Sec. 9-135. Absentee voting eligibility. Misrepresentation prohibited.
Sec. 9-135. Absentee voting eligibility. Misrepresentation prohibited. (a) Any
elector eligible to vote at a primary or an election and any person eligible to vote at a
referendum may vote by absentee ballot if he is unable to appear at his polling place
during the hours of voting for any of the following reasons: (1) His active service with
the armed forces of the United States; (2) his absence from the town of his voting residence during all of the hours of voting; (3) his illness; (4) his physical disability; (5)
the tenets of his religion forbid secular activity on the day of the primary, election
or referendum; or (6) the required performance of his duties as a primary, election or
referendum official at a polling place other than his own during all of the hours of voting
at such primary, election or referendum.
(b) No person shall misrepresent the eligibility requirements for voting by absentee
ballot prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, to any elector or prospective absentee
ballot applicant.
(1949 Rev., S. 1134; 1953, S. 622d; 1963, P.A. 93, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 74, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 678, S. 1; 831, S. 6;
1969, P.A. 2, S. 1; 69, S. 2; P.A. 75-595, S. 2, 5; P.A. 76-50, S. 2, 7; 76-435, S. 44, 82; P.A. 79-189, S. 5, 9; P.A. 81-238,
S. 2; 81-472, S. 119, 159; P.A. 83-254, S. 2, 4; P.A. 84-546, S. 19, 173; P.A. 86-179, S. 3, 53; P.A. 87-320, S. 1; P.A. 05-235, S. 1.)
History: 1963 act changed technical language of statute; 1965 act added to eligibility for absentee ballot where "tenets
of his religion forbid secular activity", effective January 1, 1966; 1967 acts added absence because of status as student at
institution of higher learning outside town of residence and also because of temporary abode outside town occasioned by
membership in a religious community, effective January 1, 1968, and following "any elector" deleted "not a member of
the armed forces"; 1969 acts added spouse to student at institution of higher learning, effective January 1, 1970 and added
provision for absentee voting for those who have continued their registration for a period one day short of six months
following their removal from the town, effective January 1, 1970; P.A. 75-595 gave authority to vote by absentee ballot
to those confined in correctional institutions outside the town whose privileges as electors have not been forfeited, effective
January 1, 1976; P.A. 76-50 rephrased provisions; P.A. 76-435 made technical changes; P.A. 79-189 deleted provision
for absentee voting of elector who has removed from the town; P.A. 81-238 eliminated reference to certain conditions
under which absence from town of voting residence during all of the hours of voting at a state, municipal or special election
entitled electors to vote by absentee ballot and granted such entitlement to electors on the basis of such absence for any
reason; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 83-254 authorized absentee voting by election official performing duties
at polling place other than his own; P.A. 84-546 made technical change; P.A. 86-179 added references to voting at primary
and referendum and added active service with armed forces as reason for voting by absentee ballot; P.A. 87-320 deleted
provision limiting applicability to only those referenda "for which absentee ballots are made available pursuant to section
9-369c"; P.A. 05-235 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re prohibition on misrepresentation of eligibility requirements for voting by absentee ballot, effective July 1, 2005, and applicable to elections, primaries
and referenda held on or after September 1, 2005.
See Sec. 9-14a re electors in custody of state.
Cited. 186 C. 125.