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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 796
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2111
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to (1) specify that 1
absentee ballots may only be counted on the day of an election, (2) 2
provide consistency across all municipalities as to pre-election day 3
processing of absentee ballots, and (3) allow the registrars of voters to 4
contact electors for the purpose of curing unsigned absentee ballot 5
envelopes. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To specify that absentee ballots may only be counted on election day,
provide consistency among towns as to pre-election processing of such
ballots and allow for the curing of unsigned absentee ballot envelopes.