Connecticut 2022 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00437 Compare Versions

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6	6	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 437
7	7	February Session, 2022
8	8	LCO No. 2392
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11	11	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
12	12	AND ELECTIONS
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15	15	Introduced by:
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21	21	AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY SINGLE -
22	22	ENVELOPE ABSENTEE BALLOTING.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	24	Assembly convened:
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26	26	Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
27	27	to study the feasibility of implementing procedures whereby an 2
28	28	absentee ballot applicant uses a single envelope, instead of two, for the 3
29	29	return of such applicant's absentee ballot. Such study shall include an 4
30	30	examination and identification of each section of the general statutes 5
31	31	that would require amending in order to implement such procedures. 6
32	32	(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 7
33	33	(1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 8
34	34	(2) One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 9
35	35	(3) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 10
36	36	Representatives; 11
37	37	(4) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 12
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40	40	(5) One appointed by the House of Representatives chairperson of the 13
41	41	joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 14
42	42	matters relating to elections; 15
43	43	(6) One appointed by the Senate chairperson of the joint standing 16
44	44	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 17
45	45	relating to elections; 18
46	46	(7) One appointed by the House of Representatives ranking member 19
47	47	of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 20
48	48	cognizance of matters relating to elections; 21
49	49	(8) One appointed by the Senate ranking member of the joint standing 22
50	50	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 23
51	51	relating to elections; 24
52	52	(9) The Secretary of the State, or the Secretary's designee; 25
53	53	(10) Two designated by the president of the Registrars of Voters 26
54	54	Association of Connecticut, each of whom shall be enrolled in a different 27
55	55	political party from the other; and 28
56	56	(11) One designated by the president of the Connecticut Town Clerks 29
57	57	Association. 30
58	58	(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 31
59	59	(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8) of subsection (b) of this section may be a 32
60	60	member of the General Assembly. 33
61	61	(d) All initial appointments or designations, as applicable, to the task 34
62	62	force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of 35
63	63	this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing or 36
64	64	designating, as applicable, authority. 37
65	65	(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 38
66	66	tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 39
67	67	among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 40
68	68	the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 41
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71	71	days after the effective date of this section. 42
72	72	(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 43
73	73	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to elections 44
74	74	shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 45
75	75	(g) Not later than January 1, 2023, the task force shall submit a report 46
76	76	on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 47
77	77	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 48
78	78	elections, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 49
79	79	general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 50
80	80	submits such report or January 1, 2023, whichever is later. 51
81	81	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
82	82	sections:
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84	84	Section 1 from passage New section
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86	86	Statement of Purpose:
87	87	To study the feasibility of implementing procedures whereby absentee
88	88	ballot applicants use a single envelope, instead of two, for the return of
89	89	absentee ballots.
90	90	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
91	91	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
92	92	underlined.]
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