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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5873
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1724
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. DEVLIN, 134th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING SIGNATURES ON ABSENTEE VOTING
MATERIALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 145 of the general statutes be amended to require that, 1
in the case of any person who is subject to conservatorship by the 2
Probate Court or has surrendered decision-making authority due to 3
mental incapacity, the signature of such person on an application for an 4
absentee ballot or on the outer envelope of an absentee ballot set shall 5
be cosigned by the individual serving as conservator for such person, as 6
agent under a power of attorney for such person or in a substantially 7
similar decision-making role. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To require, in the case of any person who is subject to a conservatorship
or has surrendered decision-making authority due to mental incapacity,
that the individual serving as conservator or other agent of such person
cosign certain absentee voting materials.