| 1 | 1 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 504 |
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| 2 | 2 | | February Session, 2018 LCO No. 2597 |
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| 3 | 3 | | *02597_______GAE* |
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| 4 | 4 | | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by: |
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| 6 | 6 | | (GAE) |
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| 8 | 8 | | General Assembly |
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| 10 | 10 | | Raised Bill No. 504 |
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| 12 | 12 | | February Session, 2018 |
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| 14 | 14 | | LCO No. 2597 |
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| 16 | 16 | | *02597_______GAE* |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS |
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| 20 | 20 | | Introduced by: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (GAE) |
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| 24 | 24 | | AN ACT REQUIRING JOINT CAMPAIGNING BY CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) At any state convention called by a political party, a purpose for which is to endorse candidates for nomination to the state offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, no endorsement of any candidate for nomination to either such office may be made unless a joint endorsement as a ticket for nomination to both such offices is made at a single roll-call vote of delegates at such convention or poll of such convention by delegation. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sec. 2. Section 9-388 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 32 | 32 | | Whenever a convention of a political party is held for the endorsement of candidates for nomination to state or district office, each candidate endorsed at such convention shall file with the Secretary of the State a certificate, signed by him, stating that he was endorsed by such convention, his name as he authorizes it to appear on the ballot, his full residence address and the title and district, if applicable, of the office for which he was endorsed, except that no certificate of endorsement for nomination to the state office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor may be filed unless such certificate is of a joint endorsement as a ticket, by such convention, for nomination to both such offices, in accordance with section 1 of this act. Such certificate shall be attested by either (1) the chairman or presiding officer, or (2) the secretary of such convention and shall be received by the Secretary of the State not later than four o'clock p.m. on the fourteenth day after the close of such convention. Such certificate shall either be mailed to the Secretary of the State by certified mail, return receipt requested, or delivered in person, in which case a receipt indicating the date and time of delivery shall be provided by the Secretary of the State to the person making delivery. If a certificate of a party's endorsement for a particular state or district office is not received by the Secretary of the State by such time, such certificate shall be invalid and such party, for purposes of section 9-416 and section 9-416a shall be deemed to have made no endorsement of any candidate for such office. If applicable, the chairman of a party's state convention shall, forthwith upon the close of such convention, file with the Secretary of the State the names and full residence addresses of persons selected by such convention as the nominees of such party for electors of President and Vice-President of the United States in accordance with the provisions of section 9-175. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 9-400 of the 2018 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) A candidacy for nomination by a political party to a state office may be filed by or on behalf of any person whose name appears upon the last-completed enrollment list of such party in any municipality within the state and who has either (1) received at least fifteen per cent of the votes of the convention delegates present and voting on any roll-call vote taken on the endorsement or proposed endorsement of a candidate for such state office, whether or not the party-endorsed candidate for such office received a unanimous vote on the last ballot, or (2) circulated a petition and obtained the signatures of at least two per cent of the enrolled members of such party in the state, in accordance with the provisions of sections 9-404a to 9-404c, inclusive, as amended by this act, except that no candidacy for nomination to the state office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor may be filed unless such candidacy is filed jointly as a ticket for such party's nomination to both such offices. Candidacies described in subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be filed by submitting to the Secretary of the State not later than four o'clock p.m. on the fourteenth day following the close of the state convention, a certificate, signed by such candidate and attested by either (A) the chairman or presiding officer, or (B) the secretary of the convention, that such candidate received at least fifteen per cent of such votes, and that such candidate consents to be a candidate in a primary of such party for such state office. Such certificate shall specify the candidate's name as the candidate authorizes it to appear on the ballot, the candidate's full residence address and the title of the office for which the candidacy is being filed. If such certificate for a state office is not received by the Secretary of the State by such time, such certificate shall be invalid and, for purposes of sections 9-416 and 9-416a, shall be deemed to have made no valid certification of nomination by a political party for such state office. A single such certificate or petition for state office may be filed on behalf of two or more candidates for different state offices who consent to have their names appear on a single row of the primary ballot under subsection (b) of section 9-437. Candidacies described in subdivision (2) of this subsection shall be filed by submitting said petition not later than four o'clock p.m. on the sixty-third day preceding the day of the primary for such office to the registrar of voters of the towns in which the respective petition pages were circulated. Each registrar shall file each page of such petition with the Secretary of the State in accordance with the provisions of section 9-404c. A petition filed by or on behalf of a candidate for state office shall be invalid for such candidate if such candidate is certified as the party-endorsed candidate pursuant to section 9-388 or as receiving at least fifteen per cent of the convention vote for such office pursuant to this subsection. Except as provided in section 9-416a, upon the expiration of the time period for party endorsement and circulation and tabulation of petitions and signatures, if any, if one or more candidacies for such state office have been filed pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of the State shall notify all town clerks and registrars of voters in accordance with the provisions of section 9-433, that a primary for such state office shall be held in each municipality in accordance with the provisions of section 9-415. |
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| 38 | 38 | | Sec. 4. Section 9-404a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 40 | 40 | | Petition forms for candidacies for nomination by a political party to a state office, as defined in section 9-372, or the district office of representative in Congress shall be available from the Secretary of the State beginning on the one-hundred-fifth day preceding the day of the primary for such state and district offices. Petition forms for candidacies for nomination by a political party to the district office of judge of probate, state senator or state representative shall be available from the Secretary of the State beginning on the seventy-seventh day preceding the day of the primary for such office. Any person who requests a petition form shall give the person's name and address and the name, address and office sought of each candidate for whom the petition is being obtained and shall file a statement signed by each such candidate that such candidate consents to be a candidate for such office, except that no petition for candidacy for nomination to the state office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor may be requested unless such petition is being obtained for the purpose of filing a candidacy jointly as a ticket for such party's nomination to both such offices. Each such candidate shall include on the statement of consent the candidate's name as the candidate authorizes it to appear on the ballot. Upon receiving such information and statement, the Secretary shall type or print on a petition form the name and address of each such candidate, the office sought and the political party holding the primary. The Secretary shall give to any person requesting such form one or more petition pages, suitable for duplication, as the Secretary deems necessary. If the person is requesting the form on behalf of an indigent candidate or a group of indigent candidates listed on the same petition, the Secretary shall give the person the number of original pages that the person requests or the number which the Secretary deems sufficient. An original petition page filled in by the Secretary may be duplicated by or on behalf of the candidate or candidates listed on the page and signatures may be obtained on such duplicates. The duplicates may be filed in the same manner and shall be subject to the same requirements as original petition pages. All information relative to primary petitions shall be a public record. |
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| 42 | 42 | | Sec. 5. Section 9-451 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 44 | 44 | | The nomination by a minor party of any candidate [for] to office, including an office established after the last-preceding election, and the selection in a municipality by a minor party of town committee members or delegates to conventions may be made in the manner prescribed in the rules of such party, or alterations or amendments thereto, filed with the Secretary of the State in accordance with section 9-374, except that no nomination to the state office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor may be filed unless filed jointly as a ticket for such party's nomination to both such offices. |
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| 46 | 46 | | Sec. 6. Subsection (a) of section 9-437 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 48 | 48 | | (a) At the top of each ballot shall be printed the name of the party holding the primary, and each ballot shall contain the names of all candidates to be voted upon at such primary, except the names of justices of the peace. The vertical columns shall be headed by the designation of the office or position and instructions as to the number for which an elector may vote for such office or position, in the same manner as a ballot used in a regular election, except that the designations for the state offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be in the same vertical column. The name of each candidate for town committee or municipal office, except for the municipal offices of state senator and state representative, shall appear on the ballot as authorized by each candidate. The name of each candidate for state or district office or for the municipal offices of state senator or state representative shall appear on the ballot as it appears on the certificate or statement of consent filed under section 9-388, as amended by this act, 9-391, 9-400, as amended by this act, or 9-409, except that the names of the candidates campaigning jointly as a ticket for nomination to the state offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be so placed on the ballot that an elector will cast a single vote for both candidates. On the first horizontal line, below the designation of the office or position in each column, shall be placed the name of the party-endorsed candidate for such office or position, such name to be marked with an asterisk; provided, where more than one person may be voted for any office or position, the names of the party-endorsed candidates shall be arranged in alphabetical order from left to right under the appropriate office or position designation and shall continue, if necessary, from left to right on the next lower line or lines. In the case of no party endorsement there shall be inserted the designation "no party endorsement" at the head of the vertical column, immediately beneath the designation of the office or position. On the horizontal lines below the line for party-endorsed candidates shall be placed, in the appropriate columns, the names of all other candidates as hereinafter provided. |
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| 50 | 50 | | Sec. 7. Subdivision (1) of subsection (g) of section 9-607 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 52 | 52 | | (g) (1) As used in this subsection, (A) "the lawful purposes of the committee" means: (i) For a candidate committee or exploratory committee, the promoting of the nomination or election of the candidate who established the committee, except that after a joint endorsement as a ticket for nomination, pursuant to section 1 of this act, the filing of a joint candidacy as a ticket for nomination, pursuant to section 9-400, as amended by this act, or a political party nominates candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, whose names shall be so placed on the ballot in the election that an elector will cast a single vote for both candidates, as prescribed in section 9-181, a candidate committee established by either such candidate may also promote the nomination or election, as applicable, of the other such candidate; (ii) for a political committee, the promoting of (I) a political party, including party building activities, (II) the success or defeat of candidates for nomination [and] or election to public office or position subject to the requirements of this chapter, or (III) the success or defeat of referendum questions, provided a political committee formed for a single referendum question shall not promote the success or defeat of any candidate, and provided further a legislative leadership committee or a legislative caucus committee may expend funds to defray costs for conducting legislative or constituency-related business which are not reimbursed or paid by the state; and (iii) for a party committee, the promoting of the party, party building activities, the candidates of the party and continuing operating costs of the party, and (B) "immediate family" means a spouse or dependent child of a candidate who resides in the candidate's household. |
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| 54 | 54 | | Sec. 8. Subsection (a) of section 9-616 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 56 | 56 | | (a) A candidate committee shall not make contributions to, or for the benefit of, (1) a party committee, (2) a political committee, (3) a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office, (4) a national committee, or (5) another candidate committee except that (A) a pro rata sharing of certain expenses in accordance with subsection (b) of section 9-610 shall be permitted, and (B) after a joint endorsement as a ticket for nomination, pursuant to section 1 of this act, the filing of a joint candidacy as a ticket for nomination, pursuant to section 9-400, as amended by this act, or a political party nominates candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, whose names shall be so placed on the ballot in the election or primary, as applicable, that an elector will cast a single vote for both candidates, as prescribed in section 9-181 or 9-347, as amended by this act, an expenditure by a candidate committee established by either such candidate that benefits the candidate committee established by the other such candidate shall be permitted. |
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| 58 | 58 | | Sec. 9. Subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 9-704 of the 2018 supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 60 | 60 | | (1) In the case of [a candidate for nomination or election to the office of Governor] candidates campaigning jointly for nomination or election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to section 9-709, as amended by this act, contributions from individuals in the aggregate amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, of which two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars or more is contributed by individuals residing in the state, except that in the case of a primary or election held in 2022, or thereafter, the aggregate contribution amounts shall be first adjusted under subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section and then rounded to the nearest multiple of one hundred dollars with exactly fifty dollars rounded upward. The provisions of this subdivision shall be subject to the following: (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C) of this subdivision and subsection (g) of section 9-610, (i) before January 1, 2019, the candidate committee of the candidates campaigning jointly for nomination or election shall return the portion of any contribution or contributions from any individual, including [said candidate] either of said candidates, that exceeds one hundred dollars, (ii) on and after January 1, 2019, the candidate committee of the candidates campaigning jointly for nomination or election shall return the portion of any contribution or contributions from any individual, including [said candidate] either of said candidates, that exceeds two hundred fifty dollars, and (iii) any such excess portion shall not be considered in calculating the aggregate contribution amounts under this subdivision, (B) all contributions received by [(i) an exploratory committee established by said candidate, or (ii) an exploratory committee or candidate committee of a candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor who is deemed to be jointly campaigning with a candidate for nomination or election to the office of Governor under subsection (a) of section 9-709] any exploratory committee or candidate committee established by either of said candidates campaigning jointly, which meet the criteria for qualifying contributions to candidate committees under this section shall be considered in calculating the aggregate contribution amounts, and (C) in the case of a primary or election held in 2022, or thereafter, the two-hundred-fifty-dollar maximum individual contribution amount provided in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision shall be first adjusted under subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section and then rounded to the nearest multiple of ten dollars with exactly five dollars rounded upward. |
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| 62 | 62 | | (2) In the case of a candidate for nomination or election to the office of [Lieutenant Governor,] Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer or Secretary of the State, contributions from individuals in the aggregate amount of seventy-five thousand dollars, of which sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars or more is contributed by individuals residing in the state, except that [in the case of a primary or election for Lieutenant Governor held in 2022, or thereafter, the aggregate contribution amounts shall be first adjusted under subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section and then rounded to the nearest multiple of one hundred dollars with exactly fifty dollars rounded upward and] in the case of a primary or election for Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer or Secretary of the State held in 2018, or thereafter, the aggregate contribution amounts shall be first adjusted under subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section and then rounded to the nearest multiple of one hundred dollars with exactly fifty dollars rounded upward. The provisions of this subdivision shall be subject to the following: (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C) of this subdivision and subsection (g) of section 9-610, (i) before January 1, 2019, the candidate committee shall return the portion of any contribution or contributions from any individual, including said candidate, that exceeds one hundred dollars, (ii) on and after January 1, 2019, the candidate committee shall return the portion of any contribution or contributions from any individual, including said candidate, that exceeds two hundred fifty dollars, and (iii) any such excess portion shall not be considered in calculating the aggregate contribution amounts under this subdivision, (B) all contributions received by an exploratory committee established by said candidate that meet the criteria for qualifying contributions to candidate committees under this section shall be considered in calculating the aggregate contribution amounts, and (C) in the case of a primary or election held in 2022, or thereafter, the two-hundred-fifty-dollar maximum individual contribution amount provided in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision shall be first adjusted under subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section and then rounded to the nearest multiple of ten dollars with exactly five dollars rounded upward. |
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| 64 | 64 | | Sec. 10. Subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 9-705 of the 2018 supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 66 | 66 | | (a) (1) The qualified candidate committee of [a major party candidate for the office of Governor who has a primary for nomination to said office] major party candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to section 9-709, as amended by this act, who as a ticket have a primary for nomination to both said offices shall be eligible to receive a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund for the primary campaign in the amount of one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars, provided, in the case of a primary held in 2014, or thereafter, said amount shall be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section. |
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| 68 | 68 | | (2) The qualified candidate committee of [a candidate for the office of Governor who has been nominated, or who has] candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to section 9-709, as amended by this act, who have been nominated or of candidates campaigning jointly for both said offices who have qualified to appear on the election ballot in accordance with the provisions of subpart C of part III of chapter 153, shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the general election campaign in the amount of six million dollars, provided (A) any such committee shall receive seventy-five per cent of said amount if such committee applies for such grant, in accordance with section 9-706, on or after the seventieth day but before the fifty-sixth day preceding the election, (B) any such committee shall receive sixty-five per cent of said amount if such committee so applies on or after the fifty-sixth day but before the forty-second day preceding the election, (C) any such committee shall receive fifty-five per cent of said amount if such committee so applies on or after the forty-second day but before the twenty-eighth day preceding the election, (D) any such committee shall receive forty per cent of said amount if such committee so applies on or after the twenty-eighth day preceding the election, and (E) in the case of an election held in 2014, or thereafter except for in 2018, said amount shall be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section. |
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| 70 | 70 | | (b) (1) The qualified candidate committee of a major party candidate for the office of [Lieutenant Governor,] Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer who has a primary for nomination to said office shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the primary campaign in the amount of three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars, provided, in the case of a primary held in 2014, or thereafter, said amount shall be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section. |
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| 72 | 72 | | (2) The qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer who has been nominated, or who has qualified to appear on the election ballot in accordance with the provisions of subpart C of part III of chapter 153, shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the general election campaign in the amount of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, provided (A) any such committee shall receive seventy-five per cent of said amount if such committee applies for such grant, in accordance with section 9-706, on or after the seventieth day but before the fifty-sixth day preceding the election, (B) any such committee shall receive sixty-five per cent of said amount if such committee so applies on or after the fifty-sixth day but before the forty-second day preceding the election, (C) any such committee shall receive fifty-five per cent of said amount if such committee so applies on or after the forty-second day but before the twenty-eighth day preceding the election, (D) any such committee shall receive forty per cent of said amount if such committee so applies on or after the twenty-eighth day preceding the election, and (E) in the case of an election held in 2014, or thereafter except for in 2018, said amount shall be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section. |
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| 74 | 74 | | (c) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the qualified candidate committee of eligible minor party candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to section 9-709, as amended by this act, or the qualified candidate committee of an eligible minor party candidate for the office of [Governor, Lieutenant Governor,] Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the general election campaign if the candidate of the same minor party for the same office at the last preceding regular election received at least ten per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election. The amount of the grant shall be one-third of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, provided (A) if the candidate of the same minor party for the same office at the last preceding regular election received at least fifteen per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election, the amount of the grant shall be two-thirds of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, (B) if the candidate of the same minor party for the same office at the last preceding regular election received at least twenty per cent of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election, the amount of the grant shall be the same as the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, and (C) in the case of an election held in 2014, or thereafter, said amounts shall be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section. For the purposes of this subdivision, in the case of candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, references to a single candidate shall be construed to refer to both such candidates and references to a single office shall be construed to refer to the office of Governor. |
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| 76 | 76 | | (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the qualified candidate committee of eligible petitioning party candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to section 9-709, as amended by this act, or the qualified candidate committee of an eligible petitioning party candidate for the office of [Governor, Lieutenant Governor,] Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer shall be eligible to receive a grant from the fund for the general election campaign if said candidate's nominating petition has been signed by a number of qualified electors equal to at least ten per cent of the whole number of votes cast for the same office at the last preceding regular election. The amount of the grant shall be one-third of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, provided (A) if said candidate's nominating petition has been signed by a number of qualified electors equal to at least fifteen per cent of the whole number of votes cast for the same office at the last preceding regular election, the amount of the grant shall be two-thirds of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, (B) if said candidate's nominating petition has been signed by a number of qualified electors equal to at least twenty per cent of the whole number of votes cast for the same office at the last preceding regular election, the amount of the grant shall be the same as the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a candidate for the same office, and (C) in the case of an election held in 2014, or thereafter, said amounts shall be adjusted under subsection (d) of this section. For the purposes of this subdivision, in the case of candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, references to a single candidate shall be construed to refer to both such candidates and references to a single office shall be construed to refer to the office of Governor. |
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| 78 | 78 | | (3) In addition to the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, (A) the qualified candidate committee of eligible minor party candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to section 9-709, as amended by this act, and the qualified candidate committee of eligible petitioning party candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to said section, and (B) the qualified candidate committee of an eligible [petitioning] minor party candidate and the qualified candidate committee of an eligible [minor] petitioning party candidate for the office of [Governor, Lieutenant Governor,] Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer, shall be eligible to receive a supplemental grant from the fund after the general election if the treasurer of such candidate committee reports a deficit in the first statement filed after the general election, pursuant to section 9-608, and such candidate received a greater percentage of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election than the percentage of votes utilized by such candidate to obtain a general election campaign grant described in subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection. For the purposes of this subdivision, in the case of candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, references to a single candidate shall be construed to refer to both such candidates and references to a single office shall be construed to refer to the office of Governor. The amount of such supplemental grant shall be calculated as follows: |
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| 80 | 80 | | (A) In the case of any such candidate who receives more than ten per cent, but not more than fifteen per cent, of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election, the grant shall be the product of (i) a fraction in which the numerator is the difference between the percentage of such whole number of votes received by such candidate and ten per cent and the denominator is ten, and (ii) two-thirds of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a major party candidate for the same office. |
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| 82 | 82 | | (B) In the case of any such candidate who receives more than fifteen per cent, but less than twenty per cent, of the whole number of votes cast for all candidates for said office at said election, the grant shall be the product of (i) a fraction in which the numerator is the difference between the percentage of such whole number of votes received by such candidate and fifteen per cent and the denominator is five, and (ii) one-third of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a major party candidate for the same office. |
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| 84 | 84 | | (C) The sum of the general election campaign grant received by any such candidate and a supplemental grant under this subdivision shall not exceed one hundred per cent of the amount of the general election campaign grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a major party candidate for the same office. |
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| 86 | 86 | | Sec. 11. Subdivision (5) of subsection (i) of section 9-705 of the 2018 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 88 | 88 | | (5) The amount of the primary grant or general election campaign grant for a qualified candidate committee shall be reduced, pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision, if such candidate committee has control and custody over lawn signs from any prior election or primary in the following applicable amount: (A) Five hundred or more lawn signs for the qualified candidate committee of major party candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to section 9-709, as amended by this act, the qualified candidate committee of eligible minor party candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to said section, or the qualified candidate committee of eligible petitioning party candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to said section, or for the qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of [Governor, Lieutenant Governor,] Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer, (B) one hundred or more lawn signs for the qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of state senator, or (C) fifty or more lawn signs for the qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of state representative. If such qualified candidate committee has custody and control over lawn signs in the applicable amount, as described in this subdivision, the grant from the fund for the primary campaign or general election campaign, as applicable, for such qualified candidate committee shall be reduced as follows: (i) Two thousand five hundred dollars for the qualified candidate committee of major party candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to section 9-709, as amended by this act, the qualified candidate committee of eligible minor party candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to said section, or the qualified candidate committee of eligible petitioning party candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to said section, or for the qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of [Governor, Lieutenant Governor,] Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer, (ii) five hundred dollars for the qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of state senator, or (iii) two hundred fifty dollars for the qualified candidate committee of a candidate for the office of state representative. In no event shall such a reduction be made both to a qualified candidate committee's primary campaign grant and to such candidate committee's general election grant. No reduction in either the primary campaign or general election campaign for a qualified candidate committee's grant shall be taken for any lawn sign that is not in the custody or control of the qualified candidate committee. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to apply to any item other than lawn signs. |
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| 90 | 90 | | Sec. 12. Subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 9-706 of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 91 | 91 | | |
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| 92 | 92 | | (a) (1) A participating candidate for nomination to the office of state senator or state representative in 2008, or thereafter, or the office of Governor [,] or Lieutenant Governor [,] in 2010 or 2014, or the office of Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer in 2010, or thereafter, or participating candidates campaigning jointly for nomination to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor in 2018, or thereafter, may apply to the State Elections Enforcement Commission for a grant from the fund under the Citizens' Election Program for a primary campaign, after the close of the state convention of the candidate's party that is called for the purpose of choosing candidates for nomination for the office that the candidate is seeking, if a primary is required under chapter 153, and (A) said party endorses the candidate for the office that the candidate is seeking, (B) the candidate is seeking nomination to the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer or Secretary of the State or the district office of state senator or state representative and receives at least fifteen per cent of the votes of the convention delegates present and voting on any roll-call vote taken on the endorsement or proposed endorsement of a candidate for the office the candidate is seeking, or (C) the candidate circulates a petition and obtains the required number of signatures for (i) filing a joint candidacy as a ticket for nomination to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to section 9-400, as amended by this act, (ii) filing a candidacy for nomination [for (i) the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor,] to the office of Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer or Secretary of the State or the district office of state senator or state representative, pursuant to section 9-400, as amended by this act, or [(ii)] (iii) filing a candidacy for nomination to the municipal office of state senator or state representative, pursuant to section 9-406, whichever is applicable. The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall make any such grants to participating candidates in accordance with the provisions of subsections (d) to (g), inclusive, of this section. For the purposes of this subdivision and subdivision (2) of this subsection, in the case of candidates campaigning jointly for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, references to a single candidate shall be construed to refer to both such candidates and references to a single office shall be construed to refer to the office of Governor. |
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| 93 | 93 | | |
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| 94 | 94 | | (2) A participating candidate for nomination to the office of state senator or state representative in 2008, or thereafter, or the office of Governor [,] in 2010 and 2014, or the office of Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer in 2010, or thereafter, or participating candidates campaigning jointly as a ticket for nomination to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor in 2018, or thereafter, may apply to the State Elections Enforcement Commission for a grant from the fund under the Citizens' Election Program for a general election campaign: |
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| 96 | 96 | | (A) After the close of the state or district convention or municipal caucus, convention or town committee meeting, whichever is applicable, of the candidate's party that is called for the purpose of choosing candidates for nomination for the office that the candidate is seeking, if (i) said party endorses said candidate for the office that the candidate is seeking and no other candidate of said party files a candidacy with the Secretary of the State in accordance with the provisions of section 9-400, as amended by this act, or 9-406, whichever is applicable, (ii) the candidate is seeking election to the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer or Secretary of the State or the district office of state senator or state representative and receives at least fifteen per cent of the votes of the convention delegates present and voting on any roll-call vote taken on the endorsement or proposed endorsement of a candidate for the office the candidate is seeking, no other candidate for said office at such convention either receives the party endorsement or said percentage of said votes for said endorsement or files a certificate of endorsement with the Secretary of the State in accordance with the provisions of section 9-388, as amended by this act, or a candidacy with the Secretary of the State in accordance with the provisions of section 9-400, as amended by this act, and no other candidate for said office circulates a petition and obtains the required number of signatures for filing a candidacy for nomination [for] to said office pursuant to section 9-400, as amended by this act, (iii) the candidate is seeking election to the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer or Secretary of the State or the district office of state senator or state representative, circulates a petition and obtains the required number of signatures for filing a candidacy for nomination [for] to said office pursuant to section 9-400, as amended by this act, and no other candidate for said office at the state or district convention either receives the party endorsement or said percentage of said votes for said endorsement or files a certificate of endorsement with the Secretary of the State in accordance with the provisions of section 9-388, as amended by this act, or a candidacy with the Secretary of the State in accordance with the provisions of section 9-400, as amended by this act, or (iv) the candidate is seeking election to the municipal office of state senator or state representative, circulates a petition and obtains the required number of signatures for filing a candidacy for nomination [for] to the office the candidate is seeking pursuant to section 9-406 and no other candidate for said office at the caucus, convention or town committee meeting either receives the party endorsement or files a certification of endorsement with the town clerk in accordance with the provisions of section 9-391; |
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| 97 | 97 | | |
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| 98 | 98 | | (B) After any primary held by such party for nomination for said office, if the Secretary of the State declares that the candidate is the party nominee in accordance with the provisions of section 9-440; |
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| 99 | 99 | | |
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| 100 | 100 | | (C) In the case of a minor party candidate, after the nomination of such candidate is certified and filed with the Secretary of the State pursuant to section 9-452; or |
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| 101 | 101 | | |
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| 102 | 102 | | (D) In the case of a petitioning party candidate, after approval by the Secretary of the State of such candidate's nominating petition pursuant to section 9-453o. |
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| 103 | 103 | | |
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| 104 | 104 | | Sec. 13. Section 9-709 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 106 | 106 | | (a) For purposes of this section, expenditures made to aid or promote the success of both a candidate for nomination or election to the office of Governor and a candidate for nomination or election to the office of Lieutenant Governor jointly, shall be considered expenditures made to aid or promote the success of a candidate for nomination or election to the office of Governor. The party-endorsed candidate for nomination or election to the office of Lieutenant Governor and the party-endorsed candidate for nomination or election to the office of Governor shall be deemed to be aiding or promoting the success of both candidates jointly upon: [the earliest of the following: (1) The primary, whether held for the office of Governor, the office of Lieutenant Governor, or both; (2) if no primary is held for the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor, the fourteenth day following the close of the convention; or (3) a declaration by the party-endorsed candidates that they will campaign jointly. Any other candidate for nomination or election to the office of Lieutenant Governor shall be deemed to be aiding or promoting the success of such candidacy for the office of Lieutenant Governor and the success of a candidate for nomination or election to the office of Governor jointly upon a declaration by the candidates that they shall campaign jointly] (1) In the case of major party candidates, the earlier of (A) the joint endorsement as a ticket for nomination, or (B) the filing of a joint candidacy as a ticket for nomination; (2) in the case of eligible minor party candidates, the joint nomination as a ticket; or (3) in the case of eligible petitioning party candidates, the approval of such candidates' ticket's nomination petition by the Secretary of the State. |
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| 107 | 107 | | |
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| 108 | 108 | | (b) If a candidate for nomination or election to the office of Lieutenant Governor is campaigning jointly with a candidate for nomination or election to the office of Governor, the candidate committee and any exploratory committee for the candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor shall be dissolved as of the applicable date set forth in subsection (a) of this section. Not later than fifteen days after said date, the treasurer of the candidate committee formed to aid or promote the success of said candidate for nomination or election to the office of Lieutenant Governor shall file a statement with the proper authority under section 9-603, identifying all contributions received or expenditures made by the committee since the previous statement and the balance on hand or deficit, as the case may be. Not later than thirty days after the applicable date set forth in subsection (a) of this section, (1) the treasurer of a qualified candidate committee formed to aid or promote the success of said candidate for nomination or election to the office of Lieutenant Governor shall distribute any surplus to the fund, and (2) the treasurer of a nonqualified candidate committee formed to aid or promote the success of said candidate for nomination or election to the office of Lieutenant Governor shall distribute such surplus in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e) of section 9-608. |
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| 113 | 113 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 114 | 114 | | Section 1 from passage New section |
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| 115 | 115 | | Sec. 2 from passage 9-388 |
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| 116 | 116 | | Sec. 3 from passage 9-400(a) |
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| 117 | 117 | | Sec. 4 from passage 9-404a |
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| 118 | 118 | | Sec. 5 from passage 9-451 |
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| 119 | 119 | | Sec. 6 from passage 9-437(a) |
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| 120 | 120 | | Sec. 7 from passage 9-607(g)(1) |
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| 121 | 121 | | Sec. 8 from passage 9-616(a) |
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| 122 | 122 | | Sec. 9 from passage 9-704(a)(1) and (2) |
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| 123 | 123 | | Sec. 10 from passage 9-705(a) to (c) |
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| 124 | 124 | | Sec. 11 from passage 9-705(i)(5) |
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| 125 | 125 | | Sec. 12 from passage 9-706(a)(1) and (2) |
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| 126 | 126 | | Sec. 13 from passage 9-709 |
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| 127 | 127 | | |
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| 128 | 128 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 129 | 129 | | |
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| 130 | 130 | | Section 1 |
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| 131 | 131 | | |
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| 132 | 132 | | from passage |
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| 133 | 133 | | |
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| 134 | 134 | | New section |
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| 135 | 135 | | |
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| 136 | 136 | | Sec. 2 |
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| 137 | 137 | | |
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| 138 | 138 | | from passage |
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| 139 | 139 | | |
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| 140 | 140 | | 9-388 |
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| 141 | 141 | | |
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| 142 | 142 | | Sec. 3 |
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| 143 | 143 | | |
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| 144 | 144 | | from passage |
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| 145 | 145 | | |
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| 146 | 146 | | 9-400(a) |
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| 147 | 147 | | |
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| 148 | 148 | | Sec. 4 |
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| 149 | 149 | | |
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| 150 | 150 | | from passage |
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| 151 | 151 | | |
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| 152 | 152 | | 9-404a |
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| 153 | 153 | | |
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| 154 | 154 | | Sec. 5 |
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| 155 | 155 | | |
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| 156 | 156 | | from passage |
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| 157 | 157 | | |
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| 158 | 158 | | 9-451 |
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| 159 | 159 | | |
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| 160 | 160 | | Sec. 6 |
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| 161 | 161 | | |
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| 162 | 162 | | from passage |
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| 163 | 163 | | |
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| 164 | 164 | | 9-437(a) |
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| 165 | 165 | | |
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| 166 | 166 | | Sec. 7 |
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| 167 | 167 | | |
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| 168 | 168 | | from passage |
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| 169 | 169 | | |
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| 170 | 170 | | 9-607(g)(1) |
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| 171 | 171 | | |
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| 172 | 172 | | Sec. 8 |
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| 173 | 173 | | |
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| 174 | 174 | | from passage |
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| 175 | 175 | | |
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| 176 | 176 | | 9-616(a) |
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| 177 | 177 | | |
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| 178 | 178 | | Sec. 9 |
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| 179 | 179 | | |
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| 180 | 180 | | from passage |
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| 181 | 181 | | |
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| 182 | 182 | | 9-704(a)(1) and (2) |
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| 183 | 183 | | |
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| 184 | 184 | | Sec. 10 |
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| 185 | 185 | | |
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| 186 | 186 | | from passage |
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| 187 | 187 | | |
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| 188 | 188 | | 9-705(a) to (c) |
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| 189 | 189 | | |
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| 190 | 190 | | Sec. 11 |
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| 191 | 191 | | |
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| 192 | 192 | | from passage |
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| 193 | 193 | | |
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| 194 | 194 | | 9-705(i)(5) |
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| 195 | 195 | | |
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| 196 | 196 | | Sec. 12 |
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| 197 | 197 | | |
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| 198 | 198 | | from passage |
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| 199 | 199 | | |
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| 200 | 200 | | 9-706(a)(1) and (2) |
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| 201 | 201 | | |
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| 202 | 202 | | Sec. 13 |
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| 203 | 203 | | |
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| 204 | 204 | | from passage |
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| 205 | 205 | | |
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| 206 | 206 | | 9-709 |
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| 207 | 207 | | |
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| 208 | 208 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 209 | 209 | | |
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| 210 | 210 | | To mandate that candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor campaign as a single ticket, appear on the primary ballot as they do on the general election ballot, and raise and expend funds from a single candidate committee. |
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| 211 | 211 | | |
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| 212 | 212 | | [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.] |
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