Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-174
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Sec. 9-174. Hours of voting on day of election and during period of early voting. Voting by electors and same-day election registration applicants in line at hour prescribed for closing of voting location.
Official statutory text
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act or municipal charter, at any regular election, each location designated for same-day election registration pursuant to subsection (c) of section 9-19j shall, on election day, as defined in said section, remain open for registration and voting from six o'clock a.m. until eight o'clock p.m. No applicant for same-day election registration shall be admitted as an elector or permitted to cast such applicant's vote after the hour prescribed for the closing of the location designated for such purposes on election day unless such applicant is in line at eight o'clock p.m. An election official or a police officer of the municipality, who is appointed by the registrars of voters, shall be placed at the end of the line at eight o'clock p.m. Such official or officer shall not allow any applicants who were not in such line at eight o'clock p.m. to enter such line.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act or municipal charter, at any regular election and any primary, other than a presidential preference primary, held on or after April 1, 2024, each location designated for the conduct of early voting pursuant to subsection (b) of section 9-163aa or for same-day election registration pursuant to subsection (c) of section 9-19j shall, during the early voting period, remain open from ten o'clock a.m. to six o'clock p.m., except that such location shall remain open from eight o'clock a.m. to eight o'clock p.m. on the last Tuesday and Thursday prior to the election or primary.
(2) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act or municipal charter, at any special election and any presidential preference primary held on or after April 1, 2024, each location designated for the conduct of early voting pursuant to subsection (b) of section 9-163aa shall, during the early voting period, remain open from ten o'clock a.m. to six o'clock p.m.
(3) No voter shall be permitted to cast such voter's vote after the hour prescribed for the closing of the location designated for early voting at any election or primary under subdivision (1) or subdivision (2) of this subsection unless such voter is in line at such prescribed hour. An election or primary official or a police officer of the municipality, who is appointed by the registrars of voters, shall be placed at the end of the line at such prescribed hour. Such official or officer shall not allow any voters who were not in such line at such prescribed hour to enter such line.
Before election, requirement is mandatory if direct proceedings for its enforcement are brought, but after election, it is directory if no substantial harm shown. 20 CS 464.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act or municipal charter, at any regular election and any primary, other than a presidential preference primary, held on or after April 1, 2024, each location designated for the conduct of early voting pursuant to subsection (b) of section 9-163aa or for same-day election registration pursuant to subsection (c) of section 9-19j shall, during the early voting period, remain open from ten o'clock a.m. to six o'clock p.m., except that such location shall remain open from eight o'clock a.m. to eight o'clock p.m. on the last Tuesday and Thursday prior to the election or primary.
(2) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act or municipal charter, at any special election and any presidential preference primary held on or after April 1, 2024, each location designated for the conduct of early voting pursuant to subsection (b) of section 9-163aa shall, during the early voting period, remain open from ten o'clock a.m. to six o'clock p.m.
(3) No voter shall be permitted to cast such voter's vote after the hour prescribed for the closing of the location designated for early voting at any election or primary under subdivision (1) or subdivision (2) of this subsection unless such voter is in line at such prescribed hour. An election or primary official or a police officer of the municipality, who is appointed by the registrars of voters, shall be placed at the end of the line at such prescribed hour. Such official or officer shall not allow any voters who were not in such line at such prescribed hour to enter such line.
Before election, requirement is mandatory if direct proceedings for its enforcement are brought, but after election, it is directory if no substantial harm shown. 20 CS 464.
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