Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00435 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 435
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1043
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 435 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1043

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 

Introduced by:

SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF POLLING PLACES.

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

That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to permit municipalities with populations smaller than one hundred thousand persons to reduce the number of polling places, at the discretion of the municipality, for certain elections.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide financial relief to towns by allowing them to have fewer polling places for certain lower turnout elections.