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