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CT HB06575

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/4/2021

Primary Sponsor

Government Administration and Elections Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2021 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes a working group to examine risk-limiting audits for determining election result accuracy, including feasibility, implementation methods, equipment needs, procedures, and required statutory changes.

  • Directs the working group to oversee a pilot program in 5-10 Connecticut municipalities testing risk-limiting audit methods during the 2021 municipal elections.

  • Comprises 14 members including the Secretary of the State (chair), legislative appointees from both parties, election law experts, a statistician, registrars of voters representatives, and the director of the Center for Voting Technology Research at the University of Connecticut.

  • Requires initial appointments within 30 days of the bill's effective date and mandates the first working group meeting within 60 days.

  • Requires the working group to submit findings and recommendations to the elections committee and Secretary of the State by January 31, 2022, at which point the group terminates.

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning Risk-limiting Audits For Election Results.

Last Action

File Number 503

4/19/2021

Committee Referrals

Government Administration and Elections3/4/2021

Full Bill Text

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