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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 897 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3985 | |
| 3 | - | *_____ | |
| 3 | + | *03985_______GAE* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | (GAE) | |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Raised Bill No. 897 | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | January Session, 2017 | |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 3985 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | - | *_____ | |
| 16 | + | *03985_______GAE* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | (GAE) | |
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR ELECTORS TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT. | |
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 28 | Section 1. Section 9-135 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): | |
| 29 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 30 | (a) Any elector eligible to vote at a primary or an election and any person eligible to vote at a referendum may vote by absentee ballot if he or she is unable to appear at his or her polling place during the hours of voting for any of the following reasons: (1) His or her active service with the armed forces of the United States; (2) his or her absence from the town of his or her voting residence; [during all of the hours of voting;] (3) his or her illness; (4) his or her physical disability; (5) the tenets of his or her religion forbid secular activity on the day of the primary, election or referendum; or (6) the required performance of his or her duties as a primary, election or referendum official, including as a town clerk or registrar of voters or as staff of the clerk or registrar, at a polling place other than his or her own during all of the hours of voting at such primary, election or referendum. | |
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| 32 | 32 | (b) No person shall misrepresent the eligibility requirements for voting by absentee ballot prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, to any elector or prospective absentee ballot applicant. | |
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| 36 | 36 | ||
| 37 | 37 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 38 | 38 | Section 1 from passage 9-135 | |
| 39 | 39 | ||
| 40 | 40 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 41 | 41 | ||
| 42 | 42 | Section 1 | |
| 43 | 43 | ||
| 44 | 44 | from passage | |
| 45 | 45 | ||
| 46 | 46 | 9-135 | |
| 47 | 47 | ||
| 48 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 48 | 49 | ||
| 50 | + | To expand eligibility for absentee ballot voting to any elector who is absent from his or her town of voting residence for any reason and at any time during the hours of voting at an election, primary or referendum. | |
| 49 | 51 | ||
| 50 | - | GAE House Favorable | |
| 51 | - | ||
| 52 | - | GAE | |
| 53 | - | ||
| 54 | - | House Favorable | |
| 52 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] |