Sec. 9-260. Instruction by means of demonstrator or spare voting machine. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 9-260. Instruction by means of demonstrator or spare voting machine. A metal demonstrator machine or spare voting machine shall be provided inside the polling place for the instruction of electors. Any such spare voting machine shall not be used for voting and shall be provided in addition to any additional voting machines required pursuant to section 9-238. Any such demonstrator machine shall represent at least five office columns of the two upper rows on the voting machine. Such demonstrator or spare voting machine shall contain, in each space provided for the name of a party, the designation "name of party", in each space provided for the name of a candidate, the designation "name of candidate", in each space provided for the name of an office, the designation, "office", and in each space provided for a question, the designation, "Question-Statement of Question-Yes-No". A spare voting machine provided for the purposes of this section shall contain, in the upper left-hand corner, directly opposite the write-in slides, the designation "write-in slides". The party levers on such demonstrator or spare voting machine shall be covered. At a primary, each space provided for a question shall be left blank. Upon request by any elector who desires instruction after he has entered the polling place and prior to casting his vote, two election officials of different political parties jointly shall instruct such elector on the demonstrator or spare voting machine by causing such elector himself to operate the parts of such demonstrator or spare voting machine.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1208; 1953, S. 736d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 17; P.A. 87-382, S. 28, 55.)

      History: P.A. 87-382 authorized the use of a spare voting machine in place of a demonstrator machine and changed the term "dummy machine" to "demonstrator machine".