LCO No. 37 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5112 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 37 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by: REP. CHEESEMAN, 37th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM AND UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That chapter 157 of the general statutes be amended to eliminate the 1 granting of funds under the Citizens' Election Program to the 2 candidate committees of unopposed candidates. 3 Statement of Purpose: To limit the grant of funds under the Citizens' Election Program to only those candidate committees of candidates who have opponents.