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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-359a (2025)

False statement in absentee balloting. Class D felony

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(a) A person is guilty of false statement in absentee balloting when he intentionally makes a false written statement in or on or signs the name of another person to the application for an absentee ballot or the inner envelope accompanying any such ballot, which he does not believe to be true and which statement or signature is intended to mislead a public servant in the performance of his official function.

(b) False statement in absentee balloting is a class D felony.

(P.A. 74-96, S. 1, 9.)

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1987–2024 · leading case: Concerned Citizens of Sterling v. Town of Sterling, 529 A.2d 666 (Conn. 1987).
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Concerned Citizens of Sterling v. Town of Sterling, 529 A.2d 666 (Conn. 1987). “In connection with its investigation of any alleged violation of any provision of Chapter 144a or 145, or of any provision of section 9-359 or section 9-359a, the commission shall also have the power to subpoena any municipal clerk and to require the production for examination…”
Acorn v. Bysiewicz, 413 F. Supp. 2d 119 (D. Conn. 2005). “§§ 9-359a, 53a-35, 53a-41(4), 53a-156. Although Public Act 05-235, which became law in July 2005, made some changes to the penalty provisions of the election law, it did not stiffen any of the penalties listed above.”
State v. Mallozzi, 317 A.3d 131 (Conn. App. Ct. 2024). · cites it 2× “3 We are unper- suaded. ‘‘[T]he question of identity of a perpetrator of a crime is a question of fact that is within the sole province of the [trier of fact] to resolve.”
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