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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 1096
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
	11	+	AND ELECTIONS
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	14	+	Introduced by:
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14	20		AN ACT CONCERNING TE CHNICAL CHANGES TO ELECTION LAWS.
15	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
16	22		Assembly convened:
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18	24		Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 9-140b of the general statutes is 1
19	25		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
20	26		October 1, 2019): 3
21	27		(c) [For purposes of] As used in this section, "mailed" means sent by 4
22	28		the United States Postal Service or any commercial carrier, courier or 5
23	29		messenger service recognized and approved by the Secretary of the 6
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25	31		Sec. 2. Section 9-150c of the general statutes is repealed and the 8
26	32		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 9
27	33		An applicant who applies for an absentee ballot because of 10
28	34		unforeseen illness or physical disability occurring within six days 11
29	35		immediately preceding the close of the polls at an election, primary or 12
30		-	referendum or because the applicant is a patient in a hospital within 13
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31	42		such six-day period, may appoint a designee, as defined in subsection 14
32	43		(b) of section 9-140b, to deliver the ballot to him, by stating on the 15
33	44		application, in a space provided for that purpose, (1) the date of 16
34	45		occurrence of the illness or disability or the name and address of the 17
35		-	hospital in which the applicant is a patient within such six-day period, 18 Substitute Bill No. 1096
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	46	+	hospital in which the applicant is a patient within such six-day period, 18
42	47		(2) the name, address and category under said subsection, of the 19
43	48		person so designated, and (3) the delivery which the person is 20
44	49		designated to perform, provided the person so designated shall also 21
45	50		sign a statement on the application to the effect that he consents to the 22
46	51		designation and will perform the delivery without tampering with the 23
47	52		ballot in any way. If the application designates a person to deliver the 24
48	53		ballot to the applicant, that person shall personally submit the 25
49	54		application to the municipal clerk. If such application is submitted to 26
50	55		the clerk in person, within six days immediately preceding the close of 27
51	56		the polls at an election or primary, by a person designated on the 28
52	57		application to deliver the absentee ballot to the applicant as provided 29
53	58		in this section and in subsection (b) of [said] section 9-140b, and if the 30
54	59		application is dated within such time, the clerk shall give that person 31
55	60		the absentee voting set. 32
56	61		Sec. 3. Section 9-264 of the general statutes is repealed and the 33
57	62		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 34
58	63		An elector who requires assistance to vote, by reason of blindness, 35
59	64		disability or inability to write or to read the ballot, may be given 36
60	65		assistance by a person of the elector's choice, other than (1) the elector's 37
61	66		employer, (2) an agent of such employer, (3) an officer or agent of the 38
62	67		elector's union, or (4) a candidate for any office on the ballot, unless the 39
63	68		elector is a member of the immediate family of such candidate. The 40
64	69		person assisting the elector may accompany the elector into the voting 41
65	70		booth. Such person shall register such elector's vote upon the ballot as 42
66	71		such elector directs. Any person accompanying an elector into the 43
67	72		voting booth who deceives any elector in registering the elector's vote 44
68	73		under this section or seeks to influence any elector while in the act of 45
69	74		voting, or who registers any vote for any elector or on any question 46
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	75	+	other than as requested by such elector, or who gives information to 47 Raised Bill No. 1096
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71	81		any person as to what person or persons such elector voted for, or how 48
72	82		such elector voted on any question, shall be guilty of a class D felony. 49
73	83		As used in this section, "immediate family" [means "immediate family" 50
74		-	as defined] has the same meaning as provided in section 9-140b, as 51 Substitute Bill No. 1096
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81		-	amended by this act. 52
82		-	Sec. 4. Section 9-364a of the general statutes is repealed and the 53
83		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 54
84		-	Any person who influences or attempts to influence by force or 55
85		-	threat the vote, or by force, threat, bribery or corrupt means, the 56
86		-	speech, of any person in a primary, caucus, referendum, convention or 57
87		-	election; or wilfully and fraudulently suppresses or destroys any vote 58
88		-	or ballot properly given or cast or, in counting such votes or ballots, 59
89		-	wilfully miscounts or misrepresents the number thereof; and any 60
90		-	presiding or other officer of a primary, caucus or convention who 61
91		-	wilfully announces the result of a ballot or vote of such primary, 62
92		-	caucus or convention, untruly and wrongfully, shall be guilty of a class 63
93		-	C felony. 64
	84	+	as defined] has the same meaning as provided in section 9-140b. 51
	85	+	Sec. 4. Section 9-364a of the general statutes is repealed and the 52
	86	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 53
	87	+	Any person who influences or attempts to influence by force or 54
	88	+	threat the vote, or by force, threat, bribery or corrupt means, the 55
	89	+	speech, of any person in a primary, caucus, referendum, convention or 56
	90	+	election; or wilfully and fraudulently suppresses or destroys any vote 57
	91	+	or ballot properly given or cast or, in counting such votes or ballots, 58
	92	+	wilfully miscounts or misrepresents the number thereof; and any 59
	93	+	presiding or other officer of a primary, caucus or convention who 60
	94	+	wilfully announces the result of a ballot or vote of such primary, 61
	95	+	caucus or convention, untruly and wrongfully, shall be guilty of a class 62
	96	+	C felony. 63
94	97		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
95	98		sections:
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97	100		Section 1 October 1, 2019 9-140b(c)
98	101		Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 9-150c
99	102		Sec. 3 October 1, 2019 9-264
100	103		Sec. 4 October 1, 2019 9-364a
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102		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
103		-	In Section 3, ", as amended by this act" was added for accuracy.
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	105	+	Statement of Purpose:
	106	+	To make technical changes to certain election laws.
	107	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	108	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	109	+	not underlined.]
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