{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-139a","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-139a","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 9-155). Secretary to furnish forms. Contents. Instructions.","body":"(a) The Secretary of the State shall prescribe and furnish the following materials to municipal clerks: The absentee ballot facsimile, the application for absentee ballot authorized for use at each election or primary, the inner envelope, the outer envelope provided for the return of the ballot to the municipal clerk, the instructions for the use of the absentee ballot and the envelope for mailing of such forms by the clerk to the absentee ballot applicant.\n(b) The application for absentee ballot shall be in the form of a statement signed under the penalties of false statement in absentee balloting. Each application shall contain (1) spaces for the signature under the penalties of false statement in absentee balloting of any person who assists the applicant in the completion of an application together with the information required in section 9-140, (2) spaces for the signature and the printed or typed name of the applicant, and (3) a clear and conspicuous notation of the year for which such application's use is authorized.\n(c) The Secretary of the State shall prescribe and furnish to the Department of Correction an application for absentee ballot form for use within Department of Correction facilities. Such form shall contain spaces for all information required under subsection (b) of this section. Each such form shall be consecutively numbered and shall indicate that such form is only for use by an absentee ballot applicant who is incarcerated in a Department of Correction facility and that such applicant is required to provide in the appropriate space on such form a mailing address at the Department of Correction facility in order for an absentee ballot to be mailed to such applicant.\n(d) The instructions for the use of the absentee ballot shall be in plain language and shall include the steps to be taken if a vote is to be cancelled or changed, and shall also contain a simple and concise restatement of the provisions of subsection (l) of section 9-150a and section 9-159o concerning rejection of ballots marked in such manner as to identify the voters casting them, and withdrawal of ballots by persons who find they are able to vote at the polls.\n(e) A sufficient supply of such instructions and envelopes shall be printed to supply the number which the municipal clerk requests or the Secretary of the State deems sufficient.","path":["TITLE 9. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 145. ABSENTEE VOTING"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/sup/chap_145.htm#sec_9-139a","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:21Z","sha256":"a24e5550ffa53a3ebcfab86261df38fa185f9c2523849d745c1a2446f5f2b35b","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-139","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-139b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}