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| 1 | - | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5978 | |
| 2 | - | January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3141 | |
| 3 | - | *03141HB05978GAE* | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5978 | |
| 2 | + | January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1942 | |
| 4 | 3 | Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections | |
| 5 | 4 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | - | ||
| 5 | + | REP. NAFIS, 27th Dist. SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist. | |
| 7 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 7 | General Assembly | |
| 9 | 8 | ||
| 10 | - | ||
| 9 | + | Proposed Bill No. 5978 | |
| 11 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 11 | January Session, 2011 | |
| 13 | 12 | ||
| 14 | - | LCO No. 3141 | |
| 15 | - | ||
| 16 | - | *03141HB05978GAE* | |
| 13 | + | LCO No. 1942 | |
| 17 | 14 | ||
| 18 | 15 | Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections | |
| 19 | 16 | ||
| 20 | 17 | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | 18 | ||
| 22 | - | (GAE) | |
| 19 | + | REP. NAFIS, 27th Dist. | |
| 20 | + | ||
| 21 | + | SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist. | |
| 23 | 22 | ||
| 24 | 23 | AN ACT CONCERNING PERMANENT ABSENTEE BALLOT STATUS FOR DISABLED VOTERS. | |
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| 26 | 25 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 27 | 26 | ||
| 28 | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2012) (a) Any elector who is permanently disabled and who files an application for an absentee ballot with a certification from a primary care provider, indicating that such elector is permanently disabled and unable to appear in person at such elector's designated polling location, shall be eligible for permanent absentee ballot status and shall receive an application for an absentee ballot for each election, primary or referendum conducted in such elector's municipality for which such elector is eligible to vote. Such elector's permanent absentee ballot status shall remain in effect until such elector: (1) Is removed from the official registry list of the municipality, (2) is removed from permanent absentee ballot status pursuant to the provisions of this section, or (3) requests that he or she no longer receive such permanent absentee ballot status. | |
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| 30 | - | (b) The registrars of voters shall send written notice to each such elector with permanent absentee ballot status in January of each year, on a form prescribed by the Secretary of the State, for the purpose of determining if such elector continues to reside at the address indicated on the elector's permanent absentee ballot application. If such written notice is not returned within thirty days or is returned as undeliverable, the elector in question shall be removed from permanent absentee ballot status. If such elector indicates on such notice that the elector no longer resides at such address and the elector's new address is within the same municipality, the registrars of voters shall change the elector's address pursuant to section 9-35 of the general statutes and such elector shall retain permanent absentee ballot status. If the elector indicates on such notice that the elector no longer resides in the municipality, the registrars of voters shall remove such individual from the registry list of the municipality and send such individual an application for voter registration. Failure to return such written notice shall not result in the removal of an elector from the official registry list of the municipality. | |
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| 35 | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 36 | - | Section 1 January 1, 2012 New section | |
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| 38 | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
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| 40 | - | Section 1 | |
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| 42 | - | January 1, 2012 | |
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| 44 | - | New section | |
| 27 | + | That the general statutes be amended to provide permanent absentee ballot status to voters who are permanently disabled. | |
| 45 | 28 | ||
| 46 | 29 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 47 | 30 | ||
| 48 | - | To remove obstacles for voting for persons who are permanently disabled. | |
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| 50 | - | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] | |
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| 54 | - | Co-Sponsors: REP. NAFIS, 27th Dist.; SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist. | |
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| 56 | - | Co-Sponsors: | |
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| 58 | - | REP. NAFIS, 27th Dist.; SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist. | |
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| 60 | - | H.B. 5978 | |
| 31 | + | To remove obstacles to voting for persons who are permanently disabled. |