Connecticut 2014 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05568 Compare Versions

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1	1	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5568
2	2	February Session, 2014 LCO No. 2498
3	3	02498_______JUD
4	4	Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
5	5	Introduced by:
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8	8	General Assembly
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10	10	Raised Bill No. 5568
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12	12	February Session, 2014
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14	14	LCO No. 2498
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16	16	02498_______JUD
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18	18	Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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20	20	Introduced by:
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24	24	AN ACT CONCERNING ATTEMPTED FRAUDULENT VOTING.
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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. Section 9-360 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
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30	30	(a) Any person [not legally qualified] who fraudulently votes or attempts to fraudulently vote in any town meeting, primary, election or referendum in which the person is not qualified to vote, and any legally qualified person who, at such meeting, primary, election or referendum, fraudulently votes or attempts to fraudulently vote more than once at the same meeting, primary, election or referendum, shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars and shall be imprisoned not less than one year or more than two years or be both fined and imprisoned, and shall be disfranchised.
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32	32	(b) Any person who votes or attempts to vote at any election, primary, referendum or town meeting by assuming the name of [another] a legally qualified person shall be guilty of a class D felony and shall be disfranchised.
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34	34	(c) For the purposes of this section: (1) "attempt" means conduct that constitutes an attempt to commit a crime under section 53a-49, and (2) a "primary" or "election" includes, but is not limited to, each separate primary or election, as the case may be, that is held on the same day.
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39	39	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
40	40	Section 1 from passage 9-360
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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	from passage
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48	48	9-360
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50	50	Statement of Purpose:
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52	52	To clarify (1) that the offense of "attempt to commit a crime" applies to fraudulent voting, and (2) the applicability of fraudulent voting provisions.
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54	54	[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.]