Bill Text: CT HB05393 | 2016 | General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Election Administration.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-05-31 - Signed by the Governor [HB05393 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05393-Chaptered.html

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House Bill No. 5393

Public Act No. 16-53

AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTION ADMINISTRATION.

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

Section 1. Subsection (f) of section 9-19k of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(f) If an applicant registers to vote pursuant to the provisions of this section after the [fourteenth] seventh day before an election or after the fifth day before a primary, the privileges of an elector shall not attach until the day after such election or primary, as the case may be. In such event, the registrars of voters may contact such applicant, either by telephone or mail, in order to inform such applicant of the effect of such late received application and any applicable deadline for applying for admission in person.