absentee ballots

Some Republican lawmakers say they want more transparency about the launch of the state’s new absentee ballot portal.

Election Day is less than a month away, and for those eligible, voters can now submit an application for an absentee ballot through the state’s new online portal. “I think it’s obviously an initiative that I think a lot of people want to see and to be able to take advantage of,” said Senate Republican Leader Kevin Kelly (R...

Connecticut’s Deputy Secretary of the State explains how absentee ballots and the applications for those ballots work in the state.

In 2020 for the first time, Connecticut voters were able to use COVID-19 as an excuse to vote by absentee ballot, but that provision has expired. Lawmakers in the House want to see it extended indefinitely. “The sickness of COVID which sort of permeates through society could endanger the person you’re caring for and I think that’s kind of...

Easier absentee voting and an outdoor dining option at restaurants — two public health ideas enacted early in the COVID-19 pandemic — are on track to be extended after clearing the state House of Representatives on Wednesday. The House voted 126-16 in favor of a bill that includes the broad term of “sickness” as a valid excuse for requesting an…

A proposed bill would continue to allow COVID-19 as a reason for voting by absentee ballot in Connecticut.

Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow no-excuse absentee voting for this November’s election.

In 2020 for the first time, Connecticut voters were able to use COVID-19 as an excuse to vote by absentee ballot, but that provision has expired. Lawmakers are debating whether it should continue. More than 600,000 Connecticut voters cast their votes by absentee ballot in 2020, but that won’t be possible in this November unless lawmakers change the law. “The…