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- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232a · Remedy for denial of voting rights.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232b · Penalty for false statement.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232c · Moderator to keep memorandum of challenge; form.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232d · Request for challenged ballot.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232e · Casting of challenged ballot, procedure.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232f · Preservation and counting of challenged ballots.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232g · Sec. 9-232g.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232h · Sec. 9-232h.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232i · Definition.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232j · Provisional ballot packets for elections for federal office.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232k · Secretary of the State to prescribe and provide provisional ballots.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232l · Applications for provisional ballots.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232m · Casting of provisional ballots.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232n · Determination of eligibility of provisional ballot applicants to vote. Report. Corrected return.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-232o · Counting of provisional ballots.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-233 · Voting tabulator tenders.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-234 · Presence of registrars. Official checkers. Checking of elector's name.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-235 · Unofficial checkers.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-235a · Temporary absence of election officials.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-235b · Runners.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-235c · Voluntary service by election, primary or referendum officials.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-235d · Citizens sixteen or seventeen years of age authorized to serve as election or primary officials. Requirements.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-235e · Secretary of the State allowed access to polling places and locations designated for the conduct of early voting.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-236 · Activities prohibited in and near polling place; distance markers; entry restricted; exceptions.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-236a · Spare voting tabulator or ballot box for educational use of students.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-236b · Voter's Bill of Rights. Sample ballots. Voters in line when polls scheduled to close permitted to vote. Voting instructions and information. Display of identification requirements.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-237 · Display of national and state flags.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-237a · Telephones at polling places.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-236c · Translation Advisory Committee. Appointment of members by Secretary. Meetings. Report. Regulations.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-236d · Use of professional translators for non-English election-related materials in certain municipalities. Submission to Translation Advisory Committee for review.
- 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.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-238a · Report to Secretary of number of voting tabulators.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-239 · Payment for voting tabulators. Exception re direct purchase by Secretary and subsequent transfer.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-240 · Provision of voting tabulators and booths.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-240a · Periodic examination of voting tabulators.
- 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.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-242 · Voting tabulator and direct recording electronic voting tabulator construction requirements. Attribution of unknown votes for cross-endorsed candidates.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-242a · Regulations concerning use of voting machines.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-242b · Procedures for use of direct recording electronic voting tabulators.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-242c · Voting Technology Standards Board.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-243 · Mechanics. Instruction and certification by the Secretary of the State.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-244 · Inspection by party watchers, party chairpersons, candidates and officials.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-245 · Filing of reports.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-246 · Duties of registrars re condition of tabulators. Repairs made on election day. Required reports.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-247 · Preparation of tabulators.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-247a · Candidates, immediate family members and associated business entities prohibited from transporting, preparing, repairing or maintaining voting tabulator. Exception.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-248 · Furnishing of supplies.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-249 · Instruction of election officials.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-249a · Order of parties on ballots.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-249b · Arrangement of ballots when more than nine party designations and petitioning candidate rows.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-250 · Form of ballots.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-250a · Blank space where party fails to nominate.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-251 · Order of office on ballots.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-252 · Sec. 9-252.
- 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.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-254 · List of municipal offices to be filled.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-255 · Sample ballots.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-255a · Certification re number of ballots ordered.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-256 · Filing of sample ballot with Secretary.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-257 · Location of voting tabulator and stationing of officials.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-258 · Election officials; additional lines of electors.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-258a · Two shifts of election officials.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-259 · Duties of election officials before polls open; moderator's return certificates.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-260 · Instruction by means of demonstrator device.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-261 · Process of voting.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-261a · Preparation of polling place form of identification by committee prohibited.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-261b · Privacy sleeve.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-261c · Electronic devices used to check names of electors.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-262 · Duties of election officials during voting hours.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-263 · Use of paper ballots when voting machine damaged.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-264 · Assistance to elector who is blind, has disability or is unable to write or to read the ballot.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-265 · Write-in votes.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-266 · Keys to be kept. Storage of voting tabulator.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-267 · Removal of officials.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-268 · Duties of selectmen imposed on other officials.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-269 · Borough election officials.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 9-270 and 9-271 · Votes by paper ballots. Referenda by paper ballots.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-272 · Conditions under which use of voting tabulators may be discontinued.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 9-273 to 9-276 · Preparation of ballots. Secretary may prescribe forms. Secret ballot. Form for printing ballots.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 9-277 and 9-278 · Straight and split ticket sections. Form of straight ticket section.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 9-279 to 9-306 · Form of ballot. Sample ballots. Insertion on ballot on death of nominee. Ballot to resolve tie vote. Secretary to transmit ballots. Clerks to obtain ballots if not received two days before election. Packaging of ballots, method of opening. Ballot box sealing stamp. Ballot box lock. Clerks to be custodians of keys. Registrars of voters to provide rooms or booths and ballot boxes. Ballot table; process of voting. Arrangement of and admission to voting place. Method of voting. Method of balloting. Deposit of ballots; booth tenders. Improper markings of ballot. Box-tenders. Interference prohibited; assistance of physically disabled persons. Removal of officials. Counters; certificates; declaration of vote. Deposit of certificates. Ballot return by moderators for state elections. Return of ballots to box, sealing and preservation. Destruction of unused official ballots. Fraudulent abstracting or intermingling of votes. Failure of moderator to return keys. Penalties.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-307 · Certificate of check lists.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-308 · Canvass of returns.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-309 · Procedure for announcing results. Temporary interruption of canvass after transmission of preliminary totals to Secretary of the State. Security of tabulators and other materials.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-310 · Sealing of tabulator by moderator.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-311 · Recanvass in case of discrepancy. Authority of moderator to prevent or suppress disorder.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-311a · Recanvass on close vote.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-311b · Recanvass on tie vote.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-311c · Secretary of the State to develop recanvass procedures instructional training video. Requirement for recanvass officials to view.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-312 · Declaration of result; returns to secretary.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-313 · Forms for returns.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-314 · Return of preliminary and duplicate lists of votes by moderator.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-315 · Canvass for presidential electors, U.S. senator and members of Congress.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-316 · Canvass in vacancy election of U.S. senator or representative.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-317 · Certification of election of U.S. senator.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-318 · Canvass of votes for state officers.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-319 · Canvass of votes for state senators and representatives and judges of probate.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-320 · Returns of municipal elections by clerks. Elected town clerk who is registrar of vital statistics ex officio.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 9-320a to 9-320e · Secs. 9-320a to 9-320e.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-320f · Manual or electronic audit of votes by registrar of voters or town clerk. Offices subject to audit. University of Connecticut analysis. Discrepancy recanvass. Voting tabulator failure to record votes. Secretary of the State investigation and report. Regulations. Definitions.