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Sep 19, 2022

Vote “Yes” for Early Voting

A "yes" vote on the ballot question is a vote for Connecticut voters to have the option of early voting.

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Sep 13, 2022

Get to Know the Candidates for Governor

Learn more about the candidates for governor in the ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC questionnaires.

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Sep 13, 2022

Introducing the ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC

Building the political power of people directly impacted by civil rights and liberties issues, to advance civil liberties and civil rights.

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Sep 12, 2022

Get to Know the Candidates for Secretary of the State

Learn more about the Secretary of the State’s role and get to know the candidates in the ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC survey responses

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Jul 22, 2022

CT Must Build Communities Where All Youth Can Succeed

With #InvestInMeCT, the Connecticut Justice Alliance is demanding that Connecticut invest time, care, love, and resources into communities – not punishment and incarceration.

By Christina Quaranta

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Jul 06, 2022

Towns, quit criminalizing people who ask for help

No one should be criminalized for asking for help. Yet that is exactly what towns do when they attempt to ban people from panhandling.

By Dan Barrett

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Jun 29, 2022

Anti-Panhandling Ordinances Must Be Repealed

Eliminating the symptoms of the social crisis that we are going through with policing is neither an effective policy nor a morally sound one.

By Thomas Regan-Lefebvre

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May 11, 2022

Chief State’s Attorney finalists respond to Smart Justice survey

No matter what happens, we’re ready to keep advocating for the next Chief State’s Attorney to embrace their role in decreasing incarceration and racism in the criminal legal system.

By Claudine Constant, Gus Marks-Hamilton

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May 10, 2022

CT Is About to Pick a New Chief State's Attorney. Smart Justice has questions.

We’re asking the three finalists to take our survey about their views on incarceration and racism.

By Claudine Constant, Gus Marks-Hamilton

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