Sec. 9-291. Arrangement of and admission to voting place. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 9-291. Arrangement of and admission to voting place. The ballot box shall be open for the reception of votes in an enclosure which shall be so arranged that access to it shall be from the room or rooms, booth or booths, in which the electors prepare their ballots. The exit from such enclosure shall be into some other enclosure or hall or into a public street or square, and the partition separating it from the main hall shall not be less than three feet or more than four feet in height. No person shall be allowed to enter or remain in the enclosure where the ballot box and stub box are placed, at any election held under the provisions of this part, except for the purpose of depositing the person's ballot, unless the person is a moderator, box-tender or registrar, except as hereinafter provided. An elector may be accompanied into the room or booth in which the electors prepare their ballots and into the enclosure where the ballot box and stub box are placed by one or more children who are fifteen years of age or younger and supervised by the elector, if the elector is the parent or legal guardian of such children. The moderator may admit into the enclosure where the ballot box and the stub box are placed such officers with power of arrest as may be required, but only when actually required to preserve order or enforce any of the provisions hereof. No person shall give or offer to any elector, in any such room or booth, any ballot to be used in voting, or place any ballots in such room or booth for the use of electors or for any other purpose.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1056; 1953, S. 768d; P.A. 87-251, S. 3; P.A. 97-154, S. 19, 27; P.A. 02-130, S. 2.)

      History: P.A. 87-251 allowed children 10 years of age or younger to accompany an elector into room or booth in which ballots prepared or into enclosure where ballot box and stub box are placed; P.A. 97-154 increased maximum age of children who may accompany an elector into room, booth and enclosure from 10 years to 15 years, and added proviso that such elector be the parent or legal guardian of such children, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 02-130 deleted provisions allowing a checker, challenger or witness to be allowed in the enclosure where the ballot box and stub box are placed and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2002.