Connecticut § 9-439 - Duties of officials.
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§ 9-439. Duties of officials.
Sec. 9-439. Duties of officials. The moderator in each polling place shall have charge of the primary held therein. The other officials shall have, as nearly as may be, the same duties as at a regular election. The checkers at each polling place shall check the name of each elector on the list or lists of eligible electors of the municipality or the voting district, as the case may be, when the elector offers himself to vote. All officials serving at any primary shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties.
(June, 1955, S. 602d; November, 1955, S. N85; 1958 Rev., S. 9-113; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 65; P.A. 87-509, S. 19, 24.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 87-509 substituted “list or lists of eligible electors” for “enrollment list”.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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