Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00436 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 436
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1044
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 436 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1044

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 

Introduced by:

SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING POTENTIAL VOTER FRAUD.

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

That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to provide that in any voting district where more votes are cast than the number of voters registered in that district, the results of such election returns shall be voided and that the district shall conduct a revote.

Statement of Purpose: 

To address the potential for voter fraud by providing a remedy when more votes are cast in a district than there are registered voters.