This was an unusual Legislative Session. We owe a BIG THANK YOU to all the legislators and League members for their strong support of our work to Empower Voters and Defend Democracy. We will continue the work to make Early Voting and No Excuse Absentee Voting realities for all Connecticut voters, election officials, and poll workers. Read on to find out what happened during the General and Special Session.

Hearst Media: The historic 1878 State Capitol building, with its dozens of statues and displays of historic artifacts, will soon become more-inclusive, when a plaque honoring 29 Black women suffragists of the early 20th century is cast and installed in what advocates hope to be a public celebration.
The two-by-three-foot bronze plaque is being made for the Connecticut League of Women Voters, who got the go-ahead from the little-known Capitol Preservation and Restoration Commission to provide some equity and expand on an honor roll of white suffragettes that was installed on a wall inside the Capitol’s south entrance in 1934.

It is has become increasingly apparent over the recent years that the rules for public hearings need to be changed. The rule that gives precedence to legislators and state officials with unlimited time to speak is no longer acceptable. Expecting citizens to wait for long hours without any consideration of their work and family commitments has to stop. We recommend a set of rules with no special considerations for anyone. These rules would be equitable to any person who cares deeply enough about the proposed legislation to sign up to speak in person.

Read about some of the women who led the suffrage movement in the early 20th Century, and watch the LWVCT's 90th Anniversary Video from 2010: Marching in Their Footsteps by Elisa McCarthy and Carole Mulready of the League of Women Voters of Connecticut.