Connecticut 2016 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00250 Compare Versions

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1-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 250
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1+General Assembly Raised Bill No. 250
2+February Session, 2016 LCO No. 1953
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4+Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
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18+Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
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1224 AN ACT CONCERNING HOURS OF ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION.
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1426 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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16-Section 1. Section 9-174 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
28+Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 9-19j of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
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18-Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute, special act or municipal charter to the contrary, at any regular election, or at any special election held to fill a vacancy in a state, district or municipal office, the polls, and the location designated by the registrars of voters for election day registration pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 9-19j, shall remain open for election day registration, if applicable, and voting from six o'clock a.m. until eight o'clock p.m. No elector shall be permitted to cast [his] such elector's vote after the hour prescribed for the closing of the polls and no applicant for election day registration shall be admitted as an elector or permitted to cast such applicant's vote after the hour prescribed for the closing of the location designated for such purpose in any election unless such elector or applicant, as the case may be, is in line at eight o'clock p.m. An election official or a police official of the municipality, who is designated by the moderator or appointed by the registrars of voters, as the case may be, shall be placed at the end of the line at eight o'clock p.m. Such official shall not allow any electors or applicants for election day registration who were not in such line at eight o'clock p.m. to enter such line.
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20-Sec. 2. Subsection (d) of section 9-19j of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
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22-(d) Any person applying to register on election day under the provisions of subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section shall make application in accordance with the provisions of section 9-20, provided (1) on election day, the applicant shall appear in person not later than eight o'clock p.m. at the location designated by the registrars of voters for election day registration, in accordance with section 9-174, as amended by this act, (2) an applicant who is a student enrolled at an institution of higher education may submit a current photo identification card issued by said institution in lieu of the identification required by section 9-20, and (3) the applicant shall declare under oath that the applicant has not previously voted in the election. If the information that the applicant is required to provide under section 9-20 and subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section does not include proof of the applicant's residential address, the applicant shall also submit identification that shows the applicant's bona fide residence address, including, but not limited to, a learner's permit issued under section 14-36 or a utility bill that has the applicant's name and current address and that has a due date that is not later than thirty days after the election or, in the case of a student enrolled at an institution of higher education, a registration or fee statement from such institution that has the applicant's name and current address.
30+(d) Any person applying to register on election day under the provisions of subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section shall make application in accordance with the provisions of section 9-20, provided (1) on election day, the applicant shall appear in person not later than seven o'clock p.m. at the location designated by the registrars of voters for election day registration, (2) an applicant who is a student enrolled at an institution of higher education may submit a current photo identification card issued by said institution in lieu of the identification required by section 9-20, and (3) the applicant shall declare under oath that the applicant has not previously voted in the election. If the information that the applicant is required to provide under section 9-20 and subsections (a) to (i), inclusive, of this section does not include proof of the applicant's residential address, the applicant shall also submit identification that shows the applicant's bona fide residence address, including, but not limited to, a learner's permit issued under section 14-36 or a utility bill that has the applicant's name and current address and that has a due date that is not later than thirty days after the election or, in the case of a student enrolled at an institution of higher education, a registration or fee statement from such institution that has the applicant's name and current address.
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2735 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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3138 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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48+To require that any individual wishing to register as an elector on election day in the town in which he or she wishes to cast his or her ballot shall appear in person not later than seven o'clock p.m. at the election day registration location.
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50+[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]