Sec. 9-19h. Availability of admissions information and materials at certain state agencies and libraries. Application for admission through Department of Motor Vehicles.
Sec. 9-19h. Availability of admissions information and materials at certain
state agencies and libraries. Application for admission through Department of
Motor Vehicles. (a) The Department of Social Services, the Labor Department and the
Department of Motor Vehicles shall make voter registration information and materials
available to the public. Such information and materials shall be placed in public areas
of the offices of such departments. The State Library and the libraries of the state's
public institutions of higher education shall also make such information and materials
available to users of the libraries. The Secretary of the State shall provide such departments, such libraries and any libraries open to the public with suitable nonpartisan literature, materials and voter registration application forms authorized under sections 9-23g
and 9-23h. The secretary shall also provide to the Department of Social Services, the
Labor Department and the Department of Motor Vehicles any furniture needed to display
such literature, materials and forms.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, not later than January 1, 1994, shall include an application
for the admission of an elector with each application form provided for a motor vehicle
operator's license and a motor vehicle operator's license renewal, which are issued
under subpart (B) of part III of chapter 246, and with each application form provided
for an identity card issued under section 1-1h. Such application form for the admission
of an elector (1) shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the State, (2) shall
not include any provisions for the witnessing of the application, and (3) shall contain a
statement that (A) specifies each eligibility requirement, (B) contains an attestation that
the applicant meets each such requirement, and (C) requires the signature of the applicant
under penalty of perjury. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall accept any such
completed application for admission which is submitted in person or by mail. The applicant shall state on such form, under penalty of perjury, the applicant's name, bona fide
residence address, date of birth, whether the applicant is a United States citizen, party
enrollment, if any, prior voting address, if registered previously, and that the applicant's
privileges as an elector are not forfeited by reason of conviction of a felony. No Social
Security number on any such application form for the admission of an elector filed prior
to January 1, 2000, may be disclosed to the public or to any governmental agency. The
commissioner shall indicate on each such form the date of receipt of such application
to ensure that any eligible applicant is registered to vote in an election if it is received
by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles by the last day for registration to vote in an
election. The commissioner shall provide the applicant with an application receipt, on
a form approved by the Secretary of the State and on which the commissioner shall
record the date that the commissioner received the application, using an official date
stamp bearing the words "Department of Motor Vehicles". The commissioner shall
provide such receipt whether the application was submitted in person or by mail. The
commissioner shall forthwith transmit the application to the registrars of voters of the
applicant's town of residence. If a registration application is accepted within five days
before the last day for registration to vote in a regular election, the application shall be
transmitted to the registrars of voters of the town of voting residence of the applicant
not later than five days after the date of acceptance. The procedures in subsections (c),
(d), (f) and (g) of section 9-23g which are not inconsistent with the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, shall apply to
applications made under this section. The commissioner is not an admitting official and
may not restore, under the provisions of section 9-46a, electoral privileges of persons
convicted of a felony.
(P.A. 88-347, S. 1, 4; P.A. 92-238; P.A. 93-262, S. 32, 87; 93-384, S. 27; P.A. 94-121, S. 14, 33; P.A. 99-268, S. 39,
46; P.A. 00-169, S. 22; P.A. 01-26, S. 6; P.A. 02-83, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 88-347, S. 1 effective April 1, 1989; P.A. 92-238 designated existing section as Subsec. (a) and added
Subsec. (b) requiring commissioner to include application for admission of an elector with each operator's license and
license renewal application and identity card application; P.A. 93-262 replaced references to department on aging and
department of income maintenance with references to department of social services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-384
substantially revised application form requirements and procedure under Subsec. (b); P.A. 94-121 amended Subsec. (b)
by requiring application form to contain statement instead of elector's oath, changing penalty of false statement to penalty
of perjury, deleting requirement that applicant submit satisfactory identification to commissioner, requiring commissioner
to indicate date of receipt on application, to "forthwith transmit", instead of "promptly forward", application to registrars,
and to so transmit application within five days if accepted within five days before last day for registration to vote in a
regular election, amending Subsec. references to Sec. 9-23g and inserting provision re consistency with National Voter
Registration Act of 1993, effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (b) by repealing requirement that form
include request for applicant to furnish Social Security number and extending prohibition on disclosure of Social Security
numbers on forms to the public or to any governmental agency, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 00-169 revised effective
date of P.A. 99-268 but without affecting this section; P.A. 01-26 made technical changes and eliminated an obsolete
reporting requirement in Subsec. (b); P.A. 02-83 amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change and require Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles to accept completed applications for admission submitted by mail and to provide applicants with
application receipts, effective January 1, 2003.