Published March 21. 2021 12:01AM Carol Reimers, Laura Smits and Judy Lhamon It’s time to set the record straight: Voting in Connecticut is overwhelmingly safe and secure; it is administered by election professionals from both major parties. Whether in-person, by mail, or placed in drop boxes in each municipality across the state, Connecticut voters turned out in record numbers for the November 2020 election. The turnout, 79.7%, was the highest in Connecticut’s history, thanks to an executive order issued by the governor and affirmed by the legislature allowing any voter to vote by absentee ballot. But because of our state’s restrictive absentee ballot laws, this was only allowed under these special circumstances.