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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 802
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2129
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
REP. MASTROFRANCESCO, 80th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS.
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) require the 1
Secretary of the State to submit, not later than October 1, 2021, to the 2
joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 3
matters relating to elections a report on each election law modified by 4
executive order of the Governor or pursuant to the Secretary's authority 5
under section 9-3 of the general statutes for any election or primary held 6
in 2020 or 2021, (2) require any proposed declaratory ruling, instruction, 7
opinion or written order of the Secretary to be issued pursuant to said 8
section to be submitted to the standing legislative regulation review 9
committee for approval, (3) prohibit the unsolicited mailing of absentee 10
ballot applications by any state or municipal election official, (4) specify 11
that absentee ballots may only be counted on the day of an election, (5) 12
establish a pilot program for verification of signatures on absentee ballot 13
envelopes, (6) require, with any absentee ballot application, an 14
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laws, including, but not limited to, a statement that only the intended 16
recipient of such application may complete and return such application, 17
(7) establish a task force to study the viability of using a single envelope, 18
instead of two, for the return of an absentee ballot, (8) withdraw the state 19
from the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, (9) require the 20
Secretary to establish and implement procedures to audit accepted 21
election day registration applications and confirmation notices of such 22
accepted applications sent by and returned to registrars of voters, (10) 23
require the Secretary to establish and implement procedures for 24
auditing statements signed by electors who do not present certain 25
preprinted forms of identification prior to voting at a polling place, and 26
(11) (A) provide that, prior to receiving and being able to cast a ballot at 27
the polling place, each elector shall present to the official checker or 28
checkers a current and valid photo identification, which identification 29
clearly displays such elector's name and residential address, and (B) 30
establish a program for waiving the fee associated with obtaining, for 31
voting purposes, a motor vehicle operator's license, identity card or 32
other government-issued form of photo identification. 33
Statement of Purpose:
To implement several changes concerning the administration of
elections.