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CT HB06471
Bill
Status
1/28/2019
Primary Sponsor
Government Administration and Elections Committee
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AI Summary
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Moves the primary election date for November municipal elections from September to the second Tuesday in August in the year the election is held.
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Maintains the existing primary date for May municipal elections on the fifty-sixth day preceding the election day.
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Removes the prohibition on scheduling primaries on the Tuesday immediately following Labor Day.
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Requires primaries to be rescheduled to the next succeeding day if the scheduled date falls on a legal holiday or a day when religious tenets forbid secular activity.
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Effective upon passage and amends Connecticut General Statutes sections 9-423 and 9-376.
Legislative Description
An Act Concerning Primaries For Municipal Elections Held In November.
Last Action
Public Hearing 03/13
3/8/2019