Sec. 9-158a. Presidential and federal elections; overseas balloting. Definitions.
Sec. 9-158a. Presidential and federal elections; overseas balloting. Definitions.
As used in sections 9-139c, 9-140b, 9-158a to 9-158m, inclusive, and 9-307:
(1) "Federal election" means any general or special election or any primary held
solely or in part for the purpose of selecting, nominating or electing any candidate for
the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, member of the United States
Senate or member of the United States House of Representatives;
(2) "Former resident" means a person who was a bona fide resident of a town in
this state and who has removed from that town less than thirty days before the day of a
presidential election and who for that reason is unable to register to vote in the election
in his present town or state of residence;
(3) "Overseas elector" means any person permitted to vote pursuant to subsection
(b) of section 9-158b;
(4) "Presidential election" means an election at which electors of President and
Vice-President are elected;
(5) "Resident" means a bona fide resident of a town in this state;
(6) "State" includes any of the several states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands; and
(7) "United States" includes the several states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands, but does not include American
Samoa, The Canal Zone, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands or any other territory
or possession of the United States.
(1972, P.A. 196, S. 1; P.A. 82-247, S. 3; P.A. 86-179, S. 28, 53.)
History: P.A. 82-247 deleted definition of absentee elector and replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric
indicators; P.A. 86-179 made technical changes and added definitions relating to overseas balloting.