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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6205
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2051
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. BLUMENTHAL, 147th Dist.
(By Request)
AN ACT REVISING CERTAIN ABSENTEE VOTING STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That sections 9-135 and 9-137 of the general statutes be amended to 1
(1) no longer require that an elector be absent from his or her town of 2
voting residence during all the hours of voting at a primary, election or 3
referendum, and (2) remove language in said provisions that tether 4
sickness and physical disability to a particular individual. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To revise certain absentee voting statutes to more closely align their
language with state constitutional provisions.