“We are behind almost every other state in the country. We are one of the last few states that requires an excuse in order to vote by absentee ballot. That’s unacceptable,” said Jennifer Pope of the Hamden Progressive Action Network.
The other measure deals with allowing early voting.
“We really have to take into consideration those essential workers, especially in the Black and brown community, that works two and three jobs and they are not able to take some time out of the day to go to a poll and stand in line to cast their vote,” said Pastor Kelcy G.L. Steele of the Varick Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church.