LCO No. 3576, An Act Concerning Absentee Voting at the 2020 State Election and Election Day Registration

  • Status: Introduced
  • Bill Number: LCO No. 3576
  • Session: 2020 Special Summer Session
  • Latest Update: July 23, 2020
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony

This bill goes a long way toward ensuring that no person will have to choose between their health and their right to vote in November during the COVID-19 pandemic. It could do more, though, to apply this common-sense solution to future elections impacted by this or other pandemics.

During the summer 2020 special legislative session, legislators introduced LCO No. 3576. This bill goes a long way toward ensuring that no person will have to choose between their health and their right to vote in November during the COVID-19 pandemic. It could do more, though, to apply this common-sense solution to future elections impacted by this or other pandemics.

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Protecting Public Health and the Right to Vote Means Expanding Vote-by-Mail

Expanding absentee voting for widespread illness in the state is a simple and important part of protecting voting rights.

By Kelly McConney Moore

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