Connecticut 2019 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05817 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2019

                     
 
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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5817  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 2106 
 
 
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION 
AND ELECTIONS  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. MILLER P., 145th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL CHECKERS IN 
POLLING PLACES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That section 9-261 of the general statutes be amended to provide 1 
that, for electors in the polling place who have received a ballot, the 2 
official checkers shall announce such elector's voter identification 3 
number in a tone sufficiently loud and clear as to enable the unofficial 4 
checkers present, if any, to hear the same. 5 
Statement of Purpose:   
To ensure official checkers in a polling place loudly and clearly 
announce the voter identification number of an elector permitted to 
receive a ballot such that any unofficial checker can hear such 
information.