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Filed 01/21/2025

                     
 
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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6019  
January Session, 2025  
LCO No. 2062 
 
 
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION 
AND ELECTIONS  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING CLOSE VOTE RECANVASSES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That sections 9-311a and 9-445 of the general statutes be amended to 1 
provide that, whenever a close vote recanvass is triggered under either 2 
of said sections, a defeated candidate shall not be allowed to file a 3 
written statement waiving such candidate's right to such recanvass and 4 
such recanvass shall be required to be conducted. 5 
Statement of Purpose:   
To require close vote recanvasses to be conducted and not allow 
candidates to waive their rights to such recanvasses.