SB 268 — AN ACT CONCERNING AUDITING OF ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION.

General Assembly ProposedCommittee Bill No.

30916247 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by:

th(GAE) SEN.AN ACT CONCERNING AUDITING OF ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION.

SAMPSON, 16 Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING AUDITING OF ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION.

ThatSection section1. 9-19j of the general statutes be amended to require the Secretary of the State to establish and implement procedures to audit (1) election day registration applications accepted, and (2) confirmation notices of such accepted applications sent by and returned to registrars of voters.

StatementSection 9-19j of Purpose:the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019):

To(a) requireAs theused auditin this subsection and subsections (b) to (i), inclusive, of electionthis section, "election day" means the day registrationson andwhich subsequenta confirmationregular noticeselection, ofas suchdefined registrations.in section 9-1, is held.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, a person who (1) is (A) not an elector, or (B) an elector registered in a municipality who wishes to change his or her registration to another municipality pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of this section, and (2) meets the eligibility requirements under subsection (a) of section 9-12, may apply for admission as an elector on election day pursuant to the provisions of subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section.

(c) (1) The registrars of voters shall designate a location for the completion and processing of election day registration applications on LCO No.

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(2) The registrars of voters [may] shall appoint one or more election officials, including official checkers, to serve at such location and may delegate to such election officials any of the responsibilities assigned to the registrars of voters.

The registrars of voters shall supervise such election officials and train such election officials to be election day registration election officials.

Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit any unofficial checker or challenger from being present at such location.

(d) Any person applying to register on election day under the provisions of subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section shall make application in accordance with the provisions of section 9-20, provided (1) on election day, the applicant shall appear in person at the location designated by the registrars of voters for election day registration, (2) an applicant who is a student enrolled at an institution of higher education may submit a current photo identification card issued by [said] such institution in lieu of the identification required by section 9- 20, [and] (3) the applicant shall declare under oath that the applicant has not previously voted in the election, and (4) the applicant shall be administered the elector's oath individually.

If the information that the applicant is required to provide under section 9-20 and subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section does not include proof of the applicant's residential address, the applicant shall also submit identification that shows the applicant's bona fide residence address, including, but not limited to, a learner's permit issued under section 14-36 or a utility bill that has the applicant's name and current address and that has a due date that is not later than thirty days after the election or, in the case of a student enrolled at an institution of higher education, a registration or fee statement from such institution that has the applicant's name and current address.

(e) If the registrars of voters determine that an applicant satisfies the LCO No.

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(1) If the registrars of voters determine that the applicant is not already an elector, the registrars of voters shall admit the applicant as an elector and the privileges of an elector shall attach immediately.

(2) If the registrars of voters determine that such applicant is an elector in another municipality and such applicant states that he or she wants to change the municipality in which the applicant is an elector, notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-21, the registrars of voters of the municipality in which such elector now seeks to register shall immediately notify the registrars of voters in such other municipality that such elector is changing the municipality in which the applicant is an elector.

The registrars of voters in such other municipality shall notify the election officials in such municipality to remove such elector from the official voter list of such municipality.

Such election officials shall cross through the elector's name on such official voter list and mark "off" next to such elector's name on such official voter list.

(A) If it is reported that such applicant already voted in such other municipality, the registrars of voters of such other municipality shall immediately notify the registrars of voters of the municipality in which such elector now seeks to register.

In such event, such elector shall not receive an election day registration ballot from the registrars of voters of the municipality in which such elector now seeks to register.

For any such elector, the election day registration process shall cease in the municipality in which such elector now seeks to register and such matter shall be reviewed by the registrars of voters in the municipality in which such elector now seeks to register.

After completion of such review, if a resolution of the matter [can not] cannot be made, such matter shall be reported to the State Elections Enforcement Commission which shall conduct an investigation of the matter.

(B) [If there is no such] Unless there is a report that such applicant LCO No.

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[shall admit the applicant as an elector and the privileges of an elector shall attach immediately] For any such applicant, the election day registration process shall cease in the municipality in which such applicant now seeks to register until such time as such report is made.

(f) If the applicant is admitted as an elector, the registrars of voters shall provide the elector with an election day registration ballot and election day registration envelope and shall make a record of such issuance.

The elector shall complete an affirmation imprinted upon the back of the envelope for an election day registration ballot and shall declare under oath that the applicant has not previously voted in the election.

The affirmation shall be in the form substantially as follows and signed by the voter:

AFFIRMATION:

I, the undersigned, do hereby state, under penalty of false statement, (perjury) that:

1.

I am the person admitted here as an elector in the town indicated.

2.

I am eligible to vote in the election indicated for today in the town indicated.