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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5041
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 18
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING MAJOR PARTY CONVENTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 153 of the general statutes be amended to no longer 1
require major parties to hold conventions for the purpose of endorsing 2
candidates for nomination to certain elective offices, but to still permit 3
such parties to do so. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To allow major parties to not hold endorsing conventions and instead
only conduct primaries to nominate candidates for certain elective
offices.