General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5903
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1622
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. WRIGHT E., 41st Dist. REP. RITTER M., 1st Dist. REP. MCGEE, 5th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5903
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1622
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. WRIGHT E., 41st Dist.
REP. RITTER M., 1st Dist.
REP. MCGEE, 5th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESOLUTION OF A TIE VOTE BETWEEN CANDIDATES IN A PRIMARY FOR STATE OR DISTRICT OFFICE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 9-446 of the general statutes be amended to provide that any tie vote in a primary for a state or district office or a municipal office for a general assembly seat be resolved by an adjourned primary in which only the top vote recipients who are tied appear on the ballot.
Statement of Purpose:
To provide that any tie vote in a primary for a state or district office or a municipal office for a general assembly seat be resolved by an adjourned primary in which only the top vote recipients who are tied appear on the ballot.