate or member of the candidate's immediate family is an employee, director, officer, owner, limited or general partner or member of in any capacity shall transport, prepa…

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-249b

Arrangement of ballots when more than nine party designations and petitioning candidate rows

(a) If, after applying the provisions of sections 9-249a and 9-453r, the number of party designations and petitioning candidate rows on the ballot exceeds nine, the Secretary of the State may authorize (1) two or more party designations and petitioning candidates to appear on the same row of the ballot, beginning with…

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-253

Order of names of party nominees for multiple-opening office determined by lot. Order when candidate nominated by more than one party

When a major or minor party is entitled to nominate two or more candidates for a particular office, the order of the names of its candidates for such office appearing on the voting machine ballot label shall be determined by the registrars of voters by lot in a ceremony which shall be open to the public, except as here…

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