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3 | 3 | LCO No. 3280 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6042 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 3280 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION | |
11 | 11 | AND ELECTIONS | |
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14 | 14 | Introduced by: | |
15 | 15 | REP. COURPAS, 149th Dist. | |
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19 | 19 | AN ACT REQUIRING GOVERNMENT -ISSUED PHOTO | |
20 | 20 | IDENTIFICATION FOR VOTING PURPOSES. | |
21 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
22 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
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24 | 24 | That the general statutes be amended to (1) provide that, prior to 1 | |
25 | 25 | receiving and being able to cast a ballot at the polling place, each elector 2 | |
26 | 26 | shall present to the official checker or checkers a current and valid 3 | |
27 | 27 | government-issued photo identification, which identification clearly 4 | |
28 | 28 | displays such elector's name and residential address; and (2) establish a 5 | |
29 | 29 | program for waiving the fee associated with obtaining, for voting 6 | |
30 | 30 | purposes, a motor vehicle operator's license, identity card or other 7 | |
31 | 31 | government-issued form of photo identification. 8 | |
32 | 32 | Statement of Purpose: | |
33 | 33 | To require government-issued photo identification at the polls in order | |
34 | 34 | to vote and establish a program for electors to obtain such identification | |
35 | 35 | at no cost. |