Bill Text: CT SB00274 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Certification Requirements For Minor Party Candidates.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-27 - Public Hearing 03/03 [SB00274 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00274-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 274
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1670
		*01670_______GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)

AN ACT CONCERNING CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR MINOR PARTY CANDIDATES.

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

Section 1. Section 9-452 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

All minor parties nominating candidates for any elective office shall make such nominations and certify and file a list of such nominations, as required by this section, not later than the sixty-second day prior to the day of the election at which such candidates are to be voted for. A list of nominees in printed or typewritten form that includes each candidate's name as authorized by each candidate to appear on the ballot, [the signature of each candidate,] the full street address of each candidate and the title and district of the office for which each candidate is nominated shall be certified by the presiding officer of the committee, meeting or other authority making such nomination and shall be filed by such presiding officer with the Secretary of the State, in the case of state or district office or the municipal office of state representative, state senator or judge of probate, or with the clerk of the municipality, in the case of municipal office, not later than the sixty-second day prior to the day of the election. The registrars of voters of such municipality shall promptly verify and correct the names on any such list filed with [him] the registrar, or the names of nominees forwarded to the clerk of the municipality by the Secretary of the State, in accordance with the registry list of such municipality and endorse the same as having been so verified and corrected. For purposes of this section, a list of nominations shall be deemed to be filed when it is received by the Secretary or clerk, as appropriate.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	9-452

Statement of Purpose:

To eliminate the signature requirement for minor party candidates as part of the certification of nominations process.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]