Connecticut-2011-SB00646-Introduced


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 646*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 1151

Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections
Introduced by:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

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.