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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 1837 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6362 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 1837 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION |
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| 11 | 11 | | AND ELECTIONS |
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| 14 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 15 | 15 | | REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist. |
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| 16 | 16 | | REP. HUGHES, 135th Dist. |
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| 17 | 17 | | REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist. |
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| 19 | 19 | | REP. WINKLER, 56th Dist. |
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| 20 | 20 | | REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist. |
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| 21 | 21 | | REP. GILCHREST, 18th Dist. |
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| 22 | 22 | | REP. PHIPPS, 100th Dist. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEN. LOPES, 6th Dist. |
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| 27 | 27 | | AN ACT CONCERNING INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND |
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| 28 | 28 | | ELECTORAL PRIVILEGES. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 30 | 30 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 32 | 32 | | That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to (1) identify 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | organizations and institutions best suited to help provide to 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | incarcerated individuals information and other resources concerning 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | candidates and policy issues, (2) require local election officials to 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | develop plans to assist eligible incarcerated individuals in both 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | registering to vote and actually voting, (3) require the Secretary of the 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | State and the Commissioner of Correction to coordinate on efforts to 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | facilitate voter education, identify eligible voters and develop 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | procedures for supervised ballot submission, (4) provide that no person 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | who voted while incarcerated may be held liable for failing to withdraw 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | such person's absentee ballot or voting in person after submitting such 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | absentee ballot, (5) provide that no incarcerated person who is ineligible 12 Proposed Bill No. 6362 |
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| 46 | 46 | | LCO No. 1837 2 of 2 |
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| 48 | 48 | | to vote may be held liable for inadvertently misrepresenting such 13 |
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| 49 | 49 | | person's eligibility and seeking to apply for an absentee ballot, (6) 14 |
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| 50 | 50 | | establish a Department of Correction Registrar of Voters, permit local 15 |
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| 51 | 51 | | election officials in municipalities without correctional facilities to 16 |
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| 52 | 52 | | provide assistance to local election officials in municipalities with such 17 |
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| 53 | 53 | | facilities or provide additional funding to local election officials in 18 |
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| 54 | 54 | | municipalities with such facilities, (7) establish polling places in jails 19 |
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| 55 | 55 | | where periods of incarceration are shorter and promote absentee voting 20 |
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| 56 | 56 | | in prisons where such periods are longer, and (8) involve currently and 21 |
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| 57 | 57 | | formerly incarcerated individuals in the implementation of such voting 22 |
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| 58 | 58 | | initiatives. 23 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 60 | 60 | | To implement several reforms regarding voting by incarcerated |
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| 61 | 61 | | individuals who have not forfeited their electoral privileges. |
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