Bill Text: CT SB00252 | 2016 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Post-election Audit Integrity And Efficiency.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-01 - Signed by the Governor [SB00252 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00252-Chaptered.html
Substitute Senate Bill No. 252
AN ACT CONCERNING POST-ELECTION AUDIT INTEGRITY AND EFFICIENCY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 9-320f of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
(a) Not earlier than the fifteenth day after any election or primary and not later than two business days before the canvass of votes by the Secretary of the State, Treasurer and Comptroller, for any federal or state election or primary, or by the town clerk for any municipal election or primary, the registrars of voters shall conduct a manual audit or, for an election or primary held on or after January 1, 2016, an electronic audit authorized under section 9-320g of the votes recorded in not less than [ten] five per cent of the voting districts in the state, district or municipality, whichever is applicable. Such manual or electronic audit shall be noticed in advance and be open to public observation. Any election official who participates in the administration and conduct of an audit pursuant to this section shall be compensated by the municipality at the standard rate of pay established by such municipality for elections or primaries, as the case may be.