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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6063
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2474
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO THE PROCESS OF VOTING BY
ABSENTEE BALLOT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 145 of the general statutes be amended to make certain 1
changes to the process of voting by absentee ballot, including, but not 2
limited to (1) not requiring absentee ballot applicants to also mail the 3
original application to the municipal clerk if such applicant has already 4
returned a completed application to such clerk by facsimile machine or 5
other electronic means, (2) permitting multiple absentee ballots to be 6
returned to such clerk in one outer envelope, provided the inner 7
envelope for each such absentee ballot is sealed, and (3) allowing 8
additional means for the return of absentee ballots to such clerks. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To make certain changes to absentee voting, including, but not limited
to, the manner in which a ballot may be returned to the municipal
clerk.