General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 608
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2787
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 608
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 2787
*02787*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PARTY PRIMARIES AND PETITIONING CANDIDATE DEADLINES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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.
Statement of Purpose:
To change the deadline for petitioning candidates in order to prohibit unsuccessful primary candidates from still seeking placement on the ballot.