General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5205
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 478
*00478*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. RILEY, 46th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5205
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 478
*00478*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. RILEY, 46th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING AN AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to adopt the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President of the United States by National Popular Vote and, upon adoption of said agreement by a number of states representing a majority of Electoral College votes, commit Connecticut's electoral votes to the presidential candidate with the greatest vote total nationally.
Statement of Purpose:
To proceed toward implementing the interstate compact to determine the election of the President by national popular vote.