CHAPTER 146
ELECTIONS
Table of Contents
Sec. 9-192a. Committee to establish programs and procedures for training, examining and certifying registrars, deputies and assistants. Training program for poll workers.
Sec. 9-192b. Designation of registrar, deputy or an assistant to receive instruction.
PART II
PARTICULAR OFFICERS
Sec. 9-192a. Committee to establish programs and procedures for training,
examining and certifying registrars, deputies and assistants. Training program for
poll workers. (a) There is created a committee for the purpose of establishing programs
and procedures for training, examining and certifying registrars of voters, deputy registrars of voters and permanent assistants, as described in section 9-192. The committee
shall consist of six members, one of whom shall be from the office of the Secretary of
the State, one of whom shall be from the State Elections Enforcement Commission, and
four of whom shall be registrars of voters. The Secretary of the State shall appoint
the registrars of voters, in consultation with the Registrars of Voters Association of
Connecticut, or its successor organization. The committee members shall serve without
pay. The Secretary of the State shall determine the length of the terms of the initial
members, in accordance with the following: Two of such members shall serve for a one-year term; two of such members shall serve for a two-year term; and two of such members
shall serve for a four-year term. Thereafter, all members shall serve for four-year terms.
The committee shall select a chairperson, who shall be one of the registrars who is a
member of the committee.
(b) The committee shall adopt criteria for the training, examination and certification
requirements of registrars, deputies and permanent assistants. In the adoption of said
criteria, the committee (1) shall consider whether the prescribed training leading to
certification may, in part, be satisfied through participation in the required two conferences a year called by the Secretary of the State, pursuant to section 9-6, for purposes
of discussing the election laws, procedures or matters related to election laws and procedures and (2) may recommend programs at one or more institutions of higher education
that satisfy said criteria. Any registrar of voters, deputy or permanent assistant may
participate in the course of training prescribed by the committee and, upon completing
such training and successfully completing any examination or examinations prescribed
by the committee, shall be recommended by the committee, to the Secretary of the
State as a candidate for certification as a certified Connecticut registrar of voters. The
Secretary of the State shall certify any such qualified, recommended candidate as a
certified Connecticut registrar of voters. The Secretary of the State may rescind any
such certificate only upon a finding, by a majority of the committee, of sufficient cause
as defined by the criteria adopted pursuant to this subsection. No provision of this subsection shall require any registrar of voters, deputy or permanent assistant to be a certified
registrar of voters.
(c) The committee shall also (1) develop a training program in election procedures
for poll workers, and (2) develop an election law and procedures training program and
guide for registrars, deputy registrars and assistant registrars. The training program developed under subdivision (2) of this section shall provide for training to be conducted
by trained registrars or former registrars hired for such purpose by the Secretary of the
State. The committee shall submit such training programs and training guide to the
Secretary of the State, who shall approve or modify the programs and guide.
(P.A. 98-67, S. 6, 10; P.A. 05-235, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 98-67 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 05-235 divided provisions of existing Subsec. (a) into new Subsecs.
(a) and (b), included existing Subsecs. (b) and (c) in new Subsec. (b) and made technical changes therein, and added new
Subsec. (c) requiring committee to develop training program in election procedures for poll workers and an election law
and procedures training program and guide for registrars, deputies and assistants, effective July 1, 2005.
Sec. 9-192b. Designation of registrar, deputy or an assistant to receive instruction. Each registrar of voters shall annually designate either said registrar, the deputy
registrar of voters or an assistant registrar of voters to receive at least ten hours of
instruction under the elections training program developed under subdivision (2) of
subsection (c) of section 9-192a.
(P.A. 05-235, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 05-235 effective July 1, 2005.