Sec. 9-158b. Eligibility for presidential or overseas ballot.
Sec. 9-158b. Eligibility for presidential or overseas ballot. (a) Each citizen of
the United States who is at least eighteen years of age, is a resident or former resident
and who has not forfeited his electoral privileges because of a disfranchising crime,
may vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors, but for no other offices, in the
town in this state in which he resides, or formerly resided in the manner provided in
sections 9-158c to 9-158m, inclusive.
(b) Each citizen of the United States who is at least eighteen years of age; who
resides outside the United States and who, immediately prior to moving outside the
United States, was a bona fide resident of a town in this state; who is not registered to
vote and is not voting in any other state or election district of a state or territory or in
any territory or possession of the United States, who has a valid passport or card of
identity and registration issued under the authority of the Secretary of State of the United
States or alternative form of identification and who has not forfeited his electoral privileges because of a disfranchising crime, may vote in federal elections in the town in this
state in which he formerly resided immediately prior to his departure from the United
States in the manner provided in sections 9-158c to 9-158m, inclusive. The exercise of
any right to vote in federal elections by any citizen outside the United States shall not
affect the determination of his place of residence or domicile for purposes of any tax
imposed under federal, state or local law.
(1972, P.A. 196, S. 2; P.A. 82-247, S. 4; P.A. 86-179, S. 29, 53; P.A. 89-297, S. 8, 18.)
History: P.A. 82-247 removed absentee electors from applicability statement; P.A. 86-179 made technical changes and
added provisions re overseas balloting; P.A. 89-297 deleted requirement that citizen not maintain a domicile in order to
vote in manner provided in Secs. 9-158c to 9-158m, inclusive.