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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 2877 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6058 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 2877 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION |
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| 11 | 11 | | AND ELECTIONS |
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| 14 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 15 | 15 | | REP. FOX, 148th Dist. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (By Request) |
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| 21 | 21 | | AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTION DAY AND PRIMARY DAY |
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| 22 | 22 | | REGISTRATION, ELECTION TRANSPARENCY AND ELECTION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECURITY. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 25 | 25 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 27 | 27 | | That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to (1) allow 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | applicants in line for election day registration prior to eight o'clock 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | p.m. to be admitted as electors and cast a vote in a regular election, (2) 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | provide election officials additional time to process any such 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | applicants, (3) apply such changes, as well as those other procedures at 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | regular elections for elector registration, party enrollment and voting, 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | to primaries, (4) require that ballots and certain other materials used at 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | an election or primary be sealed for specified periods of time, and (5) 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | provide that, after the post-election or post-primary canvass has been 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | temporarily interrupted, the registrars of voters of the town shall 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | provide public notice of when canvassing is to resume. 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 39 | 39 | | To (1) apply election day registration procedures to primary day, (2) |
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| 40 | 40 | | allow applicants for election day or primary day registration to be Proposed Bill No. 6058 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LCO No. 2877 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | admitted if in line by eight o'clock p.m., (3) provide additional time for |
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| 46 | 46 | | election officials to process such applicants, (4) afford greater |
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| 47 | 47 | | opportunity for the public to observe delayed vote-counting |
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| 48 | 48 | | procedures, and (5) require post-election and post-primary sealing of |
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| 49 | 49 | | ballots and certain other election materials. |
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