Connecticut Lawmakers Consider Universal Access to Absentee Ballots

Connecticut lawmakers consider universal access to absentee ballots

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Legislators heard public testimony on legislation that would implement a 2024 ballot measure greenlighting universal access to absentee ballots. The ballot measure, which was put before voters by Democratic efforts in the legislature, passed overwhelmingly. Now, Democrats are pushing to implement it before the statewide election this fall. Currently, voters must [...]

Conn. lawmakers consider universal absentee ballots as response to SAVE Act

Ballot access advocates urged lawmakers Friday to approve a bill that would bring universal absentee ballots to Connecticut.   Lawmakers are considering the bill after voters in 2024 approved eliminating the state’s constitution’s absentee ballot eligibility requirements. Lawmakers still need a new law on absentee ballots before the process can change.   “We need everybody voting, we need to hear everyone’s voice,” Patricia Rossi, a vice...

Absentee voting, voter intimidation bills get public hearing

Connecticut lawmakers held public hearings on Friday on several major election-related bills that seek to prevent “harassment” and “intimidation” at polling places and would implement no-excuse absentee voting throughout the state for the first time. Democratic lawmakers, who hold supermajorities in both chambers of the General Assembly, said the bill focused on voter intimidation was a response to President Donald Trump’s threats to nationalize…