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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 1527 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 745 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 1527 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION |
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| 11 | 11 | | AND ELECTIONS |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SEN. HARDING, 30th Dist. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SEN. MARTIN, 31st Dist. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SEN. CICARELLA, 34th Dist. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEN. HWANG, 28th Dist. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEN. BERTHEL, 32nd Dist. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEN. FAZIO, 36th Dist. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEN. GORDON, 35th Dist. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist. |
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| 28 | 28 | | AN ACT IMPLEMENTING SEVERAL REFORMS RELATING TO IN - |
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| 29 | 29 | | PERSON VOTING, ABSENTEE VOTING, SAME -DAY ELECTION |
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| 30 | 30 | | REGISTRATION, ELECTION CRIMES AND LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT |
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| 31 | 31 | | OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND ELECTION LAWS. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 33 | 33 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 35 | 35 | | That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to (1) require photo 1 |
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| 36 | 36 | | identification for voting in person or by absentee ballot and afford 2 |
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| 37 | 37 | | electors means of obtaining, free of charge, such photo identification or 3 |
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| 38 | 38 | | a photocopy thereof for purposes of so voting; (2) prohibit the 4 |
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| 39 | 39 | | unsolicited mailing, delivery or other provision of absentee ballot 5 |
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| 40 | 40 | | applications; (3) require the audit of same-day election registrations and 6 |
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| 41 | 41 | | subsequent confirmation notices of such registrations; (4) require 7 |
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| 42 | 42 | | registrars of voters to verify that any elector who votes by absentee 8 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ballot actually resides at the address associated with such elector's 9 |
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| 44 | 44 | | absentee ballot application and absentee ballot; (5) impose mandatory 10 Proposed Bill No. 745 |
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| 47 | 47 | | LCO No. 1527 2 of 2 |
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| 49 | 49 | | minimum sentences for certain felony violations of election laws; (6) 11 |
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| 50 | 50 | | require the Secretary of the State to develop and implement a process 12 |
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| 51 | 51 | | for verifying the signatures upon returned absentee ballots against the 13 |
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| 52 | 52 | | signatures upon the corresponding absentee ballot applications; and (7) 14 |
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| 53 | 53 | | establish a standing legislative committee, consisting of eight members 15 |
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| 54 | 54 | | of the House of Representatives, four from each major party, and six 16 |
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| 55 | 55 | | members of the Senate, three from each major party, that shall have sole 17 |
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| 56 | 56 | | cognizance of matters relating to the State Elections Enforcement 18 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Commission, constitutional amendments and elections and election 19 |
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| 58 | 58 | | laws. 20 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 60 | 60 | | To implement several reforms relating to in-person voting, absentee |
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| 61 | 61 | | voting, same-day election registration, election crimes and legislative |
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| 62 | 62 | | oversight of constitutional amendments and election laws. |
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