Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00108 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 108
22 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1088
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44 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
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66 SEN. SUZIO, 13th Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 108
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1212 January Session, 2017
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1414 LCO No. 1088
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1818 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
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2222 SEN. SUZIO, 13th Dist.
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2424 AN ACT PROPORTIONALLY AWARDING THE STATE'S ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to provide that (1) the two electors of President and Vice President of the United States corresponding to the senators in Congress to which the state is entitled shall cast their ballots for the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates receiving the highest total of votes state-wide, and (2) each of the five such electors corresponding to the representative in Congress to which each of the state's five congressional districts is entitled shall cast such elector's respective ballot for the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates receiving the highest total votes in the corresponding congressional district.
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3030 Statement of Purpose:
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3232 To more proportionally award Connecticut's Electoral College votes.