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CT · HB05001FINAL · 33 COSPONSORS

An Act Concerning Absentee Voting For All And Various Other Reforms Related To The Administration Of Elections.

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To (1) remove the statutory restrictions on eligibility for absentee voting, (2) allow municipalities to provide by charter for quadrennial municipal elections, (3) authorize the Secretary of the State to recommend changes to procedures for in-person voter registration of disabled individuals, (4) permit assistant municipal clerks running for municipal clerk to perform their official duties on the day of an election, (5) provide for jointly temporarily relieving the registrars of voters of a mun…

Source: OpenStates · fetched May 15, 2026

Votes
Sponsorship · 34 Sponsors
Democrat33Republican0Independent0Other1
  • · PrimeGovernment Administration and Elections Committee
  • D · CoDerek Slap
  • D · CoMatt Blumenthal
  • D · CoAnne Hughes
  • D · CoNick Gauthier
  • D · CoGeraldo Reyes
  • D · CoJoshua Elliott
  • D · CoJohn Santanella
  • D · CoAmy Morrin Bello
  • D · CoMarcus Brown
  • D · CoGregory Haddad
  • D · CoLaurie Sweet
  • D · CoHector Arzeno
  • D · CoSarah Keitt
  • D · CoKate Farrar
  • D · CoMD Rahman
  • D · CoDaniel Gaiewski
  • D · CoJames Sanchez
  • D · CoJoshua Hall
  • D · CoFarley Santos
  • D · CoEilish Collins Main
  • D · CoHubert Delany
  • D · CoBob Godfrey
  • D · CoRoland Lemar
  • D · CoDominique Johnson
  • D · CoJuan Candelaria
  • D · CoHilda Santiago
  • D · CoJane Garibay
  • D · CoGary Turco
  • D · CoMoira Rader
  • D · CoDerell Wilson
  • D · CoPatricia Miller
  • D · CoSteven Stafstrom
  • D · CoJulie Kushner
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