Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00792 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 792
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 1749
 *01749*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist. SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist. SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 792 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 1749

*01749*

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 

Introduced by:

SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.

SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.

SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING REAL-TIME SUBMISSION OF ELECTION RESULTS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE BY TOWNS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 148 of the general statutes be amended to require the Secretary of the State to implement, not later than the 2016 state election, a computerized system through which the election moderator of each town shall be able to immediately transmit electronically to said Secretary the results of the vote for each office contested at such election.

Statement of Purpose: 

To permit election results to be reported by towns as early as possible.