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1999 Connecticut Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1999)

handle is hein.sag/sagct0018 and id is 1 raw text is: 1999-001 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut 1999-001 Page 1 of 2 Attorney General's Opinion Attorney General Richard Blumenthal February 2, 1999 Honorable Susan Bysiewicz Secretary of the State State Capitol Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Re: Social Security Numbers Provided to Registrars Dear Ms. Bysiewicz: In Public Act No. 97-200, the legislature amended various statutes to provide for additional sources of names for the jury rolls, and provided for the use of social security numbers by the jury administrator to prevent duplication. Section 6 of this Public Act amended Conn. Gen. Stat. * 51- 222a to require registrars to provide the jury administrator with lists of electors and their social security numbers if available. Last year, in a formal opinion to the Chief Court Administrator, I concluded that the provisions of P.A. 97-200 are ambiguous, and that the jury administrator should proceed to establish the master jury list with the names of electors supplied by the registrars of voters, but without electors' Social Security numbers, until the legislature has an opportunity to act on this matter. The question has arisen whether voters who had provided their Social Security numbers to their local registrars prior to the enactment of P.A. # 97-200 may, consistent with the law, request that these numbers be removed from their records. You have asked: If an elector files a written request to remove his/her social security number from the records of the registrars of voters (to whom the elector voluntarily gave it on his voter application card under section 9-20 of the General Statutes) may the registrar remove it from his/her records, and may the registrar of voters then refuse to provide such social security number to the Jury Administrator in the format prescribed under Section 51-222a? For the reasons that follow, my answer to this question is yes. Beginning in 1993, registrars of voters were permitted to request voters to provide their social security numbers if they wished to do so for use in maintaining accurate voter lists, and,

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