Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-20
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Sec. 9-20. Admission of electors; procedure.
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(b) The applicant's statement shall be delivered to the registrars immediately and shall be kept by the registrars as a public record in a safe depository, except that no Social Security number obtained by the registrars prior to January 1, 2000, may be disclosed to the public or to any governmental agency. Any such statement of an elector whose name has been removed from the registry list for a period of at least five years may be placed on microfilm, destroyed or otherwise disposed of by such registrars, in the manner provided in section 7-109 . Upon the request of any elector, or if the applicant does not present a birth certificate, drivers' license or Social Security card as required by subsection (a) of this section, at the time an application is made in person to an admitting official or prior to the approval of such an application, any admitting official shall require the applicant to prove his identity, place of birth, age and bona fide residence by the testimony under oath of at least one elector or by the presentation of proof satisfactory to such admitting official. Each person found qualified shall thereupon be admitted as an elector, except as provided in sections 9-12 , 9-19e , 9-19g and 9-30 . The registrars may request an elector whose date of birth is missing from their records to voluntarily furnish his date of birth. Any admitting official may administer oaths in any matter coming before him under section 9-12 , 9-17 , 9-19b , subsection (a) of section 9-19c , section 9-19e , 9-19g , 9-23 , 9-23a , 9-25 , 9-31a , 9-31b , 9-31 l , 9-40a or this section. Said admitting official shall prohibit any activity which interferes with the orderly process of admission of electors.
(c) The application for admission as an elector shall include a statement that (1) specifies each eligibility requirement, (2) contains an attestation that the applicant meets each such requirement, and (3) requires the signature of the applicant under penalty of perjury. Each registrar of voters and town clerk shall maintain a copy of such statement in braille, large print and audio form. The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall, in consultation with the Secretary of the State, produce an accessible version of such statement in voice and sign language and provide the accessible version to the Secretary of the State who shall make it available to the registrars of voters of any municipality. If a person applies for admission as an elector in person to an admitting official, such admitting official shall, upon the request of the applicant, administer the elector's oath.
Social custom of woman changing name upon marriage, recognized. 30 CS 385.
Cited. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 204.
(c) The application for admission as an elector shall include a statement that (1) specifies each eligibility requirement, (2) contains an attestation that the applicant meets each such requirement, and (3) requires the signature of the applicant under penalty of perjury. Each registrar of voters and town clerk shall maintain a copy of such statement in braille, large print and audio form. The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall, in consultation with the Secretary of the State, produce an accessible version of such statement in voice and sign language and provide the accessible version to the Secretary of the State who shall make it available to the registrars of voters of any municipality. If a person applies for admission as an elector in person to an admitting official, such admitting official shall, upon the request of the applicant, administer the elector's oath.
Social custom of woman changing name upon marriage, recognized. 30 CS 385.
Cited. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 204.
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