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Secretary of the State candidates discuss, early voting, ranked-choice
'Voter suppression is not just a problem in Georgia, Alabama and Texas,' said Lesser, who wrote the bill. 'Some municipalities have problems, they run out of ballots, there are inadequate instructions on voter requirements, and redistricting. This bill will change a lot and provide a real opportunity.'"
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Absentee Ballot Bill Headed To Governor’s Desk
The Senate sent the bill to the governor’s desk on a 30 to 4 vote Wednesday afternoon. The House approved the legislation on a bipartisan basis last week.
Although Connecticut’s constitution contains language explicitly outlining a handful of excuses a voter must use in order to...
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75 Grassroots Leaders, Groups Urge Legislative Leaders to Pass ‘Freedom to Vote’ Agenda
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Daily Beast: The One State That Could Actually Expand Voting Rights
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Connecticut Supreme Court adopts expert’s redistricting plan
The new map makes mostly minor changes to the boundaries of the state’s five districts to accommodate population changes.
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CT News Junkie: Democratic Lawmakers Plan Quick Action on Absentee Ballot Voting
“Voting is the fundamental right underlying our entire democracy,” majority Democrats said in a joint statement Wednesday. “While other states are restricting voting rights, we will take action to ensure that everyone that was able to vote before COVID will continue to be able to...
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Stamford Advocate: COVID cannot be used for absentee ballots in CT special elections
Quickmire said Wednesday that last year, the state had a chance to put a constitutional amendment supporting universal mail-in balloting on the 2022 ballot, but it did not get enough Republican support to reach the 75-percent super majority.
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CT Mirror: Special master recommends tweaks to Connecticut congressional map
The map drawn by Nathaniel Persily, a Stanford political scientist and law professor, was not unexpected, given the state Supreme Court’s directive that he make only the changes necessary to equalize the population of the five districts.
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Connecticut’s Secretary of the State job is open for the first time in 12 years and nine candidates are considering a run
When three-term incumbent Denise Merrill announced that she was not seeking reelection, the scramble began on both sides of the political aisle because openings for statewide constitutional offices are relatively rare. A total of seven Democrats and two Republicans are interested in running for the job.
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Special Master Urges Commission to Make One Last Attempt at a Congressional Map
Last month, the state Supreme Court assigned the special master, Stanford University professor Nathaniel Persily, to draft a plan to ensure each of the state’s five congressional districts have an equal number of residents. The court inherited jurisdiction over the process when the legislature’s Reapportionment Commission failed to come to...
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Supreme Court Agrees To Redistricting Timeline
The Supreme Court is giving the group until 12 p.m. Dec. 21 to complete their work.
However, the court would like the commission to give them an interim report on their progress not later than 5 p.m. on Dec. 15.