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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 329
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 322
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
REP. DAUPHINAIS, 44th Dist.
REP. MASTROFRANCESCO, 80th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING 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 require (1) each elector, prior 1
to voting in person at the polling place, to present a current and valid 2
photo identification that clearly displays such elector's name and 3
residential address; (2) each elector voting by absentee ballot to include 4
in the outer return envelope a photocopy of such a current and valid 5
photo identification; (3) each public library to provide, free of charge, a 6
photocopy of any elector's current and valid photo identification for 7
purposes of voting by absentee ballot, the costs of which provision such 8
library may seek reimbursement from the State Treasurer; and (4) the 9
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to waive the fee associated with 10
obtaining, for voting purposes, a motor vehicle operator's license or 11
identity card for any person without means to pay such fee. 12 Proposed Bill No. 329
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Statement of Purpose:
To require photo identification for voting in person or by absentee ballot
and to afford electors means of obtaining, free of charge, such photo
identification or a photocopy thereof for purposes of so voting.