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7	6		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5335
8	7		January Session, 2019
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12	11		Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
13	12		AND ELECTIONS
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16	15		Introduced by:
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21	20		AN ACT CONCERNING RE MOVAL FROM PARTY ENROLLMEN T
22	21		LISTS.
23	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	23		Assembly convened:
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26	25		Section 1. Section 9-53 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
27	26		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
28	27		The registrars of voters in each municipality in which an enrollment 3
29	28		session is to be held shall give notice of such session, and of the 4
30	29		purpose, day, hours and place thereof, by publication in a newspaper 5
31	30		published in or having a circulation in such municipality, not more 6
32	31		than fifteen nor less than five days before such session. Nothing in this 7
33	32		section shall require that such publication be in the form of a legal 8
34	33		advertisement. In each municipality divided into voting districts, any 9
35	34		session for enrollment in such municipality may, if the registrars of 10
36	35		voters so decide, be held in each such district by assistant registrars of 11
37	36		voters appointed under section 9-192, provided the registrars of voters 12
38	37		in the notice shall specify the place in each such district in which such 13
39	38		session is to be held. When such a session is so held in each such 14
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47	45		after the close of each of such sessions, each of such assistant registrars 16
48	46		of voters shall deliver to the registrar of whom he is the appointee a 17
49	47		true and attested list or lists, as made by such assistant registrars of 18
50	48		voters at such session, showing all enrollments and corrections, if any, 19
51	49		[by them made, together with a list of all applications rejected under 20
52	50		the provisions of sections 9-60 and 9-63] made by such assistant 21
53	51		registrars of voters. 22
54	52		Sec. 2. Subsection (e) of section 9-55 of the general statutes is 23
55	53		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 24
56	54		passage): 25
57	55		(e) The registrars of voters shall make available for public use such 26
58	56		list in the office of the registrars of voters until the printing of the next 27
59	57		completed enrollment list; and they shall deliver to the chairman of the 28
60	58		town committee of each political party copies of each such list for each 29
61	59		voting district in the town. Whenever the registrars of voters are not in 30
62	60		their office, such list shall be available at another municipal office. 31
63	61		Upon request, the registrars of voters shall give one complete set of 32
64	62		such lists to each candidate for nomination for any office or for election 33
65	63		as a town committee member. The registrars of voters shall deliver a 34
66	64		sufficient number of copies thereof to the moderator of each primary. 35
67	65		[No petition brought under the provisions of section 9-63 shall operate 36
68	66		to delay the completion and printing of such lists. If the petition of any 37
69	67		elector is granted after any such list has been completed, the registrars 38
70	68		of voters or assistant registrars of voters, as the case may be, shall issue 39
71	69		to such elector a certificate showing that the elector is entitled to the 40
72	70		privileges accompanying enrollment in the political party named in the 41
73	71		elector's petition.] 42
74	72		Sec. 3. Section 9-56 of the general statutes is repealed and the 43
75	73		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 44
76	74		Except as otherwise provided in the case of an elector whose name 45
77	75		has not been placed on or has been removed from the enrollment list 46
78		-	under section 9-59, [9-60, 9-61 or 9-62,] any elector not enrolled on any 47 Committee Bill No. 5335
	76	+	under section 9-59, [9-60, 9-61 or 9-62,] any elector not enrolled on any 47
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85	82		enrollment list may at any time make a written and signed application 48
86	83		for enrollment to the registrars of voters on an application form for 49
87	84		admission as an elector, in accordance with the requirements of this 50
88	85		section. The application shall be effective as of the date it is filed with 51
89	86		the registrars of voters of the town of residence of the applicant and 52
90	87		any person making application for enrollment in such manner shall 53
91	88		immediately be entitled to the privileges of party enrollment unless the 54
92	89		application for enrollment (1) is filed in person by the applicant with 55
93	90		the registrars of voters after twelve o'clock noon on the last business 56
94	91		day before a primary, in which case he shall be entitled to the 57
95	92		privileges of party enrollment immediately after the primary, (2) is 58
96	93		otherwise filed with the registrar after the fifth day before the primary, 59
97	94		in which case he shall be entitled to the privileges of party enrollment 60
98	95		immediately after the primary, except as provided in section 9-23a, or 61
99	96		(3) is filed with the registrars of voters after 5:00 p.m. on the last 62
100	97		business day before a caucus or convention, in which case he shall be 63
101	98		entitled to the privileges of party enrollment immediately after the 64
102	99		caucus or convention. The application shall be signed or initialed by 65
103	100		the registrar, deputy, assistant or registrar's clerk receiving it, or by 66
104	101		such other personnel as such registrar or deputy may appoint for [the] 67
105	102		such purpose, showing the date when such application is received and, 68
106	103		in the case of an applicant not immediately eligible under section 9-59 69
107	104		[, 9-60, 9-61 or 9-62] to the privileges accompanying enrollment in the 70
108	105		party named in his application, the date upon which such applicant 71
109	106		becomes so eligible. In municipalities divided into voting districts in 72
110	107		which an enrollment session is held in each district thereof under 73
111	108		section 9-51, application for enrollment shall be made to the registrar 74
112	109		or assistant registrar, as the case may be, in the voting district in which 75
113	110		such elector is entitled to vote at the time of making such application. 76
114	111		If any registrar or assistant registrar fails to add any name to any such 77
115	112		list on written application or adds any name to any such list except as 78
116	113		[herein provided, he] provided in this section, such registrar or 79
117	114		assistant registrar shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor. 80
118		-	Sec. 4. Section 9-361 of the general statutes is repealed and the 81 Committee Bill No. 5335
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125	121		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 82
126	122		The following persons shall be guilty of primary or enrollment 83
127	123		violations: (1) Any person unlawfully voting or participating or 84
128	124		attempting to vote or participate in any primary in which he is not 85
129	125		eligible to vote or participate; (2) in towns divided into voting districts, 86
130	126		any elector who registers or votes at any primary in a voting district 87
131	127		other than the district in which such elector is legally entitled to vote at 88
132	128		the time of such primary; (3) any elector who signs the name of 89
133	129		another to a written application to register, without the knowledge and 90
134	130		consent of the person whose name is signed thereto, or who falsely 91
135	131		represents the contents of any written or printed form of application 92
136	132		for enrollment with intent to secure the application of an elector for 93
137	133		enrollment upon a list other than that of his true political preference; 94
138	134		(4) any registrar or deputy registrar of voters who fails to hold sessions 95
139	135		as provided in sections 9-51 and 9-53, as amended by this act, or who 96
140	136		fails to register an elector upon the oral or written application for 97
141	137		enrollment of such elector, except as provided by law, or who fails to 98
142	138		erase an elector's name as provided in section 9-59 or who registers 99
143	139		any elector upon an enrollment list other than that declared by such 100
144	140		elector in his application as his political preference, or who removes or 101
145	141		erases the name of any elector from any enrollment list except as 102
146	142		provided by law; [(5) any person who fails to properly serve any notice 103
147	143		or citation required by sections 9-60 and 9-61 when directed so to do 104
148	144		by any registrar or deputy registrar, or who makes any false return as 105
149	145		to any such notice or citation; and (6)] and (5) any moderator of a 106
150	146		primary of the enrolled electors of a specified party, such primary 107
151	147		being legally called for the nomination of candidates for any public 108
152	148		elective office, who fails to comply with the requirements of chapter 109
153	149		153. The penalty for any such violation shall be a class D misdemeanor, 110
154	150		except that any person found to have violated subdivision (1) or (2) of 111
155	151		this section shall be guilty of a class D felony and shall be 112
156	152		disfranchised. 113
157		-	Sec. 5. Subsection (b) of section 51-164n of the general statutes is 114 Committee Bill No. 5335
	153	+	Sec. 5. Subsection (b) of section 51-164n of the general statutes is 114
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164	159		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 115
165	160		passage): 116
166	161		(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any 117
167	162		person who is alleged to have committed (1) a violation under the 118
168	163		provisions of section 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 4b-13, 7-13, 7-14, 7-35, 7-41, 7-83, 7-119
169	164		283, 7-325, 7-393, 8-12, 8-25, 8-27, [9-63,] 9-322, 9-350, 10-193, 10-197, 10-120
170	165		198, 10-230, 10-251, 10-254, 12-52, 12-170aa, 12-292, 12-314b or 12-326g, 121
171	166		subdivision (4) of section 12-408, subdivision (3), (5) or (6) of section 122
172	167		12-411, section 12-435c, 12-476a, 12-476b, 12-487, 13a-71, 13a-107, 13a-123
173	168		113, 13a-114, 13a-115, 13a-117b, 13a-123, 13a-124, 13a-139, 13a-140, 13a-124
174	169		143b, 13a-247 or 13a-253, subsection (f) of section 13b-42, section 13b-125
175	170		90, 13b-221, 13b-292, 13b-336, 13b-337, 13b-338, 13b-410a, 13b-410b or 126
176	171		13b-410c, subsection (a), (b) or (c) of section 13b-412, section 13b-414, 127
177	172		subsection (d) of section 14-12, section 14-20a or 14-27a, subsection (e) 128
178	173		of section 14-34a, subsection (d) of section 14-35, section 14-43, 14-49, 129
179	174		14-50a or 14-58, subsection (b) of section 14-66, section 14-66a or 14-130
180	175		67a, subsection (g) of section 14-80, subsection (f) of section 14-80h, 131
181	176		section 14-97a, 14-100b, 14-103a, 14-106a, 14-106c, 14-146, 14-152, 14-132
182	177		153 or 14-163b, a first violation as specified in subsection (f) of section 133
183	178		14-164i, section 14-219 as specified in subsection (e) of said section, 134
184	179		subdivision (1) of section 14-223a, section 14-240, 14-250 or 14-253a, 135
185	180		subsection (a) of section 14-261a, section 14-262, 14-264, 14-267a, 14-136
186	181		269, 14-270, 14-275a, 14-278 or 14-279, subsection (e) or (h) of section 137
187	182		14-283, section 14-291, 14-293b, 14-296aa, 14-300, 14-300d, 14-319, 14-138
188	183		320, 14-321, 14-325a, 14-326, 14-330 or 14-332a, subdivision (1), (2) or (3) 139
189	184		of section 14-386a, section 15-25 or 15-33, subdivision (1) of section 15-140
190	185		97, subsection (a) of section 15-115, section 16-44, 16-256e, 16a-15 or 141
191	186		16a-22, subsection (a) or (b) of section 16a-22h, section 17a-24, 17a-145, 142
192	187		17a-149, 17a-152, 17a-465, 17b-124, 17b-131, 17b-137, 19a-30, 19a-33, 143
193	188		19a-39 or 19a-87, subsection (b) of section 19a-87a, section 19a-91, 19a-144
194	189		105, 19a-107, 19a-113, 19a-215, 19a-219, 19a-222, 19a-224, 19a-286, 19a-145
195	190		287, 19a-297, 19a-301, 19a-309, 19a-335, 19a-336, 19a-338, 19a-339, 19a-146
196	191		340, 19a-425, 19a-502, 20-7a, 20-14, 20-158, 20-231, 20-249, 20-257, 20-147
197		-	265, 20-324e, 20-341l, 20-366, 20-597, 20-608, 20-610, 21-1, 21-38, 21-39, 148 Committee Bill No. 5335
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204	198		21-43, 21-47, 21-48, 21-63 or 21-76a, subsection (c) of section 21a-2, 149
205	199		subdivision (1) of section 21a-19, section 21a-21, subdivision (1) of 150
206	200		subsection (b) of section 21a-25, section 21a-26 or 21a-30, subsection (a) 151
207	201		of section 21a-37, section 21a-46, 21a-61, 21a-63 or 21a-77, subsection 152
208	202		(b) of section 21a-79, section 21a-85 or 21a-154, subdivision (1) of 153
209	203		subsection (a) of section 21a-159, subsection (a) of section 21a-279a, 154
210	204		section 22-12b, 22-13, 22-14, 22-15, 22-16, 22-26g, 22-29, 22-34, 22-35, 22-155
211	205		36, 22-38, 22-39, 22-39a, 22-39b, 22-39c, 22-39d, 22-39e, 22-49 or 22-54, 156
212	206		subsection (d) of section 22-84, section 22-89, 22-90, 22-98, 22-99, 22-157
213	207		100, 22-111o, 22-167, 22-279, 22-280a, 22-318a, 22-320h, 22-324a, 22-326 158
214	208		or 22-342, subsection (b), (e) or (f) of section 22-344, section 22-359, 22-159
215	209		366, 22-391, 22-413, 22-414, 22-415, 22a-66a or 22a-246, subsection (a) of 160
216	210		section 22a-250, subsection (e) of section 22a-256h, section 22a-363 or 161
217	211		22a-381d, subsections (c) and (d) of section 22a-381e, section 22a-449, 162
218	212		22a-461, 23-37, 23-38, 23-46 or 23-61b, subsection (a) or subdivision (1) 163
219	213		of subsection (c) of section 23-65, section 25-37 or 25-40, subsection (a) 164
220	214		of section 25-43, section 25-43d, 25-135, 26-18, 26-19, 26-21, 26-31, 26-40, 165
221	215		26-40a, 26-42, 26-49, 26-54, 26-55, 26-56, 26-58 or 26-59, subdivision (1) 166
222	216		of subsection (d) of section 26-61, section 26-64, subdivision (1) of 167
223	217		section 26-76, section 26-79, 26-87, 26-89, 26-91, 26-94, 26-97, 26-98, 26-168
224	218		104, 26-105, 26-107, 26-117, 26-128, 26-131, 26-132, 26-138 or 26-141, 169
225	219		subdivision (1) of section 26-186, section 26-207, 26-215, 26-217 or 26-170
226	220		224a, subdivision (1) of section 26-226, section 26-227, 26-230, 26-232, 171
227	221		26-244, 26-257a, 26-260, 26-276, 26-284, 26-285, 26-286, 26-288, 26-294, 172
228	222		28-13, 29-6a, 29-25, 29-143o, 29-143z or 29-156a, subsection (b), (d), (e) 173
229	223		or (g) of section 29-161q, section 29-161y or 29-161z, subdivision (1) of 174
230	224		section 29-198, section 29-210, 29-243 or 29-277, subsection (c) of section 175
231	225		29-291c, section 29-316, 29-318, 29-381, 30-48a, 30-86a, 31-3, 31-10, 31-176
232	226		11, 31-12, 31-13, 31-14, 31-15, 31-16, 31-18, 31-23, 31-24, 31-25, 31-32, 31-177
233	227		36, 31-38, 31-40, 31-44, 31-47, 31-48, 31-51, 31-52, 31-52a or 31-54, 178
234	228		subsection (a) or (c) of section 31-69, section 31-70, 31-74, 31-75, 31-76, 179
235	229		31-76a, 31-89b or 31-134, subsection (i) of section 31-273, section 31-288, 180
236	230		subdivision (1) of section 35-20, section 36a-787, 42-230, 45a-283, 45a-181
237	231		450, 45a-634 or 45a-658, subdivision (13) or (14) of section 46a-54, 182
238		-	~~section 46a-59, 46b-22, 46b-24, 46b-34, 47-34a, 47-47, 49-8a, 49-16, 53-183~~ Committee Bill No. 5335
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	237	+	section 46a-59, 46b-22, 46b-24, 46b-34, 47-34a, 47-47, 49-8a, 49-16, 53-183
245	238		133, 53-199, 53-212a, 53-249a, 53-252, 53-264, 53-280, 53-302a, 53-303e, 184
246	239		53-311a, 53-321, 53-322, 53-323, 53-331 or 53-344, subsection (c) of 185
247	240		section 53-344b, or section 53-450, or (2) a violation under the 186
248	241		provisions of chapter 268, or (3) a violation of any regulation adopted 187
249	242		in accordance with the provisions of section 12-484, 12-487 or 13b-410, 188
250	243		or (4) a violation of any ordinance, regulation or bylaw of any town, 189
251	244		city or borough, except violations of building codes and the health 190
252	245		code, for which the penalty exceeds ninety dollars but does not exceed 191
253	246		two hundred fifty dollars, unless such town, city or borough has 192
254	247		established a payment and hearing procedure for such violation 193
255	248		pursuant to section 7-152c, shall follow the procedures set forth in this 194
256	249		section. 195
257	250		Sec. 6. Section 51-274 of the general statutes is repealed and the 196
258	251		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 197
259	252		All special acts or provisions thereof inconsistent with this chapter 198
260	253		and with sections 1-1a, 2-5, 2-40, 2-61, 5-164, 5-189, 7-80, 8-12, [9-63,] 9-199
261	254		258, 9-368, 12-154, 14-141, 14-142, 18-65, 18-73, 19a-220, 21a-96, 29-13, 200
262	255		29-362, 30-105, 30-107, 30-111, 35-22, 46b-120, 46b-133, 46b-160, 47a-23, 201
263	256		47a-28, 47a-35, 47a-37, 49-61, 49-62, 51-6a, 51-9, 51-15, 51-27, 51-30, 51-202
264	257		33, 51-34, 51-36, 51-48, 51-49, 51-50, 51-51, 51-52, 51-59, 51-72, 51-73, 51-203
265	258		78, 51-95, 51-183b, 51-183d, 51-183f, 51-183g, 51-215a, 51-229, 51-232, 204
266	259		51-237 and 51-241, subsection (a) of section 51-243 and sections 51-247, 205
267	260		51-347, 52-45a, 52-45b, 52-46, 52-97, 52-112, 52-139, 52-193, 52-194, 52-206
268	261		196, 52-209, 52-212, 52-215, 52-226, 52-240, 52-257, 52-258, 52-261, 52-207
269	262		263, 52-268, 52-270, 52-278i, 52-293, 52-297, 52-298, 52-324, 52-351, 52-208
270	263		397, 52-425, 52-427, 52-428, 52-521, 53-308, 53-328, 54-2a, 54-56f, 54-66, 209
271	264		54-72, 54-74, 54-82g, 54-82j, 54-82k, 54-95a, 54-96a, 54-96b, 54-97, 54-108, 210
272	265		54-154, 54-166 and 54-169 to 54-174, inclusive, are repealed. 211
273	266		Sec. 7. Sections 9-60 to 9-63, inclusive, of the general statutes are 212
274		-	repealed. (Effective from passage) 213 Committee Bill No. 5335
	267	+	repealed. (Effective from passage) 213
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281	273		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
282	274		sections:
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284	276		Section 1 from passage 9-53
285	277		Sec. 2 from passage 9-55(e)
286	278		Sec. 3 from passage 9-56
287	279		Sec. 4 from passage 9-361
288	280		Sec. 5 from passage 51-164n(b)
289	281		Sec. 6 from passage 51-274
290	282		Sec. 7 from passage Repealer section
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292		-	GAE Joint Favorable
	284	+	Statement of Purpose:
	285	+	To prohibit the discretionary erasure or exclusion from party
	286	+	enrollment lists by local party officials.
	287	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	288	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	289	+	not underlined.]
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	291	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. HARDING, 107th Dist.
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	293	+	H.B. 5335
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