Government Administration and Elections
research guide
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The Office of Legislative Research writes nonpartisan reports for legislators on various topics. Recent reports related to the Government Administration and Elections Committee’s subject areas include:
Presidential Preference Primary – 2024-R-0007
Incompatible Municipal Offices – 2023-R-0302
Disapproved Regulation – 2023-R-0297
Permanent Daylight Saving Time VS. Permanent Standard Time – 2023-R-0291
FOIA Response Deadline – 2023-R-0267
Issue Brief: Connecticut’s Early Voting Law – 2023-R-0125
History of the Constitutional Limitation on Salary Increases for Elected Municipal Officials – 2023-R-0192
Presidential Preference Primary – 2023-R-0206
2023 Acts Affecting Town Clerks & Elections – 2023-R-0124
2023 Conveyance Legislation Reported Favorably by GAE Committee – 2023-R-0114
State agencies
Dept. of Administrative Services
Secretary of the State – elections and voting
State boards, commissions, and task forces
State Contracting Standards Board
State Elections Enforcement Commission
Office of State Ethics and Citizens’ Ethics Advisory Board
Freedom of Information Commission
Federal government
U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Other organizations
Connecticut Foundation for Open Government (CFOG)
Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL)
Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM)
Other online resources
A Look Back at 2020 in State Government – Legislative Library research guide from the 2020 OLR Issues Conference
Connecticut ordinances and charters by town – from the Judicial Branch Law Libraries
Recent Connecticut Appellate Court and Supreme Court freedom of information law opinions – from the Judicial Branch Law Libraries
Connecticut election law – research guide by the Judicial Branch Law Libraries
Connecticut law about freedom of information – research guide by the Judicial Branch Law Libraries
CGA 2021 Redistricting Project
Government Technology – e.Republic; electronic and print subscription.
Public Administration Review – American Society of Public Administration; print subscription.
State and Local Government Review – SAGE Publications; print subscription.
State Ethics Commission Advisory Opinions – Office of State Ethics; electronic and print subscription.
CT election results database – from the Secretary of the State. Covers 2016-present. Start by choosing an election in the drop-down menu at the top of the screen.
CT General Assembly members – from the CT State Library. Covers House 1849-present and Senate 1776-present.
CT lobbyist lists – from the Office of State Ethics. (See also the library’s guide to looking up lobbyists.)
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (from HeinOnline): “With more than 900 unique titles and 900,000 pages dedicated to American Indian Law, this collection includes an expansive archive of treaties, federal statutes and regulations, federal case law, tribal codes, constitutions, and jurisprudence.” Access from anywhere with a Connecticut State Library card.
NCSL Ballot Measures Database – from the National Conference of State Legislatures. Tracks statewide ballot measures from 1892-present.
NCSL Campaign Finance Legislation Database – from the National Conference of State Legislatures. Tracks legislation from 2015-present.
NCSL Elections Legislation Database – from the National Conference of State Legislatures. Tracks legislation from 2011-present.
NCSL Ethics and Lobbying Law and Legislation Database – from the National Conference of State Legislatures. Tracks legislation from 2010-present.
NCSL Statewide Tribal Legislation Database – from the National Conference of State Legislatures. Tracks legislation from 2010-present.
Please note this is not an exhaustive list. Contact the library for these and other reports.
2020 U.S. census block adjustments technical documentation (counting of certain incarcerated individuals for purposes of determining state legislative and municipal voting districts)2020 U.S. census block adjustments technical documentation (counting of certain incarcerated individuals for purposes of determining state legislative and municipal voting districts) – by the Office of Policy and Management; pursuant to PA 21-13
Compensation Commission for Elected State Officers and General Assembly Members biennial report – pursuant to CGS 2-9a(b)
Contract compliance and small and minority owned business utilization – annual report by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities; pursuant to CGS 46a-56(a)(6)
CT Commission for Educational Technology report – annual report published by the Dept. of Administrative Services; pursuant to CGS 4d-80(c)(8)
Cybersecurity studyCybersecurity study – by the Dept. of Administrative Services; pursuant to SA 15-13
Department functions that may be made more efficient or cost-effective by blockchain technologyDepartment functions that may be made more efficient or cost-effective by blockchain technology – by the Dept. of Administrative Services; pursuant to SA 21-25 s.1
Expansion of the state’s electronic business portal (business one stop report)Expansion of the state’s electronic business portal (business one stop report) – by the Dept. of Administrative Services; pursuant to SA 18-17
Inventory of state real property – annual report by the Office of Policy and Management; pursuant to CGS 4-67g
Leading by example: reducing energy use in state facilities – periodic report by the Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection; pursuant to CGS 16a-37u(d)
Legal issues in interagency data sharing – annual report by the Office of Policy and Management; pursuant to CGS 4-67z
Monthly loss report – by the Auditors of Public Accounts; pursuant to CGS 4-33a
Office of State Ethics annual report – pursuant to CGS 1-81(a)(6) and CGS 1-92(f)
Outstanding Dept. of Administrative Services regulations – annual report by the Dept. of Administrative Services; pursuant to CGS 4-170b
Proposed certification regarding human trafficking for state contractsProposed certification regarding human trafficking for state contracts – by the Office of the Attorney General; pursuant to PA 17-32 s.7
Risk-limiting audit recommendations for ConnecticutRisk-limiting audit recommendations for Connecticut – by the Working Group to Examine Employing Risk-Limiting Audits to Determine Accuracy of Election Results; pursuant to PA 21-2 s.123 June
School Safety Infrastructure Council report – annual report published by the Dept. of Administrative Services; pursuant to CGS 10-292r(c)
State agency small business enterprise (SBE) and minority business enterprise (MBE) goals – quarterly report by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities; pursuant to CGS 4a-60g(m)
State facility plan – biennial report by the Office of Policy and Management; pursuant to CGS 4b-23(c)
State fleet composition and fuel usage – annual report by the Dept. of Administrative Services; pursuant to CGS 4a-67d
State information and telecommunications strategic plan – annual report by the Dept. of Administrative services; pursuant to CGS 4d-7
State Properties Review Board annual report – pursuant to CGS 4b-2(1)
Toolkit for success: planning, retaining, and diversifying a 21st century state workforceToolkit for success: planning, retaining, and diversifying a 21st century state workforce – by the Task Force to Study the State Workforce and Retiring Employees; pursuant to PA 21-2 s.189 June
For OLR Reports and other materials related to the Government Administration and Elections Committee’s work, index headings include:
Administrative Services, CT Dept. of
Campaigns
Campaigns-Finance
Campaigns-Public-Financing
Census
Code of Ethics
Conflict of Interest
Constitutional Amendments
Constitutional Convention
Constitutional Law
Construction Contracts
Dual Job Ban
Elections
Elections Commission
Ethics Commission
Federal-State Relations
Freedom of Information
Government-Local
Government Property
Government Purchasing
Government-Regional
Government-State-Reorganization
Home Rule
Interstate Compacts
Legislators
Lobbyists
Municipal Officials and Employees
Municipalities
Political Committees and Conventions
Primaries
Privatization
Program Evaluation and Review
Properties Review Board, State
Proportional Representation
Public Employees-Political Activity
Public Works-CT Dept. of
Quasi-Public Agencies
Reapportionment
Referenda
Regional Planning
Special Districts
Voters-Registration of
Voting
Voting-Absentee
The library assigns topical index headings to all OLR Reports and keeps hard copies of the reports organized by these index headings. Reports from 1994 to the present are in the library’s file cabinets (aka the “vertical files”) in the red-tabbed folders, as well as online in full text. Older reports are in two sets of bound volumes (one set for the 1970s, and one for 1980-1993) on the library’s shelves.
The same index headings the library uses for OLR Reports have been used to organize over 600 subject files of materials such as newspaper clippings, court decisions, press releases, pamphlets, and other resources that would be more difficult to locate if they were dispersed throughout the library’s general collection. The subject files are in the blue-tabbed folders in the file cabinets. (Many of the items in these folders have also been digitized by the library, and their electronic versions can be found in the library’s intranet catalog.)
1965 Constitutional Convention Legislative Record Index
The Connecticut Constitution 1965-2008: Legislative History of Amendments – by Hilary T. Frye, CT State Library, 2009
The Connecticut State Constitution – by Wesley W. Horton, Oxford University Press, 2015
Digest of Administrative Reports – annual compilation of reports from state agencies to the governor
Guides to media law, including freedom of information law – from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Lobbying, PACs, and Campaign Finance: 50 State Handbook – by SCG Legal, published by Thomson Reuters, 2016
McQuillin: The Law of Municipal Corporations – access through Westlaw.
Treatise on Constitutional Law: Substance and Procedure, 5th ed. – by Ronald D. Rotunda, 2012-2013
For the past several years, almost all newly published items added to the library’s collection have been in electronic format only. These items are accessible in full text through the library’s intranet catalog. Many old print materials have also been digitized and uploaded to the library’s catalog.
To get a general sense of a subject’s history, however, you may find it useful to browse the library stacks in certain locations to see print copies of older publications (and the occasional newer item that was published both electronically and in print). For publications related to government administration and elections, call number ranges include, but are not limited to:
323 civil and political rights
324 the political process
328 the legislative process
342 constitutional and administrative law
349 law of specific jurisdictions and areas
350-353 public administration
970 American Indian tribes; government relations with specific tribes
Hard copies of mandated reports that were produced only once or as a limited series are shelved by the number of the act that required the report. Hard copies of mandated reports produced regularly with no set end date (for example, state agencies’ annual reports) are shelved in the stacks by subject.
Competitive bidding practices study findings and recommendationsCompetitive bidding practices study findings and recommendations – by the State Contracting Standards Board’s Data Analysis Work Group, 2018
Core-CT system information technology general controlsCore-CT system information technology general controls – by the Auditors of Public Accounts, 2021
Home rule in Connecticut: its history, status, and recommendations for changeHome rule in Connecticut: its history, status, and recommendations for change – by the CT Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1987
Office of Program Review and Investigations reports on aspects of state government administration, 1974-2015
Sunset Review reports, 1980-1984
Photo: U.S. Army.