Bill Text: CT HB05234 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Mail-in Voter Registration Applications. [Track Bill]

Status: 2011-01-13 - Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections [HB05234 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05234-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5234

 

January Session, 2011

 

LCO No. 95

   

Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. HETHERINGTON, 125th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING MAIL-IN VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 143 of the general statutes be amended to provide that persons submitting mail-in voter registration applications shall include their Social Security number in order to be eligible to vote.

Statement of Purpose:

To help reduce voter fraud by requiring Social Security numbers to be included on mail-in voter registration forms.

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