Substitute House Bill No. 5994
Substitute House Bill No. 5994
PUBLIC ACT NO. 93-300
AN ACT CONCERNING VOTER IDENTIFICATION AT THE
POLLS.
Section 9-261 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof:
(1) When an elector has entered the polling
place, he shall (A) announce his street address,
if any, and his name to the checkers in a tone
sufficiently loud and clear as to enable all the
election officials present to hear the same [, and
each] AND (B) (i) PRESENT TO THE CHECKERS HIS
SOCIAL SECURITY CARD OR ANY OTHER PREPRINTED FORM
OF IDENTIFICATION WHICH SHOWS HIS NAME AND EITHER
HIS ADDRESS, SIGNATURE OR PHOTOGRAPH OR (ii) SIGN
A STATEMENT UNDER PENALTY OF FALSE STATEMENT, ON A
FORM PROVIDED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE, THAT
HE IS THE ELECTOR WHOSE NAME APPEARS ON THE
OFFICIAL CHECKLIST. EACH of the checkers shall
check the name of such elector on the official
checklist.
(2) In each polling place in which two or
more parties are holding primaries in which
unaffiliated electors are authorized to vote,
pursuant to section 9-431, an unaffiliated elector
shall also announce to the separate table of
checkers for unaffiliated electors the party in
whose primary he chooses to vote and the checkers
shall note such party when checking such elector's
name on the checklist of unaffiliated electors,
provided such choice shall not alter the elector's
unaffiliated status.
(3) In each polling place in which two or
more parties are holding primaries in which
unaffiliated electors are authorized to vote or in
which one party is holding a primary in which
unaffiliated electors are authorized to vote for
some but not all offices to be contested at the
primary, the checkers shall give to each elector
checked a receipt provided by the municipal clerk,
in a form prescribed by the secretary of the
state, specifying either (A) the party with which
he is enrolled, if any, or (B) in the case of an
unaffiliated elector, the party in whose primary
he has so chosen to vote, and whether he is
authorized to vote for only a partial ballot.
(4) If not challenged by any of the election
officials, the elector shall be permitted to pass
the railing to the side where the machine is
located. The elector shall give any receipt he has
received to a voting machine tender at the machine
to which he is directed and the machine tender
shall permit the elector to vote only in the
primary of the party specified by the receipt and,
if applicable, on the separate voting machine with
the partial ballot specified by the receipt. The
elector shall be permitted into the voting machine
booth, and he shall then register his vote in
secret. Having voted, he shall immediately pass
out and leave the room. No elector shall remain
within the voting machine booth longer than two
minutes, and, if he refuses to leave such booth
after the lapse of that time, he shall at once be
removed by the election officials upon order of
the moderator. Not more than one elector at a time
shall be permitted to operate the machine or be
within the enclosed space which the elector
occupies while operating the machine provided an
elector may be accompanied within such enclosed
space by one or more children who are ten years of
age or younger and supervised by the elector. At
least two additional electors, whose next turn it
is to vote shall be permitted in the polling place
for the purpose of receiving instruction before
voting on the machine. If any elector, after
entering the voting machine booth, asks for
further instruction concerning the manner of
voting, two election officials of different
political parties shall stand outside the voting
machine booth and give such instructions or
directions to the elector as the two officials
agree upon; but no election official instructing
or assisting an elector, except as provided in
section 9-264, shall open, look inside or put his
hand inside the curtain, or in any manner seek to
influence any such elector in the casting of his
vote.