The proposed bill, General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 1120, aims to amend section 9-19j of the general statutes to establish a requirement for provisional ballots for certain same-day election registration applicants. Specifically, the bill stipulates that if registrars of voters find that an applicant has not been previously registered as an elector in any town within the state during an election where federal offices are on the ballot, that applicant will be provided a provisional ballot. This provisional ballot will only be valid for voting on federal offices.

Additionally, the bill mandates that all provisional ballots cast under these circumstances must be segregated for auditing purposes. This segregation is intended to ensure that no voter who casts a provisional ballot has also voted in another state during the same election. The bill seeks to enhance the integrity of the electoral process by confirming that same-day registrants do not engage in voting in multiple states.