The proposed bill, General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6013, aims to amend chapter 145 of the general statutes to establish a signature verification process for absentee voting. Specifically, it mandates that local election officials must verify that the signature on the inner envelope of a returned absentee ballot matches the signature on the corresponding absentee ballot application. This measure is intended to enhance the integrity of the absentee voting process by ensuring that the individual who returns the ballot is indeed the same person who requested it.

The bill introduces new legal language that requires this signature verification process, thereby strengthening the security of absentee voting. There are no deletions from current law mentioned in the text of the bill. The overall goal of the legislation is to bolster voter confidence and maintain the integrity of the electoral process by preventing potential fraud in absentee voting.