Secretary of the State

Norwalk state Rep. Stephanie Thomas has won the Democratic race for Secretary of the State. She beat out New Haven Health Director Maritza Bond. Thomas was the party’s endorsed candidate. Both candidates pledged to oppose Republican attempts to tighten voting rules. Thomas, who is Black, has said such restrictions hit close to home, considering her father grew up during...

Gov. Ned Lamont Thursday appointed former Connecticut associate attorney general Mark Kohler as Secretary of the State. Kohler is replacing Denise Merrill, who announced this week she would step down effective noon Thursday to spend more time with her husband, who is facing serious health issues. “Mark is incredibly well-respected as a levelheaded, tactful, and experienced attorney who has a…

Senator and Deputy Majority Leader Matt Lesser (D-Middletown) announced that he’s running for the Office of the Secretary of the State this upcoming election. He kicked off his campaign at the state capitol Thursday to be the state’s commissioner of elections and administrator of business laws. “I am honored to announce my candidacy for Secretary of the State,” Senator...

Meredith Gervais said she didn’t even consider voting absentee this year. “I know what I’m doing when I go in, in person, circle, fill in the dots, slide it in, see you later, I feel confident about that,” said the Wallingford woman. However, her town has already received 6,500 absentee ballots.  That’s three times more than past presidential elections....

Election officials across Connecticut say this year the final election results may not be known for days due to the amount of absentee ballots they will have to count.

Quinn Cotton, just 17, can’t vote yet.  However, he’ll be working at his local polling place in South Windsor on election day. It’s really cool to see the inner workings of the political system and how democracy runs,” said Cotton. “It’s great to be able to step in and help the community out when they need me the most.”...

Tuesday is the day for all of those critical municipal elections across the state.

The general election in Bridgeport will go on as planned after the state Supreme Court declined to rule on a case surrounding allegations of misconduct involving absentee ballots during the Democratic mayoral primary in September.

A judge has ruled that the results of the Bridgeport Democratic primary will stand after allegations of misconduct surrounding absentee ballots.

A lawsuit wants a judge to call for a new election in a Bridgeport Democratic Primary after allegations of irregularities involving absentee or mail-in ballots.

Some Bridgeport residents say there needs to be systemic change amid a voting controversy in their city.

The Secretary of the State is calling for an investigation into Bridgeport’s mayoral primary.

Former alderman Justin Elicker’s claimed victory over incumbent Mayor Toni Harp in New Haven’s Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday.

Mayor Luke Bronin claimed victory in Hartford’s Democratic primary for mayor Tuesday night.

Connecticut residents have until noon on Monday to register to vote in Tuesday’s primary elections.

Hartford’s Democratic primary is next Tuesday, with three candidates vying to run Connecticut’s capital city. However, the race slipped the minds of some local residents.

The next presidential election is still more than a year away, but international efforts are already underway to disrupt it. That’s the finding in a new Senate Intelligence Committee report released Thursday.

A state Capitol ceremony is planned to mark former Connecticut Gov. Ella Grasso’s 100th birthday.

Automatic voter registration is one of a handful of election reforms Connecticut lawmakers are considering.