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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 138
January Session, 2021
AN ACT CONCERNING PR ESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 9-176 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): 2
The presidential electors shall meet at the office of the Secretary of the 3
State at twelve o'clock, noon, on the first Monday after the second 4
Wednesday of the December following their election and, as required 5
by the Constitution and laws of the United States, shall cast their ballots 6
for President and Vice President. Each such elector shall cast [his] such 7
elector's ballots for the candidates under whose names [he] such elector 8
ran on the official election ballot, as provided in section 9-175. If any 9
such elector is absent or if there is a vacancy in the electoral college for 10
any cause, the electors present shall, before voting for President and 11
Vice President, elect by ballot an elector to fill such vacancy, and the 12
person so chosen shall be a presidential elector, shall perform the duties 13
of such office and shall cast his or her ballots for the candidates to whom 14
the elector he or she is replacing was pledged. In the case of any such 15
elector who fails to cast such elector's ballots for the candidates under 16
whose names such elector ran on the official election ballot, (1) the votes 17
of such elector shall be nullified, (2) such elector shall forfeit such 18
elector's position as presidential elector, causing a vacancy in the 19
electoral college, and (3) the other electors present shall elect by ballot 20 Substitute Bill No. 138
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an elector to fill such vacancy, and the person so chosen shall be a 21
presidential elector, shall perform the duties of such office and shall cast 22
his or her ballots for the candidates to whom the elector he or she is 23
replacing was pledged. 24
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 9-176
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
References to "his" were changed to "such elector's" or "his or her" and
to "he" were changed to "such elector" or "he or she" for consistency and
in Subdiv. (1), "vote" was changed to "votes" for accuracy.
GAE Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO