Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00601 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 601
22 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1946
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44 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
55 Introduced by:
66 SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 601
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1212 January Session, 2015
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1414 LCO No. 1946
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1616 *01946*
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1818 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
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2020 Introduced by:
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2222 SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.
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2424 AN ACT ELIMINATING OVERVOTING FOR A CANDIDATE.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 That section 9-242 of the general statutes be amended to require that, in the event a candidate is cross endorsed and an elector casts more than one vote for such candidate on a ballot (1) any voting tabulator approved by the Secretary of the State shall not accept such ballot, and (2) the elector shall be given a new ballot for the purpose of casting such elector's vote.
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3030 Statement of Purpose:
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3232 To eliminate overvoting and the attribution of unknown votes for cross-endorsed candidates.