Bill Text: CT SB00133 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 133 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Electoral College Vote Attributed To The State's Second Congressional District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-17 - Public Hearing 02/22 [SB00133 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00133-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 133*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 950
		00950
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. LINARES, 33rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE ATTRIBUTED TO THE STATE'S SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

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

That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to provide that the elector of President and Vice President of the United States corresponding to the representative in Congress to which the state's second congressional district is entitled shall cast such elector's ballot for the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates receiving the highest total of votes in said congressional district, notwithstanding the result of the votes for such candidates state-wide.

Statement of Purpose:

To award the electoral college vote for the state's second congressional district to the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates who win the popular vote in said congressional district.