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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2541 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 825 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2541 | |
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| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION | |
| 11 | 11 | AND ELECTIONS | |
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| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | Introduced by: | |
| 15 | 15 | SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 19 | AN ACT CONCERNING AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION, | |
| 20 | 20 | ABSENTEE VOTING AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS | |
| 21 | 21 | AND REFERENDA. | |
| 22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 25 | That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to (1) codify the 1 | |
| 26 | 26 | memorandum of understanding implementing automatic voter 2 | |
| 27 | 27 | registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles, and expand automatic 3 | |
| 28 | 28 | voter registration to include other state agencies capable of similar 4 | |
| 29 | 29 | implementation, (2) allow electors to vote by absentee ballot for the 5 | |
| 30 | 30 | duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, (3) make permanent the use of 6 | |
| 31 | 31 | absentee ballot drop boxes initially employed for the 2020 state election 7 | |
| 32 | 32 | cycle, (4) provide for increased funding, including compensation, for 8 | |
| 33 | 33 | officials involved in the administration of elections at the local level, and 9 | |
| 34 | 34 | (5) make certain changes to the conduct of municipal referenda. 10 | |
| 35 | 35 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 36 | 36 | To (1) implement automatic voter registration at additional state | |
| 37 | 37 | agencies, (2) allow absentee voting during the COVID-19 pandemic, (3) | |
| 38 | 38 | make permanent the use of absentee ballot drop boxes, (4) increase Proposed Bill No. 825 | |
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| 40 | 40 | ||
| 41 | 41 | LCO No. 2541 2 of 2 | |
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| 43 | 43 | funding for local election administrators, and (5) make certain changes | |
| 44 | 44 | regarding municipal referenda. |