§ 9-238 Voting tabulators required. Notification of purchase or discontinuance of use
§ 9-238a Report to Secretary of number of voting tabulators
§ 9-239 Payment for voting tabulators
§ 9-240 Provision of voting tabulators and booths
§ 9-240a Periodic examination of voting tabulators
§ 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
§ 9-242 Voting tabulator and direct recording electronic voting tabulator construction requirements. Attribution of unknown votes for cross-endorsed candidates
§ 9-242a Regulations concerning use of voting machines
§ 9-242b Procedures for use of direct recording electronic voting tabulators
§ 9-242c Voting Technology Standards Board
§ 9-243 Mechanics. Instruction and certification by the Secretary of the State
§ 9-244 Inspection by party watchers, party chairpersons, candidates and officials
§ 9-245 Filing of reports
§ 9-246 Duties of registrars re condition of tabulators. Repairs made on election day. Required reports
§ 9-247 Preparation of tabulators
§ 9-247a Candidates, immediate family members and associated business entities prohibited from transporting, preparing, repairing or maintaining voting tabulator. Exception
§ 9-248 Furnishing of supplies
§ 9-249 Instruction of election officials
§ 9-249a Order of parties on ballots
§ 9-249b Arrangement of ballots when more than nine party designations and petitioning candidate rows
§ 9-250 Form of ballots
§ 9-250a Blank space where party fails to nominate
§ 9-251 Order of office on ballots
§ 9-253 Order of names of party nominees for multiple-opening office determined by lot. Order when candidate nominated by more than one party
§ 9-254 List of municipal offices to be filled
§ 9-255 Sample ballots
§ 9-255a Certification re number of ballots ordered
§ 9-256 Filing of sample ballot with Secretary
§ 9-257 Location of voting tabulator and stationing of officials
§ 9-258 Election officials; additional lines of electors
§ 9-258a Two shifts of election officials
§ 9-259 Duties of election officials before polls open; moderator’s return certificates
§ 9-260 Instruction by means of demonstrator device
§ 9-261 Process of voting
§ 9-261a Preparation of polling place form of identification by committee prohibited
§ 9-261b Privacy sleeve
§ 9-261c Electronic devices used to check names of electors
§ 9-262 Duties of election officials during voting hours
§ 9-263 Use of paper ballots when voting machine damaged
§ 9-264 Assistance to elector who is blind, has disability or is unable to write or to read the ballot
§ 9-265 Write-in votes
§ 9-266 Keys to be kept. Storage of voting tabulator
§ 9-267 Removal of officials
§ 9-268 Duties of selectmen imposed on other officials
§ 9-269 Borough election officials
§ 9-272 Conditions under which use of voting tabulators may be discontinued

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 147 - Voting Methods

  • another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Ballot: means paper or other material containing the names of the candidates or a statement of a proposed constitutional amendment or other question or proposition to be voted on. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • clerk of the municipality: means the town clerk in or for the municipality to which reference is made, unless otherwise provided by charter or special act. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1a
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Municipal clerk: means the clerk of a municipality. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Municipal election: means the regularly recurring election held in a municipality at which the electors of the municipality choose public officials of such municipality. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Municipality: means any city, borough or town within the state. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Official ballot: means the official ballot to be used at an election, or the official ballot to be used thereat in accordance with the provisions of §. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Presidential electors: means persons elected to cast their ballots for President and Vice President of the United States. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Print: means methods of duplication of words by mechanical process, but shall not include typewriting. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Referendum: means (1) a question or proposal which is submitted to a vote of the electors or voters of a municipality at any regular or special state or municipal election, as defined in this section, (2) a question or proposal which is submitted to a vote of the electors or voters, as the case may be, of a municipality at a meeting of such electors or voters, which meeting is not an election, as defined in subsection (d) of this section, and is not a town meeting, or (3) a question or proposal which is submitted to a vote of the electors or voters, as the case may be, of a municipality at a meeting of such electors or voters pursuant to §. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Registrars: means the registrars of voters of the municipality. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Registry list: means the list of electors of any municipality certified by the registrars. 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
  • State officers: means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • succeeding: when used by way of reference to any section or sections, mean the section or sections next preceding, next following or next succeeding, unless some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Voter: means a person qualified to vote at town and district meetings under the provisions of §. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Voters: means those persons qualified to vote under the provisions of §. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Voting district: means any municipality, or any political subdivision thereof, having not more than one polling place in a regular election. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1
  • Voting tabulator: means a machine, including, but not limited to, a device which operates by electronic means, for the registering and recording of votes cast at elections, primaries and referenda. See Connecticut General Statutes 9-1