We Need a Special Session NOW to address Police Accountability, Voter Safety and Public Trust

We Need a Special Session NOW to address Police Accountability, Voter Safety and Public Trust

June 10 Call to Action regarding Absentee Voting and Police Accountability
Time Range For Action Alert: 
June 10, 2020 to July 13, 2020
These times demand ACTION of our duly elected legislators. Citizens can wait no longer for them to address the critical issues of police accountability, voter safety and public trust. 
 
NOW is time to contact legislative leaders and your duly elected representatives immediately to ask them to conduct the public's important business in public:
  • convene in special session right away;
  • pass police accountability legislation;
  • pass legislation that makes it legally permissible to use an absentee ballot for fear of sickness from COVID-19 in November 2020.

While we appreciate that the Governor said that he would call a special session, it is still unclear when that would happen. The presiding officers should themselves issue a joint call NOW for a special session. This will assure that these critical issues of police accountability and safe and secure voting will have a public hearing before legislators vote on them.

Here are the email addresses of the six officers of the House and Senate and a key staff person for each:

  • Joe.Aresimowicz [at] cga.ct.gov ( )(Speaker of the House)
  • Matthew.Brokman [at] cga.ct.gov(Staff for JA) 
  • Matthew.Ritter [at] cga.ct.gov(House Majority Leader)
  • franklin.perry [at] cga.ct.gov(Staff for Ritter)
  • Themis.Klarides [at] housegop.ct.gov(House Minority Leader)
  • Looney [at] senatedems.ct.gov ( )(President Pro Tempore of the Senate)
  • Courtney.cullinan [at] cga.ct.gov ( )(Staff for Looney)
  • Bob.Duff [at] cga.ct.gov (Senate Majority Leader)   
  •  dean.obrien [at] cga.ct.gov (Staff for Duff)
  • Len.Fasano [at] cga.ct.gov ( )(Senate Minority Leader)
  • Tara.Frilling [at] cga.ct.gov  (Staff for Fasano)
And to find out who represents you: CLICK HERE.
Issues referenced by this action alert: 
Citizen’s Right to Vote
Citizen Rights
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