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CT Public Acts and Current Orders

COVID-19 Executive Orders Affecting State and Local Government Operations and Elections - Office of Legislative Research Report 2020-R-0112

CT Secretary of the State:

COVID-19 Connecticut Election Plan (Press Release)

  • Elections and Voting

    • Register to Vote Online

    • Am I registered to vote?

    • Where and how do I vote?

    • Absentee Voting Information

    • Absentee Ballot Process

    • Absentee Ballot Fact Sheet

    • Who are my elected officials?

  • Military and Overseas Voters

  • Restoration of Voting Rights of Convicted Felons

State Elections Enforcement Commission:

  • Laws and Regulations

  • Commission Decisions

  • Citizens' Election Program - SEEC Publications

    • 2024 Guide for General Assembly Candidates Participating in the Citizens Election Program

    • 2022 Guide for Statewide Office and General Assembly Candidates NOT Participating in the Citizens' Election Program

  • eCRIS (Campaign Reporting Information System)
    This page allows the public to search, browse and download information from campaign finance reports filed by committees with the SEEC's Disclosure and Audit Unit.

CT Office of Legislative Research Reports:

Campaigns and Campaign Financing

  • State Law on Independent Expenditures - 2020-R-0075

  • Attribution Requirements for Political Advertisements Made with Independent Expenditures - 2020-R-0080

  • Campaign Finance Law and Foreign Money - 2020-R-0046

  • State Elections Enforcement Commission's Complaint Review Process - 2018-R-0358

  • Recent Changes to the Citizens' Election Program: 2018 Update - 2018-R-0351

  • Funding For Minor Party Candidates under The Citizens' Election Program - 2014-R-0231

  • Summary of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - 2010-R-0124

  • Second Circuit's Decisions in Green Party of Connecticut v. Garfield - 2010-R-0320

  • Campaign Finance Laws Applicable To Non-Participating Candidates - 2008-R-0316

  • Public Financing Of Campaigns: Constitutional Issues and Impact - 2006-R-0175

  • Qualifying As a Petitioning Candidate under the New Public Financing System - 2006-R-0020

  • Application of State Do-Not-Call Laws to Campaign Calls - 2006-R-0717

  • Constitutionality of Bans on Campaign Contributions and Spending - 2005-R-0180

Elected Officials

  • Vacancies in the United States Senate - 2024-R-0160

  • Summary of Bysiewicz v. Dinardo - 2011-R-0101

  • Recall Provisions and Legislative Proposals - 2004-R-0082

  • Running For Two Offices - 2000-R-0860

Muni cipal Elections

  • Minors Voting in Municipal Elections - 2024-R-0080

  • Documenting Completion of the Canvass of Electors - 2020-R-0228

  • Nonresident Property Owners' Eligibility to Vote on a Town Budget - 2006-R-0469

  • Voting Rights of Resident Aliens - 2003-R-0679

  • Recall of Municipal Officials - 2002-R-0076

Political Parties 

  • Major Party Nominating Procedures in States With Conventions - 2019-R-0033

  • State Regulation of Major and Minor Political Parties - 2013-R-0229

  • Comparison of Major and Minor Parties - 2013-R-0145

  • Summary of Republican Party of Connecticut v. Merrill - 2013-R-0221

  • Unaffiliated Voters Allowed To Vote in Primaries  - 2008-R-0177

  • Ballot Positions - 2006-R-0801

  • Primary Election Ruling in U.S. District Court - 2003-R-0171

  • Legislative History of Challenge Primary Law - 2001-R-0953

Voting

  • Ballot Question and Explanatory Text for 2024 Proposed Constitutional Amendment on Absentee Voting - 2024-R-0145

  • Absentee Voting Process and Voter Identification Requirements - 2024-R-0112

  • Early Voting - 2023-R-0018

  • Noncitizen Voting - 2022-R-0231

  • Risk-Limiting Audits - 2022-R-0082

  • Ballot Question and Explanatory Text for 2022 Proposed Constitutional Amendment on Early Voting - 2022-R-0157

  • Issue Brief: Understanding Voter Turnout - 2022-R-0154

  • Absentee Ballot Processing - 2022-R-0022

  • Issue Brief: Risk-Limiting Audits - 2022-R-0080

  • Absentee Voting: Summary of Fay v. Merrill (2021) - 2021-R-0191

  • Post-Election Audits in Connecticut - 2021-R-0174

  • Issue Brief: Voting Rights After Felony Conviction - 2021-R-0188

  • Voter Identification Requirements in Connecticut - 2021-R-0071

  • National Popular Vote Interstate Compact - 2021-R-0031

  • Issue Brief: Absentee Voting in the 2020 Election - 2020-R-031

  • Maintaining the Voter Registry List: Interstate Moves by Registered Voters - 2020-R-0234

  • Locating a Polling Place Outside of a Voting District's Boundaries - 2020-R-0216

  • State Voter Competence Laws - 2020-R-0018

  • 75-Foot Rule - 2015-R-0307

  • States that Require a Valid Reason for Absentee Voting - 2014-R-0256

  • History of Absentee Voting in the State Constitution - 2012-R-0379

  • Policy Options for Military and Overseas Voting - 2010-R-0403

  • Voter Registration - 2010-R-0026

  • Armed Services Members' Absentee Voting Record - 2008-R-0641

  • Connecticut's Optical Scan Voting Machines and Other States - 2006-R-0796

  • Registrars of Voters Duties and Responsibilities - 2005-R-0924

  • History and Constitutionality of Early Voting In Connecticut - 2004-R-0906

  • Voter Fraud - 2004-R-0865

United Way of Connecticut 2-1-1

  • Voting Rights of Convicted Felons in Connecticut

 

Useful Websites

  • Federal Election Commission (FEC)

  • US Election Assistance Commission (EAC)

 

  • Summary of 2025 Acts Affecting Town Clerks and Elections

  • Summary of 2024 Acts Affecting Town Clerks and Elections

  • Summary of 2023 Acts Affecting Town Clerks and Elections

  • Summary of 2022 Acts Affecting Town Clerks and Elections

  • Summary of 2021 Acts Affecting Town Clerks and Elections

  • Summary of 2019 Acts Affecting Town Clerks and Elections

  • Summary of 2018 Acts Affecting Town Clerks and Elections

Connecticut General Statutes

Selected Statutes:

Title 9 - Elections.

  • Chapter 141 General Provisions

    • Sec. 9-1 . Definitions.

    • Sec. 9-7a . State Elections Enforcement Commission. Reports. Political activity of members. Written complaints.

    • Sec. 9-7b. State Elections Enforcement Commission's duties and powers.

  • Chapter 143 Electors: Qualifications and Admission

    • Sec. 9-12 . Who may be admitted.

    • Sec. 9-23n . Voter registration agencies. Duties.

    • Sec. 9-45. Removal from registry list of convicted felons who are committed to custody of Commissioner of Correction.

    • Sec. 9-46 . Forfeiture of electoral rights.

    • Sec. 9-46a . Restoration or granting of electoral privileges.

  • Chapter 145 Absentee Voting

    • Sec. 9-134 . Members of the armed forces; definitions.

    • Sec. 9-135. Absentee voting eligibility. Misrepresentation prohibited

    • Sec. 9-140 . Application for and issuance of absentee ballots. Distribution of absentee ballot applications. Mailing unsolicited applications. Downloading applications. Summary of absentee voting laws.

  • Chapter 146 Elections

    • Sec. 9-169 . Voting districts.

    • Sec. 9-170 . Eligibility to vote at town elections.

    • Sec. 9-171 . Eligibility to vote at city elections.

    • Sec. 9-172 . Eligibility to vote at state elections.

    • Sec. 9-174 . Hours of voting. Voting by electors in line at eight o'clock p.m.

    • Sec. 9-236 . Activities prohibited in and near polling place; 

    • Sec. 9-236b. Voter's Bill of Rights.

  • Chapter 147 Voting Methods

    • Sec. 9-249a. Order of parties on ballots.

  • Chapter 148 Election Canvass and Returns

  • Chapter 149 Elections and Primaries: Contested

  • Chapter 151 Elections: Prohibited Acts and Penalties

    • Sec. 9-360. Fraudulent voting.

  • Chapter 152 Referenda

  • Chapter 153 Nominations and Political Parties

    • Sec. 9-372 . Definitions.

    • Sec. 9-381 . Nomination procedure.

    • Sec. 9-451 . Minor parties.

  • Chapter 154 Presidential Preference Primary

  • Chapter 155 Elections: Campaign Financing

    • Sec. 9-601a . Contributions defined.

    • Sec. 9-601b . Expenditures defined

    • Sec. 9-601c . Independent expenditures defined.

  • Chapter 157 Citizens' Election Program

    • Sec. 9-702. Citizens' Election Program established. Eligibility for grants.

    • Sec. 9-703 . Affidavit certifying candidate's intent to abide or not abide by expenditure limits.

    • Sec. 9-704 . Qualifying contributions.

Chapter 90 - Town and Other Community Meetings

  • Sec. 7-6 . Eligibility to vote.

Chapter 16 - General Assembly

  • Sec. 2-5 . Holding of office by members of the General Assembly.

Connecticut Regulations

  • Title 09 - Elections

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