CT HB05540

Eliminates the legal presumption that the Secretary of the State's declaratory rulings, opinions, instructions, and orders correctly interpret election and primary administration laws

Requires the Secretary to adopt any declaratory ruling, instruction, opinion, or order issued more than 90 days before a regular election as a formal regulation through the standard regulatory process

Mandates that rulings, instructions, opinions, or orders issued within 90 days of an election be submitted to the General Assembly, which may disapprove them by majority vote in each chamber

Grants the Connecticut Supreme Court original jurisdiction over any legal challenges to General Assembly decisions regarding the Secretary's election-related rulings or orders

Removes the Secretary of the State's authority to directly apply to Superior Court for enforcement of election orders, leaving only the Attorney General with that power