Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05953 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/18/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5953
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1731
 *01731*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. FERRARO, 117th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5953 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1731

*01731*

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 

Introduced by:

REP. FERRARO, 117th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING ADMISSION OF ELECTORS.

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

That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to provide that (1) the last regular session for the admission of electors prior to an election shall be on the fifth day before election day until not later than twelve o'clock p.m. on such day, and (2) no person may be admitted as an elector on the day on which a regular election is held.

Statement of Purpose: 

To extend the deadline for registering to vote an additional two days and eliminate election day registration.