2007 Formal Opinions

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• Honorable Robert Farr, Chairman, Board of Pardons and Paroles, Formal Opinion 2007-018, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  This letter responds to your request for a formal opinion on “whether or not the Board of Pardons has the authority to commute a non-parole eligible offense, as defined by CGS § 54-125a(b)(1), to make it a parole eligible offense.”

• Honorable Susan B. Bysiewicz, Secretary of the State, Formal Opinion 2007-009, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have asked for a formal opinion as to whether Connecticut's "Voter's Bill of Rights" requires municipalities to provide a voting system accessible to the physically disabled in each polling place in non-federal elections, including elections held this year.

• Honorable Susan Bysiewicz, Secretary of the State, Formal Opinion 2007-016, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have asked this Office for an opinion concerning the use of the City of New Haven’s “Elm City Resident Cards" during the electoral process. Specifically, you have asked us to opine whether your Office has the legal authority to issue the following directives with respect to the use of such cards by individuals seeking to vote or register to vote in Connecticut

• Honorable Thomas R. Sullivan, Commissioner, Department of Insurance, Formal Opinion 2007-029, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  This letter is in response to your November 19, 2007 request that I reconsider my formal legal opinion issued to Comptroller Nancy Wyman on July 25, 2007 (Attorney General Opinion 2007-012).