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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7392
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 6393
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING VO TER PRIVACY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) Notwithstanding any 1
provision of the general statutes, the Secretary of the State or a 2
registrar of voters, as applicable, shall not disclose voter registration 3
information maintained under title 9 of the general statutes, except that 4
the Secretary or a registrar of voters shall provide a copy of any record 5
containing voter registration information upon the request of any 6
candidate, candidate committee or political committee. As used in this 7
section, "candidate", "candidate committee" and "political committee" 8
have the same meanings as provided in section 9-601 of the general 9
statutes. 10
(b) Prior to providing any copy of a record containing voter 11
registration information pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the 12
Secretary or a registrar of voters, as applicable, shall (1) redact such 13
copy to remove for each voter listed thereon (A) the date of birth, (B) 14
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the Social Security number, and (D) the signature, and (2) ensure that 16
such copy includes for each voter listed thereon (A) the name, (B) the 17
residential and mailing address, if different, (C) the phone number, if 18
any, and (D) the party affiliation, if any. 19
(c) Prior to receiving any copy of a record containing voter 20
registration information provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this 21
section, such candidate, candidate committee or political committee, as 22
applicable, shall file with the Secretary of the State, in a manner 23
prescribed by the Secretary, a statement (1) identifying the candidate 24
or committee requesting such voter registration information, (2) 25
indicating the purpose for which such candidate or committee is 26
requesting such voter registration information, and (3) agreeing to not 27
further disclose any such voter registration. 28
(d) Voter registration information disclosed pursuant to subsection 29
(a) of this section shall not be used for any commercial purpose, 30
including, but not limited to, the advertisement, solicitation, sale or 31
marketing of products or services to any voter or voter's household. 32
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To limit disclosure of certain voter registration information to
candidates, candidate committees and political committees only and
for noncommercial purposes only, and require that any such candidate
or committee register with the Secretary of the State and agree to not
further disclose any such voter registration information.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]