absentee voting

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.

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.

Legislators in the General Assembly’s House of Representatives debated a bill Tuesday that would start the process to allow no-excuse absentee voting in Connecticut.

The House has passed a bill to move forward a constitutional amendment to allow for no-excuse absentee voting in the future. The House passed HJ-58, a resolution proposing a state constitutional amendment to allow for no-excuse absentee voting in the future. Nearly 650,000 voters took advantage of no-excuse absentee voting in 2020, but Connecticut would need to change the state…

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…

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill has proposed allowing “no excuse” absentee balloting and early voting in Connecticut permanently.

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? The Secretary of the State just proposed a constitutional amendment making it a permanent fixture, via a constitutional amendment. West Hartford had almost 19,000 people, close to half its registered…

While most statewide election results are in, some final results are still being tallied as absentee ballots are being counted.

Faced with the possibility that voters might have to choose whether to risk going out and voting in a pandemic, the state decided months before the November election to allow any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in 2020. Now, a day after an election in which more than 650,000 people voted by absentee ballot, Connecticut Secretary of the…

More than 9,000 people voter by absentee ballot in Waterbury for the 2020 election, compared to 2,000 in the 2016 presidential election and 600 of those ballots were returned on Tuesday. The process is underway to count the ballots from Tuesday to make sure the person didn’t vote in person.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, absentee voting is taking on a bigger stage than ever before in this year’s election. But it’s not a new concept.

Absentee voting has been on a bigger stage than ever before, due to the pandemic.  It’s not a new concept, dating back more than a century and a half in Connecticut. The issue of absentee balloting appeared to first become a question during the Civil War, with soldiers wanting their voices to be heard in the Presidential election of...

Absentee voting due to the pandemic has been one of the biggest stories of the 2020 election year.

Absentee voting due to the pandemic has been one of the biggest stories of the 2020 election year. Towns and cities from Scotland to Stamford, and Morris to Mansfield stood out for different reasons after NBC Connecticut Investigates drilled down on data from the Secretary of the State’s office. Through Oct. 28, the Secretary of the State’s office reported a…

Here’s a look at what happens to your absentee ballot once it leaves your hand.

The expansion of absentee voting due to the pandemic has more than quadrupled the number of people voting that way in Connecticut compared to the last presidential election.

The expansion of absentee voting due to the pandemic has more than quadrupled the number of people voting that way in Connecticut compared to the last presidential election. The state said more than 567,000 voters have returned absentee ballots so far in Connecticut. It has left some to ask – how will election officials prevent people from using absentee ballots…

Absentee ballots are arriving in record numbers. The Secretary of the State’s office says there have been over 267,0000 cast in Connecticut already. That’s more than double the last presidential election year of 2016. Registrars in Bristol say if you’re applying for an absentee ballot your request for one must be in by November 2. Thousands though have already taken…