{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-46","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-46","heading":"Forfeiture of electoral rights.","body":"(a) A person shall forfeit such person's right to become an elector and such person's privileges as an elector upon conviction of a felony and (1) committal to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction for confinement in a correctional institution or facility, but not a community residence, (2) committal to confinement in a federal correctional institution or facility, or (3) committal to the custody of the chief correctional official of any other state or a county of any other state for confinement in a correctional institution or facility, but not a community residence, in such state or county.\n(b) If a person has forfeited such person's privileges as an elector under subsection (a) of this section, has regained such privileges under section 9-46a and is subsequently returned to confinement in a correctional institution or facility, but not a community residence, from parole or special parole, release pursuant to section 18-100, 18-100c, 18-100e, 18-100h or 18-100i or furlough pursuant to section 18-101a, such person shall again forfeit such privileges.\n(c) No person who has forfeited and not regained such person's privileges as an elector as provided in section 9-46a, or who has regained such privileges and again forfeited such privileges as provided in subsection (b) of this section, may be a candidate for or hold public office.","path":["TITLE 9. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 143*. ELECTORS: QUALIFICATIONS AND ADMISSION"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_143.htm#sec_9-46","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":"b2d08219f2d12e76604ec16d83253e996e065f85c813b99b39174aa9ee5b1535","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-45","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-46a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}