General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5303
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 556
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist. (By Request)
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5303
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 556
*00556*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist.
(By Request)
AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR PARTY QUALIFICATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 9-372 of the general statutes be amended to provide that any political party or organization that qualifies as a minor party (1) for any office during a state election also qualifies as a minor party for subsequent municipal elections in all municipalities wholly contained within the district of such office, and (2) for any state-wide office also qualifies as a minor party for all other state-wide offices.
Statement of Purpose:
To expand access to the ballot for nonmajor political parties and organizations.