LCO No. 2062 1 of 1 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.