CT SB00390

Establishes mandatory minimum 12-month prison sentences for multiple election crimes classified as Class D felonies, with sentences that cannot be suspended or reduced, effective October 1, 2024.

Class D felonies include: tampering with voting tabulators, falsifying vote counts or election documents, improperly printing ballots, and providing false voting instructions with intent to defraud electors.

Class D felonies also cover absentee ballot crimes such as executing ballots to reveal how someone votes, unlawfully opening ballots, and making false statements on absentee ballot applications.

Creates Class D felony penalties for attempting to influence voter behavior through threats or coercion, violating ballot secrecy, and intentionally misrepresenting petition contents, all with mandatory 12-month minimum sentences.

Changes Class E felony violations involving willful omission of election duties to include mandatory 12-month minimum prison sentences that cannot be suspended or reduced.