Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

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7	6		General Assembly Senate Joint
8	7		Resolution No. 14
9	8		January Session, 2019
10	9		LCO No. 3426
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13	12		Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
14	13		AND ELECTIONS
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17	16		Introduced by:
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22	21		RESOLUTION PROPOSING A STATE CO NSTITUTIONAL
23	22		AMENDMENT TO PERMIT EARLY VOTING.
24	23		Resolved by this assembly:
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26	25		Section 1. That the following be proposed as an amendment to the 1
27	26		Constitution of the State, which, when approved and adopted in the 2
28	27		manner provided by the Constitution, shall, to all intents and 3
29	28		purposes, become a part thereof: 4
30	29		Section 7 of article sixth of the Constitution is amended to read as 5
31	30		follows: 6
32	31		Sec. 7. a. The general assembly may provide by law for voting in the 7
33	32		choice of any officer to be elected or upon any question to be voted on 8
34	33		at an election by qualified voters of the state who are unable to appear 9
35	34		at the polling place on the day of election because of absence from the 10
36	35		city or town of which they are inhabitants or because of sickness or 11
37	36		physical disability or because the tenets of their religion forbid secular 12
38		-	activity. 13 Committee Bill No. 14
	37	+	activity. 13
	38	+	Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
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45	43		b. The general assembly may provide by law for voting in person in 14
46		-	the choice of any officer to be ~~elected~~ or upon any question to be ~~voted~~ 15
47		-	on at an election (1) by qualified voters of the state who do not ~~appear~~ 16
48		-	at the polling place on the day of election, and (2) in the city or ~~town of~~ 17
49		-	which such qualified voters are inhabitants. 18
	44	+	the choice of any officer to be election or upon any question to be 15
	45	+	voted on at an election (1) by qualified voters of the state who do not 16
	46	+	appear at the polling place on the day of election, and (2) in the city or 17
	47	+	town of which such qualified voters are inhabitants. 18
50	48		Section 9 of article third of the Constitution is amended to read as 19
51	49		follows: 20
52	50		Sec. 9. At all elections for members of the general assembly the 21
53	51		presiding officers in the several towns shall [receive the votes of the 22
54	52		electors, and] count and declare [them] the votes of the electors in open 23
55	53		meeting. The presiding officers shall make and certify duplicate lists of 24
56	54		the persons voted for, and of the number of votes for each. One list 25
57	55		shall be delivered [within three days] to the town clerk [, and within 26
58	56		ten days after such meeting,] and the other shall be delivered under 27
59	57		seal to the secretary of the state. 28
60	58		Section 4 of article fourth of the Constitution is amended to read as 29
61	59		follows: 30
62	60		Sec. 4. [At the meetings of the electors in the respective towns held 31
63	61		quadrennially as herein provided for the election of state officers, the 32
64	62		presiding officers shall receive the votes and shall count and declare 33
65	63		the same in the presence of the electors] The votes at the election of 34
66	64		state officers shall be counted and declared in open meeting by the 35
67	65		presiding officers in the several towns. The presiding officers shall 36
68	66		make and certify duplicate lists of the persons voted for, and of the 37
69	67		number of votes for each. One list shall be delivered [within three 38
70	68		days] to the town clerk [, and within ten days after such meeting,] and 39
71	69		the other shall be delivered under seal to the secretary of the state. The 40
72	70		votes so delivered shall be counted, canvassed and declared by the 41
73	71		treasurer, secretary, and comptroller, within the month of November. 42
74	72		The vote for treasurer shall be counted, canvassed and declared by the 43
75	73		secretary and comptroller only; the vote for secretary shall be counted, 44
76		-	canvassed and declared by the treasurer and comptroller only; and the 45 Committee Bill No. 14
	74	+	canvassed and declared by the treasurer and comptroller only; and the 45
	75	+	Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
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83	80		vote for comptroller shall be counted, canvassed and declared by the 46
84	81		treasurer and secretary only. A fair list of the persons and number of 47
85	82		votes given for each, together with the returns of the presiding officers, 48
86	83		shall be, by the treasurer, secretary and comptroller, made and laid 49
87	84		before the general assembly, then next to be held, on the first day of 50
88	85		the session thereof. In the election of governor, lieutenant-governor, 51
89	86		secretary, treasurer, comptroller and attorney general, the person 52
90	87		found upon the count by the treasurer, secretary and comptroller in 53
91	88		the manner herein provided, to be made and announced before 54
92	89		December fifteenth of the year of the election, to have received the 55
93	90		greatest number of votes for each of such offices, respectively, shall be 56
94	91		elected thereto; provided, if the election of any of them shall be 57
95	92		contested as provided by statute, and if such a contest shall proceed to 58
96	93		final judgment, the person found by the court to have received the 59
97	94		greatest number of votes shall be elected. If two or more persons shall 60
98	95		be found upon the count of the treasurer, secretary and comptroller to 61
99	96		have received an equal and the greatest number of votes for any of 62
100	97		said offices, and the election is not contested, the general assembly on 63
101	98		the second day of its session shall hold a joint convention of both 64
102	99		houses, at which, without debate, a ballot shall be taken to choose such 65
103	100		officer from those persons who received such a vote; and the balloting 66
104	101		shall continue on that or subsequent days until one of such persons is 67
105	102		chosen by a majority vote of those present and voting. The general 68
106	103		assembly shall have power to enact laws regulating and prescribing 69
107	104		the order and manner of voting for such officers. The general assembly 70
108	105		shall by law prescribe the manner in which all questions concerning 71
109	106		the election of a governor or lieutenant-governor shall be determined. 72
110	107		RESOLVED: That the foregoing proposed amendment to the 73
111	108		Constitution be continued to the next session of the General Assembly 74
112	109		elected at the general election to be held on November 3, 2020, and 75
113	110		published with the laws passed at the present session, or be presented 76
114	111		to the electors at the general election to be held on November 3, 2020, 77
115	112		whichever the case may be, according to article sixth of the 78
116		-	amendments to the Constitution. The designation of said proposed 79 Committee Bill No. 14
	113	+	amendments to the Constitution. The designation of said proposed 79
	114	+	Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
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123	119		amendment to be used on the ballots at such election shall be "Shall the 80
124	120		Constitution of the State be amended to allow the General Assembly to 81
125	121		provide opportunities for early voting in person prior to the day of an 82
126	122		election?" 83
127		-	GAE Joint Favorable
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	124	+	Statement of Purpose:
	125	+	To propose an amendment to the Constitution of the state to permit
	126	+	early in-person voting.
	127	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	128	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	129	+	not underlined.]
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	131	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
	132	+	SEN. FONFARA, 1st Dist.; SEN. MCCRORY, 2nd Dist.
	133	+	SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.; SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
	134	+	SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.; SEN. ABRAMS, 13th Dist.
	135	+	SEN. MARONEY, 14th Dist.; SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
	136	+	SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.; SEN. BRADLEY, 23rd Dist.
	137	+	SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.; SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist.
	138	+	SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.; SEN. NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.
	139	+	SEN. BERGSTEIN, 36th Dist.; SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
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