Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00608 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 608
22 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2787
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44 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
55 Introduced by:
66 SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 608
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1212 January Session, 2015
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1414 LCO No. 2787
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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. FLEXER, 29th Dist.
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING PARTY PRIMARIES AND PETITIONING CANDIDATE DEADLINES.
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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 9-453i of the general statutes be amended to move the submission deadline for a nominating petition proposing a candidate for an office to be filled at an election from the ninetieth day preceding the day of such election to before a party primary held on (1) the second Tuesday in August in the year in which such election is held if a state election, and (2) the fifty-sixth day preceding the day of such election if a municipal election.
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3030 Statement of Purpose:
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3232 To change the deadline for petitioning candidates in order to prohibit unsuccessful primary candidates from still seeking placement on the ballot.