General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 15
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 172
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE APPLICATIONS FOR ABSENTEE
BALLOTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That chapter 145 of the general statutes be amended to create an
2 electronic portal on the Secretary of the State's Internet web site through
3 which any eligible elector may submit a request for an absentee ballot,
4 which request will then be transmitted within twenty-four hours to the
5 town clerk of the town of such elector's residence for the mailing out of
6 such absentee ballot to such elector by such town clerk.
Statement of Purpose:
To allow any eligible elector to electronically request an absentee ballot
through the Secretary of the State's Internet web site.
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