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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6042
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 3280
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. COURPAS, 149th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING GOVERNMENT -ISSUED PHOTO
IDENTIFICATION FOR VOTING PURPOSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) provide that, prior to 1
receiving and being able to cast a ballot at the polling place, each elector 2
shall present to the official checker or checkers a current and valid 3
government-issued photo identification, which identification clearly 4
displays such elector's name and residential address; and (2) establish a 5
program for waiving the fee associated with obtaining, for voting 6
purposes, a motor vehicle operator's license, identity card or other 7
government-issued form of photo identification. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To require government-issued photo identification at the polls in order
to vote and establish a program for electors to obtain such identification
at no cost.