| Old | New | Differences | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6631 | |
| 2 | - | January Session, 2013 *_____HB06631GAE___032813____* | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6631 | |
| 2 | + | January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4242 | |
| 3 | + | *04242_______GAE* | |
| 4 | + | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS | |
| 5 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | + | (GAE) | |
| 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | - | ||
| 10 | + | Raised Bill No. 6631 | |
| 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 12 | January Session, 2013 | |
| 9 | 13 | ||
| 10 | - | *_____HB06631GAE___032813____* | |
| 14 | + | LCO No. 4242 | |
| 15 | + | ||
| 16 | + | *04242_______GAE* | |
| 17 | + | ||
| 18 | + | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS | |
| 19 | + | ||
| 20 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | + | ||
| 22 | + | (GAE) | |
| 11 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE ORDER OF PARTIES ON BALLOTS. | |
| 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 15 | 27 | ||
| 16 | 28 | Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 9-249a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2014): | |
| 17 | 29 | ||
| 18 | 30 | (a) The names of the parties shall be arranged on the ballots in the following order: | |
| 19 | 31 | ||
| 20 | - | (1) The party [whose candidate for Governor polled the highest number of votes] in which the Governor was enrolled for the last-preceding election | |
| 32 | + | (1) The party [whose candidate for Governor polled the highest number of votes] in which the Governor was enrolled for the last-preceding election; | |
| 21 | 33 | ||
| 22 | 34 | (2) Other parties who had candidates for Governor in the last-preceding election, in descending order, according to the number of votes polled for each such candidate; | |
| 23 | 35 | ||
| 24 | 36 | (3) Minor parties who had no candidate for Governor in the last-preceding election; | |
| 25 | 37 | ||
| 26 | 38 | (4) Petitioning candidates with party designation whose names are contained in petitions approved pursuant to section 9-453o; and | |
| 27 | 39 | ||
| 28 | 40 | (5) Petitioning candidates with no party designation whose names are contained in petitions approved pursuant to section 9-453o. | |
| 29 | 41 | ||
| 30 | 42 | ||
| 31 | 43 | ||
| 32 | 44 | ||
| 33 | 45 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 34 | 46 | Section 1 January 1, 2014 9-249a(a) | |
| 35 | 47 | ||
| 36 | 48 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 37 | 49 | ||
| 38 | 50 | Section 1 | |
| 39 | 51 | ||
| 40 | 52 | January 1, 2014 | |
| 41 | 53 | ||
| 42 | 54 | 9-249a(a) | |
| 43 | 55 | ||
| 56 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 44 | 57 | ||
| 58 | + | To provide that the name of the party in which the Governor was enrolled for the last-preceding election be the party that appears first on the ballot. | |
| 45 | 59 | ||
| 46 | - | GAE Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 47 | - | ||
| 48 | - | GAE | |
| 49 | - | ||
| 50 | - | Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 60 | + | [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.] |