Sec. 9-153b. (Formerly Sec. 9-142). Additional ballots.
Sec. 9-153b. (Formerly Sec. 9-142). Additional ballots. (a) If any absentee ballot
applicant applies for an additional absentee ballot, he shall note on his application the
reason for his applying for an additional absentee ballot and he shall return the absentee
voting set formerly issued to him before another set is issued to him, provided, if he is
unable to return the set formerly issued to him, his application for an additional ballot
shall be accompanied by a statement signed under the penalties of false statement in
absentee balloting in which he shall set forth the reason for his inability to return the
set formerly issued to him. If he fails to file such a statement, no additional set shall be
issued to him.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section for members of the armed
forces, the municipal clerk shall mark the serially-numbered outer envelope "rejected"
and note the reasons therefor on all absentee ballots and envelopes so returned to him
and shall seal such unopened ballots in a package and retain them in a safe place until
delivered in accordance with section 9-140c. The municipal clerk shall keep a list of
the names of each absentee ballot applicant who has applied for more than one absentee
ballot, as provided in section 9-140, together with the serial number appearing on the
outer envelope of each absentee voting set issued to each such applicant including the
latest one issued.
(c) When an absentee ballot applicant has applied for more than one absentee ballot,
only the latest absentee ballot issued to him by the municipal clerk as determined by
the serial number appearing on the outer envelope may be counted and all absentee
ballots and envelopes formerly issued to that applicant shall be marked rejected as provided in subsection (b) of this section and not counted.
(d) Subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to members of the
armed forces, and if more than one absentee ballot is received from any elector who is
a member of the armed forces, the ballot of such elector bearing the latest postmark
shall be counted if no absentee ballot of such elector has already been counted, provided
that the municipal clerk shall mark all serially-numbered outer envelopes bearing earlier
postmarks "rejected" and note the reasons for rejection and shall deliver such ballots in
accordance with section 9-140c.
(1955, S. 628d; 1957, P.A. 517, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 72; P.A. 74-96, S. 5, 9; P.A. 76-50, S. 5, 7; P.A. 84-319, S.
14, 49; P.A. 86-179, S. 23, 53.)
History: 1971 act substituted penalty of "false statement" for "perjury"; P.A. 74-96 added "in absentee balloting"
following "false statement", effective January 1, 1975; P.A. 76-50 changed from 6 months to 60 days after election time
in which clerk shall preserve voided ballots; P.A. 84-319 amended section to provide uniformity in procedures for marking
absentee ballot envelopes by clerks and divided section into Subsecs.; P.A. 86-179 made technical changes; Sec. 9-142
transferred to Sec. 9-153b in 1987.
See Sec. 1-2a re construing of references to "United States mail" or "postmark" to include references to any delivery
service designated by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Section 7502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any
successor to the code, as amended, and to any date recorded or marked as described in said Section 7502 by a designated
delivery service and construing of "registered or certified mail" to include any equivalent designated by the Secretary of
the Treasury pursuant to said Section 7502.