Sec. 9-153e. (Formerly Sec. 9-143a). Alternate application procedure for certain military personnel.
Sec. 9-153e. (Formerly Sec. 9-143a). Alternate application procedure for certain military personnel. A member of the armed forces who is an elector or an applicant
for admission as an elector, or the member's spouse or dependent if living where such
member is stationed, may apply before a regular election for a blank absentee ballot to
vote for all offices being contested at the election. The clerk shall make such ballots
available for this purpose beginning not earlier than ninety days before the election.
Application shall be made upon a form prescribed by the Secretary of the State or on
the federal postcard application form provided pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas
Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 100 Stat. 924, 42 USC 1973ff et seq., as amended from
time to time, or any other applicable law and shall be issued only if the applicant states
that due to military contingencies the regular application procedure, as set forth in section
9-140, cannot be followed. Upon receipt of the application, the municipal clerk shall
issue the ballot, which shall be prescribed and printed by the Secretary of the State, and
a list of the offices to be voted upon indicating the number of individuals for which each
elector may vote. As soon as a complete list of nominated candidates, including the
party designations of such candidates, and questions is available, the clerk shall send
such list to each applicant. If the list of candidates and questions is not available when
the ballot is issued, the clerk shall include a statement indicating that such list shall be
mailed as soon as it becomes available. The ballot shall permit the elector to vote by
writing in the names of specific candidates and offices for which he is voting. The elector
may also vote on the questions in a manner prescribed by the Secretary of the State. If
the military contingency no longer exists, application for an additional ballot for all
offices may be made pursuant to the provisions of section 9-153b.
(P.A. 78-94, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-319, S. 45, 49; P.A. 86-179, S. 26, 53; P.A. 87-382, S. 13, 55; P.A. 93-30, S. 12, 14.)
History: P.A. 84-319 amended section to provide for special ninety-day ballot; P.A. 86-179 made technical changes
and deleted provision re write-in of name of candidate which is printed on ballot; Sec. 9-143a transferred to Sec. 9-153e
in 1987; P.A. 87-382 provided for absentee ballot to be blank, instead of containing titles of contested offices, added
provisions re issuance of list of offices to be voted upon and list of candidates and repealed provision permitting elector
to vote by writing in a party preference; P.A. 93-30 updated reference to federal act, effective July 1, 1993.