Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00778 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/24/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 778
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 2173
Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections
Introduced by:
SEN. MAYNARD, 18th Dist. (By Request)

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 778 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 2173

Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections 

Introduced by:

SEN. MAYNARD, 18th Dist.

(By Request)

AN ACT CONCERNING BALLOT ACCESS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to reduce the number of ballot petition signatures required for ballot access to the lesser of one per cent of the votes cast in the previous election or one thousand.

Statement of Purpose: 

To increase the ease of ballot access.