Public Hearing for Early In-Person Voting and No-Excuse Absentee Voting

Public Hearing for Early In-Person Voting and No-Excuse Absentee Voting

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Location

Online - Zoom ,
Time Range For Action Alert: 
February 20, 2021 to February 22, 2021

Public Hearing on No-Excuse Absentee Voting and Early Voting are front and center in the Government Administration and Elections Committee (GAE) on Monday, February 22, 2021 starting at 10:30 AM. 

Watch the Public Hearing on CT-N

We encourage you to submit written testimony and sign up to testify in person via zoom:

On-line Testimony Registration Form

The deadline for registering to testify is 3:00 PM, Sunday, Feb 21. The registration form is also accessible by going to the CGA Bulletin and scrolling halfway down page to the Government Administration & Elections Committee Public Hearing Notice for Feb. 22: 

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LWVCT's GOALs are to

  1. Get the GAE Committee to pass both the No-Excuse Absentee Voting (HJ 58) and Early Voting (HJ 59) resolutions so they can be debated and voted on in the House and Senate, and THEN
  2. Get the House and Senate to pass No-Excuse Absentee Voting (HJ 58) by a supermajority of 75% and the Early Voting (HJ 59) by at least a simple majority (because it passed by an huge majority, but not 75%, in both houses, in 2019).
 

We will keep you posted about both goals. 

More details are provided in the documents linked below, but here’s a streamlined way to do this now: Below is a SAMPLE email, to be addressed to GAEtestimony [at] cga.ct.gov (with a copy to the emails of your own personal legislators that you can find with this Find Your State Legislator tool from the CT Business & Industry Association.)

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SUBJECT: Support No-Excuse Absentee Voting and Early Voting 

Honorable GAE Committee Members:

I am [ Your Name] from [ Your Town or Zip Code ] and I write in enthusiastic support of No- Excuse Absentee Voting (HJ 58) and Early Voting (HJ 59). I want everyone who is eligible to be able to participate in our democracy safely and conveniently. Please vote for these bills to be sent to the House and Senate for full consideration and passage. 

Sincerely,

 [Your Name]

[Your Town or Zip Code]

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More Resources for Writing and Giving Testimony at Public Hearings:
 

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Issues referenced by this action alert: 
Expanding Voter Access