General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 595
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1954
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 595
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1954
*01954*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING VOTES FOR CROSS-ENDORSED CANDIDATES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 9-242 of the general statutes be amended to require that, in the event a candidate is cross endorsed for a single office and an elector casts more than one vote for such candidate on a ballot, such ballot shall be void and any voting tabulator approved by the Secretary of the State shall not accept such ballot.
Statement of Purpose:
To eliminate overvoting.