Bill Text: CT SB00601 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Eliminating Overvoting For A Candidate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-09 - Public Hearing 02/13 [SB00601 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00601-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 601
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 1946
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.

AN ACT ELIMINATING OVERVOTING FOR A CANDIDATE.

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

That section 9-242 of the general statutes be amended to require that, in the event a candidate is cross endorsed and an elector casts more than one vote for such candidate on a ballot (1) any voting tabulator approved by the Secretary of the State shall not accept such ballot, and (2) the elector shall be given a new ballot for the purpose of casting such elector's vote.

Statement of Purpose:

To eliminate overvoting and the attribution of unknown votes for cross-endorsed candidates.