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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6058
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2877
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. FOX, 148th Dist.
(By Request)
AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTION DAY AND PRIMARY DAY
REGISTRATION, ELECTION TRANSPARENCY AND ELECTION
SECURITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to (1) allow 1
applicants in line for election day registration prior to eight o'clock 2
p.m. to be admitted as electors and cast a vote in a regular election, (2) 3
provide election officials additional time to process any such 4
applicants, (3) apply such changes, as well as those other procedures at 5
regular elections for elector registration, party enrollment and voting, 6
to primaries, (4) require that ballots and certain other materials used at 7
an election or primary be sealed for specified periods of time, and (5) 8
provide that, after the post-election or post-primary canvass has been 9
temporarily interrupted, the registrars of voters of the town shall 10
provide public notice of when canvassing is to resume. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) apply election day registration procedures to primary day, (2)
allow applicants for election day or primary day registration to be Proposed Bill No. 6058
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admitted if in line by eight o'clock p.m., (3) provide additional time for
election officials to process such applicants, (4) afford greater
opportunity for the public to observe delayed vote-counting
procedures, and (5) require post-election and post-primary sealing of
ballots and certain other election materials.