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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6063
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING CH ANGES TO THE PROCESS OF VOTING BY
ABSENTEE BALLOT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 9-140 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
passage): 3
(b) A municipal clerk may transmit an application to a person under 4
this subsection by facsimile machine or other electronic means, if so 5
requested by the applicant. If a municipal clerk has a facsimile 6
machine or other electronic means, an applicant may return a 7
completed application to the clerk by such a machine or device. [, 8
provided the applicant shall also mail the original of the completed 9
application to the clerk, either separately or with the absentee ballot 10
that is issued to the applicant. If the clerk does not receive such 11
original application by the close of the polls on the day of the election, 12
primary or referendum, the absentee ballot shall not be counted.] 13
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) The Secretary of the State, or the 14
Secretary's designee, in consultation with not more than two designees 15
from each of the Connecticut Town Clerks Association and the 16
Registrars of Voters Association of Connecticut, shall conduct a study 17
of (1) additional means for the return of absentee ballots by absentee 18 Substitute Bill No. 6063
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ballot applicants to the clerks of the municipalities in which such 19
applicants are qualified to vote, including, but not limited to, use of 20
inter-departmental mail for such applicants who are municipal 21
employees, (2) ways to reduce the number of absentee ballots rejected 22
at elections, primaries and referenda, and (3) opportunities to 23
generally make the process of absentee voting easier. Not later than 24
January 1, 2020, the Secretary shall submit a report to the joint standing 25
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 26
relating to elections, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general 27
statutes, describing such study findings and recommending legislative 28
changes necessary to address concerns presented through such study. 29
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 9-140(b)
Sec. 2 from passage New section
GAE Joint Favorable Subst.