§ 9-55 — Printing of complete enrollment lists and lists of unaffiliated electors.

Connecticut § 9-55

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 9: Elections
• Ch. 143: Electors: Qualifications and Admission

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(a) The registrars of voters shall cause to be printed at least once during the calendar year a complete enrollment list and shall make such list available to the public upon request. (b) If a political party authorizes unaffiliated electors to vote in a primary, under section 9-431 , and a notice of primary is published, the registrars shall cause a list of all unaffiliated electors eligible to vote in the primary to be printed before the commencement of the period of early voting at such primary. If unaffiliated electors are authorized to vote in only one party's primary and are authorized to vote for all offices to be contested at the primary, the registrars may print the list of unaffiliated electors in combination with such party's enrollment list, indicating party affiliation where applicable. (c) If the legislative body of the municipality votes to eliminate separate enrollment lists under section 9-54 and: (1) Notices of primaries are published for two parties to be held on the same day, the registrars of voters shall print complete separate enrollment lists and, if unaffiliated electors are authorized to vote in the primary, the registrars of voters shall print a separate list of unaffiliated electors as provided in subsection (b) of this section; or (2) A notice of primary is published for one party in which unaffiliated electors are authorized to vote for some but not all offices to be contested at the primary, the registrars of voters shall print a complete separate enrollment list and a separate list of unaffiliated electors as provided in subsection (b) of this section; or (3) A notice of primary is published for only one party and (A) unaffiliated electors are not authorized to vote, or (B) unaffiliated electors are authorized to vote for all offices to be contested at the primary, a registry list may be used as a checklist at the primary and the registrars of voters shall print a supplementary or updated list indicating those electors who have become eligible to vote in the primary since the printing of the registry list. (d) Whenever a list is required by this section to be printed, a supplement to such list shall be compiled by the registrars of voters of persons who after such date and prior to twelve o'clock noon of the last business day before the primary become eligible to vote in such primary. The registrars of voters may combine such separate compilation with the foregoing printed list by reprinting the list or incorporating the updated list. (e) The registrars of voters shall make available for public use such list in the office of the registrars of voters until the printing of the next completed enrollment list; and they shall deliver to the chairman of the town committee of each political party copies of each such list for each voting district in the town. Whenever the registrars of voters are not in their office, such list shall be available at another municipal office. Upon request, the registrars of voters shall give one complete set of such lists to each candidate for nomination for any office or for election as a town committee member. The registrars of voters shall deliver a sufficient number of copies thereof to the moderator of each primary. No petition brought under the provisions of section 9-63 shall operate to delay the completion and printing of such lists. If the petition of any elector is granted after any such list has been completed, the registrars of voters or assistant registrars of voters, as the case may be, shall issue to such elector a certificate showing that the elector is entitled to the privileges accompanying enrollment in the political party named in the elector's petition. See Sec. 9-372 for applicable definitions.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 1182; 1953, 1955, June, 1955, S. 556d; November, 1955, S. N40; 1957, P.A. 442, S. 6; 1963, P.A. 201, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 370; P.A. 75-269, S. 3; P.A. 76-128, S. 8, 11; P.A. 77-298, S. 6; P.A. 80-281, S. 7, 31; P.A. 87-382, S. 7, 55; 87-509, S. 4, 24; P.A. 99-276, S. 3, 15; P.A. 03-241, S. 4; P.A. 11-173, S. 9; P.A. 23-5, S. 16.) History: 1963 act reduced copies of registry lists to be filed with town clerk to one and added provision requiring registrars to keep copies available for public use; 1967 act added provision for one copy to be filed with the town clerk, available for public use until next completed corrected list is available; P.A. 75-269 provided for a supplementary list to be printed within two weeks after session held on third Saturday before primary; P.A. 76-128 provided for separate supplementary list of those attaining age or citizenship qualifications after third Saturday and before day of primary and enrolling during that period; P.A. 77-298 deleted provision for printing of list within three weeks after completion of each mandatory enrollment session and substituted provision for printing of list at least once during calendar year, changed provision for supplementary list to be printed within one, instead of two weeks after session held on fourteenth day, instead of third Saturday, before a primary and, with reference to the separate supplementary list of those attaining qualifications within period before primary, changed reference to fourteenth day, instead of third Saturday; P.A. 80-281 added “residence” to qualifications of “age and citizenship” attained during period between fourteenth day before and day of primary; P.A. 87-382, in first sentence, deleted “attains the qualification as to age, citizenship or residence for admission as an elector”, substituted “twelve o'clock noon on the last business day before” for “the day of”, added reference to Sec. 9-56 and deleted “during such period”, but changes were superseded by provisions of P.A. 87-509; P.A. 87-509 divided section into Subsecs., added new Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d) re, respectively, when registrars required to cause list of unaffiliated electors to be printed, requirements when legislative body of municipality votes to eliminate separate enrollment lists and compilation of supplementary list and, in Subsec. (e), required registrars to give one complete set of list to each candidate for election as town committee member or delegate to convention; P.A. 99-276 added references to “or updated” list, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 03-241 amended Subsec. (e) by eliminating requirement that registrars give set of lists to each candidate for election as delegate to a convention, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date; P.A. 11-173 deleted language re deadline one week after the session held on the fourteenth day before the primary and requirements re specific numbers of copies, amended Subsec. (a) by replacing language re copies of corrected enrollment list with language re availability of complete enrollment list, amended Subsec. (d) by deleting language re insertion of names and re supplementary list, amended Subsec. (e) by deleting language re filing of copy with town clerk, by making list available in registrars of voters' office or another municipal office, rather than town clerk's office, and by deleting language re retention of copies, and made technical changes, effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 23-5 amended Subsec. (b) to add reference to commencement of early voting period, effective January 1, 2024.