Sec. 9-135a. Form of absentee ballot.
Sec. 9-135a. Form of absentee ballot. (a) Each absentee ballot shall be arranged
to resemble the appropriate ballot label and sample ballot label as prescribed by law,
and shall include, as applicable, the offices, party designations, names of candidates
and questions to be voted upon and spaces for write-in votes. A replica of the state seal
shall be printed on the ballot. The size, type, form, instructions, specifications for paper
and printing and other specifications shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the State.
The Secretary of the State shall provide a ballot facsimile to each municipal clerk for
use in preparing the ballot form.
(b) In municipalities in which some or all offices are to be voted upon without party
designation at an election, the clerk of the municipality shall prepare a suitably modified
absentee ballot which, upon approval by the Secretary of the State, shall be the form of
absentee ballot for the purposes of the election.
(c) In the case of a primary in a voting district in which unaffiliated electors are
authorized, under section 9-431, to vote for some but not all offices to be contested at
the primary, the clerk of the municipality shall so prepare and cause to be printed separate
and distinct partial absentee ballots for such unaffiliated electors, provided on each such
ballot, each candidate's position shall be the same as on the full absentee ballot for the
primary, pursuant to section 9-437, leaving blank columns where necessary.
(P.A. 75-310, S. 1, 11; P.A. 77-245, S. 15; P.A. 78-24; P.A. 79-363, S. 11, 38; P.A. 84-319, S. 11, 49; P.A. 86-179, S.
4, 53; P.A. 87-509, S. 6, 24.)
History: P.A. 77-245 changed "town" to "municipal" clerk where appearing; P.A. 78-24 changed requirement for filing
absentee ballot with secretary of the state to not later than 35 days, rather than 20 days, before election and further provided
for filing of any corrections or alterations thereto; P.A. 79-363 made technical changes; P.A. 84-319 eliminated the requirement that secretary provide blank ballot facsimiles to municipal clerks, i.e. "without names of parties, candidates, offices
and questions"; P.A. 86-179 deleted subsections requiring filing of absentee ballot forms and affidavits with secretary of
the state and public availability of layouts of sample absentee ballots and added provision re modified absentee ballot for
use in municipalities in which officers are voted upon without party designation; P.A. 87-509 added Subsec. (c), requiring
preparation of separate and distinct absentee ballots for unaffiliated electors in case of primary in which unaffiliated electors
authorized to vote for some but not all offices to be contested at primary.