Guide
Campaign
Election Protection
Common Cause in Connecticut is committed to defending voting rights, making the ballot box accessible for all eligible voters, and safeguarding our voting systems to help ensure accurate and fair elections. We mobilize volunteers to help the people of Connecticut navigate the voting process and cast their votes without obstruction, confusion, or intimidation.
BECOME AN ELECTION PROTECTION VOLUNTEER
Our nonpartisan voter protection program seeks to ensure every eligible voter who wants to vote can do so, and every vote is counted accurately. This program is not affiliated with any party, candidate, or issue campaign.
Direct volunteer intervention is the most effective way to make sure voters aren’t disenfranchised by confusion over election rules, long lines, under-resourced polling places, and acts of intimidation or deception.
What We’re Doing
As part of Common Cause in Connecticut’s work to protect the vote in 2024, we will:
- Train nonpartisan volunteers and send them to polling places around the state, where they will answer voters’ questions and serve as a first line of defense against voter suppression tactics
- Monitor social media platforms for misleading and false content designed to confuse voters
- Promote the 866-OUR-VOTE hotline, which voters can call to address any questions or issues
- Bring any major problems to the attention of elections officials and, if necessary, take legal action in defense of voters’ rights
Become an Election Protection Volunteer
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Become an Election Protection Volunteer
Want to protect the vote in your community? Join us at the polls or from your home as an Election Protection volunteer!
We focus on areas with a history of voting problems and places where hotly-contested races may exacerbate the chance of long lines and other complications.
Election Protection is part of our year-round work to advance strong voting reforms. We take the patterns and voter experiences at the polls to the Connecticut General Assembly to advocate for common sense reforms that make it easier to cast a ballot.
We focus on areas with a history of voting problems and places where hotly-contested races may exacerbate the chance of long lines and other complications.
Election Protection is part of our year-round work to advance strong voting reforms. We take the patterns and voter experiences at the polls to the Connecticut General Assembly to advocate for common sense reforms that make it easier to cast a ballot.
VOTING TOOLS
Make Sure You Are Ready for Election Day
VOTING TOOLS
Use our voting tools to check your registration status, find your polling place, request an absentee ballot, and more.
Your tax-deductible donation will help train, equip, and place tens of thousands of nonpartisan volunteers this Election Day.
Related Resources
Press
Press Release
Voting Rights Group: Too Soon to Abandon Early Voting
"Without a high-stakes election or any funding to educate the public, it is too soon for the Secretary of the State to abandon early voting."
Press Release
Common Cause in CT Addresses Bridgeport Ballot Stuffing Allegations
“We will watch this situation closely as it develops, and we will continue to speak up against those who intend to sow doubt in the integrity of our elections.”
Press Release
Senate Approves Pro-Voter Bill
While some state legislatures are trying to limit voter participation, our General Assembly is working to reduce barriers and improve voting access. The bill passed today is an important part of that effort, and we urge the House to approve it quickly.