Thank you for attending the 2021 Advocacy 101 Workshop!
A special thanks to our speakers:
- Secretary of the State, Denise Merrill
- LWVCT Legislative Lobbyist and Monitor, John M. Bailey II
- Representative Vincent Candelora (R) Minority Leader of the House, 86th District
- Representative Stephanie Thomas (D) Vice-Chair, GAE Committee, 143rd District
- Milagros Acosta - Legislative Aide to 5 House members
- LWVCT Issue Specialists: Pam Klem (Campaign Finance/Citizens’ Election Program) Yvonne Senturia (Election Laws) Patricia Rossi and Pua Ford (Redistricting and Open Government)
LWVCT’s Legislative Priorities for 2021:
- Early In-Person Voting
- No-Excuse Absentee Ballots
- Citizens/Clean Election Program and Campaign Finance Reform
- A Fair and Transparent Redistricting Process
- Open & Transparent Government: Protecting the public's right to know and access to the legislative processes by adequately funding CT-N.com and Community Access TV
- Environment & Climate
Action Steps
1. Join us on OutreachCircle if you haven't already - this is a powerful organizing tool we are using to keep our supporters up to date on all our Legislative Priorities and Calls to Action:
OutreachCircle - How to Join PDF
2. Find your Legislators in the CT House and Senate
3. Sign onto your legislators’ official email lists, FB and Twitter accounts
LWVCT Workshop Agenda and Presentations
- LWVCT 2021 Advocacy 101 Workshop Agenda
- Tools for Legislative Engagement by John Bailey - TCORS Capitol Group
- Post 2020 Election: Early Voting and Access to Absentee Ballots by CT Secretary of the State, Denise Merrill
- Citizen's Election Program by Pam Klem - Campaign Finance Legislative Specialist
- Redistricting - Working toward Fair Maps: People Powered Fair Maps by Patricia Rossi and Pua Ford
LWVCT Advocacy 2021
- LWVCT 2021 Legislative Priorities
- LWVCT 2021 Update: Early Voting and No-Excuse Absentee Ballots
- LWVCT 2020 Advocacy Report: What Happened in the 2020 Short Legislative Session
Connecticut Legislature Resources 2021
- CT House Democratic Commitee Chairs and Members 2021
- CT House GOP Ranking Members 2021
- Government Administration an Elections (GAE) Committee members 2021
- Connecticut General Assembly - Bill Tracking Tool
Legislative Advocacy Resources
Bills and Joint Resolutions mentioned during the Workshop:
- SB-155 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE COUNTING OF INCARCERATED PERSONS FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS.
- SB-5 AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO VOTER REGISTRATION AND ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND SAFE AND SECURE LOCATIONS TO VOTE.
- SB-15 AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE APPLICATIONS FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS.ACT CONCERNING ONLINE APPLICATIONS FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
SJ-3 RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT EARLY VOTING - SJ-4 RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT NO-EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTING
