Sec. 9-258a. Two shifts of election officials.
Sec. 9-258a. Two shifts of election officials. Notwithstanding any provision of
the general statutes, special acts or its charter, in each municipality the registrars of
voters, or assistant registrar of voters, as the case may be may establish, except for
unofficial checkers and the moderator, two shifts of election officials for each polling
place. In each polling place for which two or more shifts of election officials have been
provided in this section or section 9-235, the moderator shall keep a written record of
the specific hours and time served at the polls by each election official. In each such
polling place, all members of second shifts, including official checkers, assistant registrars and ballot clerks of second shifts, shall be present at the closing of the polls and
shall remain until all paperwork has been executed.
(1969, P.A. 500, S. 1; P.A. 88-173, S. 3; P.A. 07-194, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 88-173 excepted unofficial checkers from provision allowing legislative body to establish two shifts of
election officials; P.A. 07-194 provided registrars of voters or assistant registrars of voters with authority to establish two
shifts of election officials and made technical changes.