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| 18 | 18 | | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS |
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| 20 | 20 | | Introduced by: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (GAE) |
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| 24 | 24 | | AN ACT CONCERNING THE RETENTION OF UNUSED ABSENTEE BALLOTS. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 1. Subsections (f) to (h), inclusive, of section 9-150b of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2014): |
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| 30 | 30 | | (f) The municipal clerk shall preserve for sixty days after the election, primary or referendum the depository envelopes containing opened envelopes and rejected ballots required by subsection (f) of section 9-150a, and shall so preserve for one hundred eighty days the depository envelopes containing counted ballots and related materials required by subsection (m) of section 9-150a. The municipal clerk shall preserve for ten days after the election, primary or referendum all unused absentee ballots. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (g) No such depository envelope shall be opened except by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, by the State Elections Enforcement Commission pursuant to a subpoena issued under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 9-7b or within five days of an election, primary or referendum for the purpose of a recanvass conducted pursuant to law. After such a recanvass the depository envelopes and their contents shall be returned to the municipal clerk and preserved for the stated period. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (h) For sixty days after the election, primary or referendum the following shall be preserved by the municipal clerk as a public record open to public inspection: (1) All executed absentee ballot application forms and direction by registrar forms, as required by subdivision (i) of section 9-140; (2) the list and index of applicants for presidential or overseas ballots as required by section 9-158h; (3) the numerical list of absentee voting sets issued as required by subsection (e) of section 9-140; (4) the list of the names of persons whose absentee ballots are received by the clerk, as required by subsection (a) of section 9-140c; and (5) [all unused absentee ballots; and (6)] all envelopes containing ballots received by the clerk after the close of the polls, which shall remain unopened. |
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| 39 | 39 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 40 | 40 | | Section 1 January 1, 2014 9-150b(f) to (h) |
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| 42 | 42 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 44 | 44 | | Section 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | January 1, 2014 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 9-150b(f) to (h) |
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