absentee ballots

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill talks about the Nov. 2 election, which is the last one where any registered voter can use an absentee ballot. She also talks about the future of absentee and early voting in our state.

Gov. Ned Lamont and Secretary of the State Denise Merrill reminded people Tuesday that they can vote by absentee ballot for the November 2 election if they want.

In 2020, the state of Connecticut made absentee ballots available for all voters in the state after the COVID-19 pandemic started. The secretary of the state addressed how the state accomplished that.

Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill addresses absentee ballots and election security.

Absentee ballots will be available for Connecticut voters for the upcoming municipal elections and the governor and the secretary of the state held a news conference Tuesday to discuss that and urge voters to vote. Gov. Ned Lamont and Secretary of the State Denise Merrill spoke in Hartford Tuesday morning. The state allowed all voters to vote by absentee ballot…

If you want to vote absentee in the November municipal elections, town officials say there are a few things you need to know first.

Election officials want you to know if you want to vote by absentee ballot in the Nov. 2 election you’re going to want to start planning now.

A year after receiving a huge influx of federal aid for the mailing of absentee ballot applications, town clerks across Connecticut are facing the prospect of not having enough money to do the same for Nov. 2 local elections. They told the Connecticut Post that local budgets were set months ago and there may not be additional money for printing, postage...

State lawmakers moved a step closer Monday to expanding access to no-excuse absentee ballots.

During the 2020 election any registered voter in Connecticut could vote by absentee ballot because of the COVID-19 pandemic. That won’t be an option for the next election, but the House took the first steps Monday to expand the circumstances to legally obtain an absentee ballot.

The state legislature’s General Administration and Elections Committee heard testimony Monday both for and against allowing early voting or no excuse absentee ballots in Connecticut.

Forty-three states allow voters to cast their ballots before Election Day and Secretary of the State Denise Merrill would like to see Connecticut added to that list. “Red states, purple states, and blue states almost all allow their voters to conveniently vote prior to Election Day,” Merrill said. Merrill said allowing voters to vote before Election Day or without an…

A state legislative committee plans to debate a resolution to change Connecticut’s Constitution to allow no-excuse absentee voting.

More than 650,000 Connecticut voters voted last year by absentee ballot and some lawmakers want to make sure they can do it in the future.    “A resolution to propose an amendment to allow for no-excuse absentee voting, is there a motion?,” Rep. Dan Fox (D-Stamford) said.  “So moved, second.”  The Government Administration and Elections Committee plans to debate a...

While election officials in Georgia were verifying signatures on absentee ballot envelopes in one metro-Atlanta county, President Donald Trump pressed a lead investigator to look at a different county

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“In light of the pandemic it just seemed like a smart thing to do,” said Soloman Daniel of New Britain. Daniel was one of more than 650,000 Connecticut voters who cast their ballot through the mail or the ballot drop box this year. “The less roadblocks there are to voting, the more people you have voting,” said Daniel. Emergency COVID-19…

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill has proposed making ‘no excuse’ absentee balloting permanent in Connecticut.

Approximately 659,000 Connecticut voters opted to cast absentee ballots because of the pandemic. So could large scale, no excuses, absentee balloting become the norm like it was during the pandemic?