Early voting in CT won't start in 2023: 'Not enough time'
Despite overwhelming support last November for a constitutional amendment for early voting, it won't happen in time for 2023 municipal elections.
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Despite overwhelming support last November for a constitutional amendment for early voting, it won't happen in time for 2023 municipal elections.
Lawmakers from the Connecticut General Assembly and civil rights, labor, grassroots, and faith-based organizations joined together in calling for the passage of the Connecticut Voting Rights Act (CTVRA)
Donors included utilities, insurers, a trash hauler, a beer distributor, manufacturers of helicopters and jet engines, trade associations representing nursing homes and optometrists, and a construction union that endorsed Lamont’s reelection.
Connecticut voters approved the early voting legislation, allowing the General Assembly to vote to amend the state’s constitution.
On Nov. 8, Connecticut voters can decide whether the state Constitution should be amended to allow the legislature to pass a law allowing for specifically in-person early voting. Past polls have indic...