Below is correspondence we had with the attorney administering the Voter Registry Privacy Program. I thought it would be useful for everyone.
Please read the correspondence for yourself. My take on this is that voters, although their name is in the back of the book, need to verify identity just like any other voter. They are not given a special card like the voters in the Address Confidentiality Program.
Link to SOTS Opinion on Voter Registry Privacy Program
Information on the Address Confidentiality Program
Thanks,
Fred
From: Carini, Aida <Aida.Carini@ct.gov>
Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 11:38 AM
To: DeCaro, Fred <Fred.DeCaro@greenwichct.org>
Subject: RE: Voter Registry Privacy Program
Please refer to page 2 which states “This will place the name of the voter at the end of the registry list in the appropriate voting district without a corresponding physical address.”
This is how they are handled at the polls. This is a nondisclosure statute for when you provide the registry list to third parties. It does not relieve the voter of anything else.
Aida R. Carini
Staff Attorney
Connecticut Secretary of the State
165 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106
Aida.Carini@ct.gov
Phone: (860) 509-6123
From: DeCaro, Fred <Fred.DeCaro@greenwichct.org>
Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 11:34 AM
To: Carini, Aida <Aida.Carini@ct.gov>
Cc: Hegarty, Mary <mary.hegarty@greenwichct.org>
Subject: Re: Voter Registry Privacy Program
Thank you, I have read the document and although it reviews the process for suppressing the information in CVRS, I don't see specific guidance on what should happen at the polling place.
A voter in the legacy Address Confidentiality Program gets a card from the Secretary's office which they use as ID when they vote. Our poll workers are trained, if they are presented with the card, to ask no questions and immediately look for these voters in the rear of the book. What are these new voters expected to provide, since no card was issued to them?
If they refuse to show ID or don't bring ID, are they going to fill out the same affidavit as other voters, which requires an address?
Thank you.
Fred DeCaro III
Registrar of Voters
From: Carini, Aida <Aida.Carini@ct.gov>
Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 10:38 AM
To: DeCaro, Fred <Fred.DeCaro@greenwichct.org>
Subject: RE: Voter Registry Privacy Program
Dear Mr. DeCaro,
Please refer to the guidance which was attached to my previous email which includes instructions for how to suppress the address in CVRS.
Aida R. Carini
Staff Attorney
Connecticut Secretary of the State
165 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106
Aida.Carini@ct.gov
Phone: (860) 509-6123
From: DeCaro, Fred <Fred.DeCaro@greenwichct.org>
Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 10:38 AM
To: Carini, Aida <Aida.Carini@ct.gov>; Hegarty, Mary <mary.hegarty@greenwichct.org>
Subject: Re: Voter Registry Privacy Program
Dear Attorney Carini,
How will these voters display on the official voter list. Will they be the same as individuals who participate in the Secretary's Address Confidential program. Those voters have a yellow card which proves their identity. What is the procedure for processing these new confidential voters at the polling place.
Thank you.
Fred DeCaro III
Registrar of Voters
From: Carini, Aida <Aida.Carini@ct.gov>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2022 11:35 AM
To: Hegarty, Mary <mary.hegarty@greenwichct.org>; DeCaro, Fred <Fred.DeCaro@greenwichct.org>
Subject: Voter Registry Privacy Program
[EXTERNAL]
Dear Ms. Hegarty and Mr. DeCaro,
Attached please find Voter Registry Privacy Program applications I have received from voters in your town. I am also attaching our guidance on this program as a reminder that you must take action on the local level to suppress the CVRS information on the local level. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have and have a great rest of the week!