Bill Text: CT SB00646 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Threshold Triggering An Automatic Recount Of Votes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections [SB00646 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00646-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Proposed Bill No. 646 |
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January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 1151 | ||||
Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections |
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Introduced by: |
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SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist. |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE THRESHOLD TRIGGERING AN AUTOMATIC RECOUNT OF VOTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 9-311a of the general statutes be amended to provide that the threshold for state-wide automatic recounts in closely contested elections be lowered to a three-thousand-vote difference.
Statement of Purpose:
To require that any state-wide election decided by fewer than three thousand votes be subject to an automatic recount.