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Amendment Article XXVII

CONSTITUTION ARTICLE VI, Section 8

Admission of electors in absentia.

HJR 22                       1991

            Senate:            355-359

            House:            1002-1005

            Committee:     Government Administration & Elections: 14-17, 19-21

                                                Total Pages: 17  pages

 

Adopted: November 25, 1992 by a popular vote of  708,030 in favor and 260,885 against.

 

“  this resolution … allows us to increase the numbers … of those who may vote in absentia or register in absentia … it brings the state up to the level of the federal government …”

 

Sen. Herbst explaining proposed constitutional amendment House Joint Resolution No. 22 to the Connecticut Senate on Wednesday, February 20, 1991.