Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05956 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/18/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5956
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1988
 *01988*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. ALBIS, 99th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5956 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1988

*01988*

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 

Introduced by:

REP. ALBIS, 99th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING VOTER REGISTRATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

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

That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to require that any person eligible to be admitted as an elector and applying to the Department of Motor Vehicles for a motor vehicle operator's license or identity card be so admitted as an elector, provided such person may opt affirmatively to not be so admitted.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide for a person's automatic voter registration during certain transactions with the Department of Motor Vehicles unless such person opts out of so registering.