General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6156
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2510
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. FREY, 111th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6156
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2510
*02510*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. FREY, 111th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING JOINT CAMPAIGNING AND RAISING OF FUNDS BY CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
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 (1) candidates for governor and lieutenant governor to seek such candidates' party's nomination jointly as a ticket, and (2) that any such candidates participating in the Citizens' Election Program campaigning jointly and as a ticket receive qualifying contributions through one candidate committee in order to qualify for a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund.
Statement of Purpose:
To require candidates for governor and lieutenant governor to jointly seek their party's nomination and jointly raise funds to qualify for the Citizens' Election Program.