{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-137","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-137","heading":"Inner envelope for return of ballot; statement under false statement penalty.","body":"Each absentee ballot shall be returned to the municipal clerk, inserted in an inner envelope which shall be capable of being sealed and which shall have printed on its face a form containing the following statements:\n“I hereby state under the penalties of false statement in absentee balloting that I am eligible to vote at the primary, election or referendum in the municipality in which this absentee ballot is to be cast and that I expect to be unable to appear at my polling place on the day of such primary, election or referendum for one or more of the following reasons: (1) My active service in the armed forces; (2) my absence from the town in which I am eligible to vote; (3) sickness; (4) physical disability; (5) the tenets of my religion which forbid secular activity on the day of such primary, election or referendum; or (6) my duties as a primary, election or referendum official.\nDate ....\n.... (Signature)”","path":["TITLE 9. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 145*. ABSENTEE VOTING"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_145.htm#sec_9-137","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:06:57Z","sha256":"c4da4b095183ed7f04cecb3138e9c7f9a7cd6c06d16d1da5882ed4c2eee1d1c3","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-136b","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-138"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}