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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 646
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2966
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND THE
REPLACEMENT OF CANDIDATES AT ELECTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to provide that the 1
names of all candidates who have qualified to appear on the ballot to 2
be used at an election shall be finalized prior to the mailing of absentee 3
ballots for such election to electors, and that after such mailing no 4
changes may be made to replace the name of any such candidate. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit the replacement of a candidate's name on the ballot to be
used at an election after absentee ballots have already been mailed to
electors.