Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-158b
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Sec. 9-158b. Eligibility for presidential or overseas ballot.
Official statutory text
(b) Each citizen of the United States who is at least eighteen years of age; who resides outside the United States and who, immediately prior to moving outside the United States, was a bona fide resident of a town in this state; who is not registered to vote and is not voting in any other state or election district of a state or territory or in any territory or possession of the United States, who has a valid passport or card of identity and registration issued under the authority of the Secretary of State of the United States or alternative form of identification and who has not forfeited his electoral privileges because of a disfranchising crime, may vote in federal elections in the town in this state in which he formerly resided immediately prior to his departure from the United States in the manner provided in sections 9-158c to 9-158m , inclusive. The exercise of any right to vote in federal elections by any citizen outside the United States shall not affect the determination of his place of residence or domicile for purposes of any tax imposed under federal, state or local law.
(c) Each citizen of the United States born outside of the United States who is at least eighteen years of age, whose parent or guardian was a bona fide resident of a town in this state immediately prior to moving outside the United States, who is not registered to vote and is not voting in any other state or election district of a state or territory or in any territory or possession of the United States, who has a valid passport or card of identity and registration issued under the authority of the Secretary of State of the United States or alternative form of identification and who has not forfeited such citizen's electoral privileges because of a disfranchising crime, shall be eligible to vote pursuant to this section. Such citizen may vote in federal elections in the town in this state in which the citizen's parent or guardian formerly resided immediately prior to the parent's or guardian's departure from the United States, in the manner provided in sections 9-158c to 9-158m , inclusive.
(c) Each citizen of the United States born outside of the United States who is at least eighteen years of age, whose parent or guardian was a bona fide resident of a town in this state immediately prior to moving outside the United States, who is not registered to vote and is not voting in any other state or election district of a state or territory or in any territory or possession of the United States, who has a valid passport or card of identity and registration issued under the authority of the Secretary of State of the United States or alternative form of identification and who has not forfeited such citizen's electoral privileges because of a disfranchising crime, shall be eligible to vote pursuant to this section. Such citizen may vote in federal elections in the town in this state in which the citizen's parent or guardian formerly resided immediately prior to the parent's or guardian's departure from the United States, in the manner provided in sections 9-158c to 9-158m , inclusive.
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