Sec. 9-23o. Distribution of form by voter registration agencies. Declinations. Assistance. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 9-23o. Distribution of form by voter registration agencies. Declinations. Assistance. A voter registration agency, as defined in section 9-23n shall comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, and shall distribute with each application for service or assistance provided by the agency, and with each recertification, renewal or change of address form relating to such service or assistance a mail voter registration application form approved by the Secretary of the State unless the applicant declines to register to vote pursuant to the provisions of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time. Such declination shall be in writing, except in the case of an application for service or assistance provided by a library, or a recertification, renewal or change of address form relating to such library service or assistance. Such voter registration agency shall provide each applicant to register to vote the same degree of assistance with regard to the completion of the registration application form as is provided by the agency with regard to the completion of its own forms, unless the applicant refuses such assistance.

      (P.A. 94-121, S. 7, 33; P.A. 99-112, S. 3.)

      History: P.A. 94-121 effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 99-112 made technical changes.