Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-137
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Sec. 9-137. Inner envelope for return of ballot; statement under false statement penalty.
Official statutory text
“I hereby state under the penalties of false statement in absentee balloting that I am eligible to vote at the primary, election or referendum in the municipality in which this absentee ballot is to be cast and that I expect to be unable to appear at my polling place on the day of such primary, election or referendum for one or more of the following reasons: (1) My active service in the armed forces; (2) my absence from the town in which I am eligible to vote; (3) sickness; (4) physical disability; (5) the tenets of my religion which forbid secular activity on the day of such primary, election or referendum; or (6) my duties as a primary, election or referendum official.
Date ....
.... (Signature)”
See Sec. 9-14a re electors in custody of state.
Cited. 231 C. 602.
Cited. 28 CS 361.
Date ....
.... (Signature)”
See Sec. 9-14a re electors in custody of state.
Cited. 231 C. 602.
Cited. 28 CS 361.
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