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STATE OF CONNECTICUT
STATE El.ECTIONS
STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION DEe 3 0 2002
In The Matter of a Complaint by
Mary Lisette Slisz, New Britain

File No. 20~RCe:ME.NT.
COMMiSSiON

AGREEMENT CONTAINING CONSENT ORDER
FOR VIOLATIONS OF §9-140, GENERAL STATUTES
This agreement by and between Eva Corrigan of New Britain, Connecticut,
hereinafter referred to as the Respondent, and the authorized representative of the
State Elections Enforcement Commission, is entered into in accordance with
Section 9-7b-54 of Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and Section 4177(c) of the General Statutes of Connecticut. In accordance herewith, the parties
agree that:
I. An election was held in New Britain on November 5, 2002.
2. The Respondent, on or about the October 14th thru October 22, 2002, provided
absentee ballot applications to various residents of a convalescent home at 50
Pulaski Street, New Britain, Connecticut, where she is employed.
3. Respondent Corrigan assisted approximately four individuals by signing their
names on their absentee ballot applications, with their consent, but did not co-sign
the form as an assister together with her name, residence address and telephone
number.
4. Respondent denies completing any of the other data required to be completed on
these absentee ballot applications but limited her assistance to the signature block
where she signed the applicants' names. The absentee ballot applicants did not
complete this other information and the Respondent states that she is without
knowledge how this other information was placed on the application forms.
5. Connecticut General Statutes *9-140 provides in pertinent part:
(a)
Application for an absentee ballot shall be made to the
clerk of the municipality in which the applicant is eligible to vote
or has applied for such eligibility. Any person who assists
another person in the completion of an application shall, in the
space provided, sign the application and print or type his name,
residence address and telephone number. Such signature shall be
made under the penalties of false statement in absentee
balloting ... (emphasis added).
6. The Secretary of the State, who is responsible for prescribing and furnishing the
application for an absentee ballot, printed the following instructions above where

 the person rendering assistance to the applicant is to sign the application,
their name and provide their residence address and telephone number:

print

UTo be completed by any person who assists another person in completion of
this application."
The signature block.for the assister is directly under the signature block provided
for each absentee ballot applicant who is required to sign the form under penalty
of false statement.
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The Secretary of the State has interpreted the statutory words "assists another in
the completion of an application" to mean filling out any part of the form, even
the most directory information on the form, such as the date of the primary.

8. The Commission concludes that the Respondent failed to co-sign the applications
and print or type her name, residence address and telephone number on the
applications, in her capacity as an assister, in violation of Conn. Gen. Stats. §9140.
9.

Respondent admits all jurisdictional facts and agrees that this agreement and
Order shall have the same force and effect as a final decision and Order entered
after a full hearing and shall become final when adopted by the Commission.
Respondent shall recei ve a copy hereof as provided in Section 9-7b-56 of the
Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

10. It is understood and agreed that this agreement will be submitted to the
Commission at its next meeting and if the Commission does not accept it is
withdrawn by the Respondent and may not be used as an admission in any
subsequent hearing, if the same becomes necessary.
11. Respondent waives:
(a) any further procedural steps;
(b) the requirement that the Commission' s deci~iuI1 contain a statement of
findings of fact and conclusions of law, separately stated; and
(c) all rights to seek judicial review or otherwise to challenge or contest the
validity of the Order entered into pursuant to this agreement.
12. Upon the Respondent's
compliance with the Order hereinafter stated, the
Commission shall not initiate any further proceedings against the Respondent.

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 ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Respondent Corrigan shall pay a civil penalty to
the State Elections Enforcement Commission in the sum of one hundred dollars
($100.00) on or before Januar:y 15,2003.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Respondent shal
§9-140, General Statutes.
For the State Elections Enforcement Commission:
Dated:

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BY:
Albert 'P. Lenge, Esq.
Deputy Director and
Assistant General Counsel
and Authorized
Representative of the State
Elections Enforcement
Commission
20 Trinity Street, Suite 101
Hartford, Connecticut

For the Respondent:

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Eva Corrigan
242 Roxbury Road
New Britain, Connecticut

Adopted this 15th day of J anua,'y, 2003 at Hartford, Connecticut.

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Albert Rogers,
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By Order of the Commission

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