Connecticut voters support the new law to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana and the law requiring companies to offer employees paid sick leave.
The marijuana law makes having less than a half an ounce of marijuana more like a traffic ticket than a misdemeanor offense.
Rather than a $1,000 fine, a criminal record and possible jail time, offenders would pay a $150 fine for a first offense and a fine ranging from $200 to $500 for subsequent offenses.
Voters Quinnipiac University’s Polling Institute spoke with supported the law, 66 to 31 percent, with 77 percent of Democrats, 49 percent of Republicans and 66 of independent voters supporting the law.
Support is slightly stronger among men, 69 to 28 percent, than among women, 64 to 33 percent.
The new law that requires large companies to offer five days of paid sick leave per year to employees got 72 percent approval, with 84 percent of Democrats, 50 percent of Republicans and 72 percent of independent voters supporting it.
