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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 507
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 381
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
REP. MASTROFRANCESCO, 80th Dist.
REP. DAUPHINAIS, 44th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ABSENTEE VOTING PROCESS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to (1) specify that 1
absentee ballots may only be counted on the day of an election, (2) 2
provide consistency across all municipalities as to processing of 3
absentee ballots prior to the day of an election, and (3) allow registrars 4
of voters to contact electors for the purpose of curing unsigned absentee 5
ballot envelopes. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To specify that absentee ballots may only be counted on election day,
provide consistency among towns as to pre-election processing of such
ballots and allow for the curing of unsigned absentee ballot envelopes.