Section 9-19g - Application for admission after established cutoff date.

CT Gen Stat § 9-19g (2019) (N/A)

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Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-19b, during the period between the last session for the admission of electors prior to an election and the opening of the limited session for such admission held on the last weekday before the election, the town clerk or assistant town clerk during office hours and at the office of such official, and either registrar of voters or a deputy or assistant registrar at the office of such official, may examine the qualifications of any person applying in person to be admitted as an elector in such town and act on such application, except the privileges of an elector shall not attach to any such applicant until written approval is sent to him by such official no earlier than two days following the election. If the application is disapproved, such official shall send notification thereof by certified mail no earlier than two days following the election. At the time of application, the official examining the applicant shall retain a copy of the application and shall hand a receipt thereof to the applicant.

(P.A. 79-357, S. 1; P.A. 94-121, S. 13, 33.)

History: P.A. 94-121 applied provisions of section to any person applying “in person” and substituted “in such town and act on such application” for “and administer the elector's oath to any person found qualified”, effective January 1, 1995.

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