§ 9.1

Except as otherwise provided, the following terms, as used in this title and sections 3-124, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 7-17, 7-20, 7-39, 7-157, 7-214, 7-275, 7-295, 7-343, 7-407, 8-1, 8-5, 8-19, 10-219, 11-36, 13a-11, 45a-18, 45a-19 and 51-95 have the following meanings:(a) 'Ballot' means paper or other material containing the names of the candidates or a statement of a proposed constitutional amendment or other question or proposition to be voted on;(b) 'Board for admission of electors' means the board as composed under subsection (a) of section 9-15a;(c) 'Clerical error' means any error in the registry list or enrollment list due to a mistake or an omission on the part of the printer or a mistake or omission made by the registrars or their assistants;(d) 'Election' means any electors' meeting at which the electors choose public officials by use of voting tabulators or by paper ballots as provided in section 9-272;(e) 'Elector' means any person possessing the qualifications prescribed by the Constitution and duly admitted to, and entitled to exercise, the privileges of an elector in a town;(f) Repealed by P.A. 77-298, S.

r' means any person possessing the qualifications prescribed by the Constitution and duly admitted to, and entitled to exercise, the privileges of an elector in a town;(f) Repealed by P.A. 77-298, S. 14;(g) 'Municipal clerk' means the clerk of a municipality;(h) 'Municipal election' means the regularly recurring election held in a municipality at which the electors of the municipality choose public officials of such municipality;(i) 'Municipality' means any city, borough or town within the state;(j) 'Official ballot' means the official ballot to be used at an election, or the official ballot to be used thereat in accordance with the provisions of section 9-272;(k) 'Population' means the population according to the last-completed United States census;(l) 'Presidential electors' means persons elected to cast their ballots for President and Vice President of the United States;(m) 'Print' means methods of duplication of words by mechanical process, but shall not include typewriting;(n) 'Referendum' means (1) a question or proposal which is submitted to a vote of the electors or voters of a municipality at any regular or special state or municipal election, as defined in this section,

eferendum' means (1) a question or proposal which is submitted to a vote of the electors or voters of a municipality at any regular or special state or municipal election, as defined in this section, (2) a question or proposal which is submitted to a vote of the electors or voters, as the case may be, of a municipality at a meeting of such electors or voters, which meeting is not an election, as defined in subsection (d) of this section, and is not a town meeting, or (3) a question or proposal which is submitted to a vote of the electors or voters, as the case may be, of a municipality at a meeting of such electors or voters pursuant to section 7-7 or pursuant to charter or special act;(o) 'Regular election' means any state or municipal election;(p) 'Registrars' means the registrars of voters of the municipality;(q) 'Registry list' means the list of electors of any municipality certified by the registrars;(r) 'Special election' means any election not a regular election;(s) 'State election' means the election held in the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in the even-numbered years in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Connecticut;(t)

ction' means the election held in the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in the even-numbered years in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Connecticut;(t) 'State officers' means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General;(u) 'Voter' means a person qualified to vote at town and district meetings under the provisions of section 7-6;(v) 'Voting district' means any municipality, or any political subdivision thereof, having not more than one polling place in a regular election;(w) 'Voting tabulator' means a machine, including, but not limited to, a device which operates by electronic means, for the registering and recording of votes cast at elections, primaries and referenda;(x) 'Write-in ballot' means a vote cast for any person whose name does not appear on the official ballot as a candidate for the office for which the person's name is written in; and(y) 'The last session for admission of electors prior to an election' means the day which is the eighteenth day prior to an election.(1949 Rev., S. 1030; 1953, S. 503d; November, 1955, S. N39; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 99; 442, S.

or admission of electors prior to an election' means the day which is the eighteenth day prior to an election.(1949 Rev., S. 1030; 1953, S. 503d; November, 1955, S. N39; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 99; 442, S. 13; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 34; 1961, P.A. 274, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 393, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 831, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 63; P.A. 73-616, S. 8; P.A. 75-567, S. 54, 80; P.A. 76-311; P.A. 77-298, S. 14; P.A. 79-189, S. 1, 9; P.A. 84-319, S. 1, 49; P.A. 88-364, S. 116, 123; P.A. 91-351, S. 22, 28; P.A. 97-192, S. 2; P.A. 05-235, S. 26; P.A. 07-194, S. 37; P.A. 11-20, S. 2; P.A. 21-37, S. 101; P.A. 23-5, S. 23; 23-204, S. 183.)History: 1961 act added reference in Subdiv. (f) to list compiled under Sec. 9-57a; 1965 act added reference in Subdiv. (f) to list compiled under Sec. 9-31g; 1967 act under Subdiv. (b) changed definition to 'board as composed under subsection (a) of section 9-15a'; 1971 act deleted reference to Sec. 53-172 in introductory language; P.A. 73-616 deleted reference to Sec. 7-387 in introductory language; P.A. 75-567 deleted 'in connection with which no question of fact was determined' in Subdiv. (c); P.A.

in introductory language; P.A. 73-616 deleted reference to Sec. 7-387 in introductory language; P.A. 75-567 deleted 'in connection with which no question of fact was determined' in Subdiv. (c); P.A. 76-311 inserted new definition for 'referendum' in Subdiv. (n) and relettered former Subdiv. (n) and following definitions accordingly; P.A. 77-298 repealed Subdiv. (f), defining 'enrollment list'; P.A. 79-189 added Subdiv. (x) defining 'the last session for admission of electors prior to an election'; P.A. 84-319 inserted definition of 'voting machine' as Subdiv. (w), relettering as necessary; P.A. 88-364 amended Subdiv. (n)(3) by adding the words 'or pursuant to charter or special act'; P.A. 91-351 substituted 'fourteenth' for 'twenty-first' day in Subdiv. (y); (Revisor's note: In 1993 an obsolete reference to repealed Sec. 53-295 was deleted editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 97-192 amended definition of 'referendum' by inserting 'or voters' in Subdiv. (n)(1); P.A. 05-235 substituted 'seventh' for 'fourteenth' day in Subdiv. (y), effective January 1, 2006; P.A. 07-194 replaced 'Voting machine' with 'Voting tabulator' in Subdiv. (w) and made technical changes in Subdivs.

bstituted 'seventh' for 'fourteenth' day in Subdiv. (y), effective January 1, 2006; P.A. 07-194 replaced 'Voting machine' with 'Voting tabulator' in Subdiv. (w) and made technical changes in Subdivs. (a), (j) and (w); P.A. 11-20 replaced 'Ballot label' with 'Ballot' in Subdiv. (a), replaced 'voting machines' with 'voting tabulators' in Subdiv. (d), deleted references to Sec. 9-271 in Subdivs. (d) and (j) and made technical changes in the introductory language and Subdiv. (x), effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 21-37 amended the introductory language to delete reference to Secs. 30-10 and 30-11 and amended Subdiv. (x) to make a technical change, effective June 4, 2021; P.A. 23-5 amended Subsec. (y) by replacing 'seventh' with 'eighteenth', effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 23-204 changed effective date of P.A. 23-5, S. 23, from July 1, 2023, to January 1, 2024, effective June 12, 2023.