Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-158a
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Sec. 9-158a. Presidential and federal elections; overseas balloting. Definitions.
Official statutory text
(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 moved from that town to another state 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 such person's 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.
(2) “Former resident” means a person who was a bona fide resident of a town in this state and who has moved from that town to another state 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 such person's 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.
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