Connecticut General Statutes 9-174 – Hours of voting and election day registration. Voting by electors and election day registration applicants in line at eight o’clock p.m
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute, special act or municipal charter, at any regular election, or at any special election held to fill a vacancy in a state, district or municipal office, the polls shall remain open for voting from six o’clock a.m. until eight o’clock p.m. No elector shall be permitted to cast such elector’s vote after the hour prescribed for the closing of the polls in any election unless such elector is in line at eight o’clock p.m. An election official or a police officer of the municipality, who is designated by the moderator, shall be placed at the end of the line at eight o’clock p.m. Such official or officer shall not allow any electors who were not in such line at eight o’clock p.m. to enter such line.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 9-174
- Election: means any electors' meeting at which the electors choose public officials by use of voting tabulators or by paper ballots as provided in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
- Elector: means any person possessing the qualifications prescribed by the Constitution and duly admitted to, and entitled to exercise, the privileges of an elector in a town. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
- Municipality: means any city, borough or town within the state. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
- Registrars: means the registrars of voters of the municipality. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
- Regular election: means any state or municipal election. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
- Special election: means any election not a regular election. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Voters: means those persons qualified to vote under the provisions of §. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute, special act or municipal charter, at any regular election, each location designated for election day registration pursuant to subsection (c) of § 9-19j shall remain open for election day registration and voting from six o’clock a.m. until eight o’clock p.m. No applicant for election day registration shall be admitted as an elector or permitted to cast such applicant’s vote after the hour prescribed for the closing of the location designated for such purposes in any regular election unless such applicant is in line at eight o’clock p.m. An election official or a police officer of the municipality, who is appointed by the registrars of voters, shall be placed at the end of the line at eight o’clock p.m. Such official or officer shall not allow any applicants who were not in such line at eight o’clock p.m. to enter such line.