General Assembly

  

Proposed Bill No. 5751

 

January Session, 2011

  

LCO No. 565

   

Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections

 

Introduced by:

  

REP. KIRKLEY-BEY, 5th Dist.

REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist.

REP. MCCRORY, 7th Dist.

  

AN ACT CONCERNING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOR REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.

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

That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to require a registrar of voters in Hartford, Bridgeport or New Haven, who campaigns for a seat on a town committee, recuse himself or herself from their duties as registrar during the town committee election campaigns.

Statement of Purpose:

To prevent a conflict of interest in the registrar of voters' office during a town committee election.