CT HB05428

Expands State Elections Enforcement Commission investigative powers to subpoena records in any format and impound voting tabulators, ballots, memory cards, and related programming components during investigations.

Establishes voter rights protections including the right to inspect sample ballots, receive voting equipment instructions, cast provisional ballots, vote without coercion, and vote privately regardless of disability, with a complaint process for violations.

Modifies Citizens' Election Program grant eligibility by eliminating general election grants for unopposed participating candidates and clarifying the definition of "unopposed" to require opponent filing requirements.

Changes election official notification requirements from Secretary of the State to town clerks regarding violations, and establishes a three-day accounting period for fund applications based on filing date rather than application deadline.

Updates voter enrollment list requirements to allow registrars to make lists available upon request year-round rather than requiring specific printing schedules, and clarifies that registrars of voters maintain public access to lists.