Sec. 9-285. Packaging of ballots; method of opening. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 9-285. Packaging of ballots; method of opening. The ballots shall be enclosed and sealed in packages, upon the wrapper of which shall appear the number of ballots contained therein and the municipality, ward or voting district for which they are intended. Each package shall be contained in an outer wrapper upon which shall plainly appear the name of the municipal clerk and the address to which such package is to be sent, together with a facsimile of the state seal and such other markings as the Secretary of the State deems necessary. The municipal clerk receiving such package shall remove the outer wrapper and shall deliver such package with the inner wrapper intact to the ballot clerk of the municipality or ward or voting district therein, for which such ballots are intended for use, at least thirty minutes before the opening of the polls, and the ballot clerks shall give a receipt to the municipal clerk for the ballots so delivered. Such municipal clerk shall, in the presence of the registrars of voters, open and break the seal of such inner wrapper and in their presence examine such ballots for the purpose of verifying their correctness; and, if such ballots are found correct, such inner wrapper shall be immediately resealed and such municipal clerk and registrars shall sign their names or initials on such new seal in the presence of each other.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1048; 1953, S. 761d.)