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Last Push to Pass Two Voter Protection Bills - SB 471 and SB 431

Submitted by Connecticut in May 2022.

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Legislators only have until this Wednesday to pass two vital voter protection bills. You may have called Senate President Looney recently--thank you! Can you help us push these bills over the finish line by making a call right after you read this alert?

Submitted by Connecticut in April 2022.

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Do you watch a local community access or a “public access TV channel” to get important information about what is happening in Connecticut? The nonprofit organizations that provide these services need our help. Contact your Senator to ask Senators Looney and Duff to call SB 278 for a vote. Then make sure your Representative also supports the bill once it is sent to the House.

portrait image of John Lewis with quote about voting as most powerful nonviolent tool

Submitted by Connecticut in April 2022.

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Call State Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney at 860-240-8638. Connecticut voters deserve the absolute best version of democracy. Urge Senator Looney to pass SB 431 that will Ban Foreign Spending on State Ballot Measures--and SB 471 to enact a Connecticut Voting Rights Act!

Submitted by Connecticut in April 2022.

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SB 10 and SB 4 will improve Connecticut’s air quality by requiring cleaner energy generation and expanding the use of electric vehicles. Cleaner air improves human health, protects the environment, and contributes to the reversal of climate change. What you can do: Email or call the Senate Leadership, Senators Looney and Duff today and ask them to bring the bills to the floor for a vote. There are fewer than 20 days left to the legislative session.

Submitted by Connecticut in April 2022.

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Protecting the integrity of our electoral processes is the most basic of the League’s priorities. To this end, protection against foreign interference in any aspect of our elections is critical. Tell committee leaders that you want them to bring RSB 431 to a vote, then urge your legislators to support the measure when it comes to the floor this month. The Legislative session ends in less than 30 days.

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in March 2022.

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A new resolution has been introduced in the US House affirming that the Equal Rights Amendment has met all of the requirements needed to be added to the US Constitution.

The inclusion of the Equal Rights Amendment in the US Constitution is long overdue.

Contact your representative today and tell them to assert that the ERA should be the law of the land!

Submitted by Connecticut in March 2022.

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Connecticut needs our own state-level Voting Rights Act because federal courts have drastically weakened the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. In 2020, the Center for Public Integrity observed that Connecticut voters still face some of the biggest obstacles outside of southern states. Sign up by Thursday March 24 at 3PM to testify for the virtual public hearing to support SB 471 and two other bills that will protect and expand access to the ballot.

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in March 2022.

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Since the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, rolled back key provisions of the VRA, the voting rights of millions have been threatened.

We cannot stand for a democracy that enables such regressive and dangerous attacks, which disproportionately impact Black and brown voters.

Tell your Senators to vote yes on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act!

Submitted by Connecticut in February 2022.

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Sign up by Thursday March 3 at 3PM to testify for the virtual public hearing to discuss two bills, one allowing COVID to be a valid reason to use absentee ballots for the November 2022 election, and the other allowing for the amendment of the current statute which defines the criteria for obtaining an absentee ballot to include the fear of illness, such as during a public health emergency like a pandemic.

Submitted by Connecticut in February 2022.

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We need your help to raise An Act Declaring a Climate Emergency in Connecticut. Contact the Environment Committee today and urge them to introduce this bill before the February 25 deadline!

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All Greater Hartford Subscribed Action Alerts

Last Push to Pass Two Voter Protection Bills - SB 471 and SB 431

Protect Community Access Programming - Time for the Senate to Pass SB 278

Call to Protect Voting Rights - Pass Senate Bills 431 and 471!

Give Connecticut Cleaner Air - Pass SB 10 and SB 4!

Let’s ensure our elections are clean and free from outside interference!

Tell Your Representatives That You want Equality to be Part of the Constitution

Sign Up to Testify on Key Voting Rights Bills before the GAE Committee

End Discrimination at the Polls

Sign Up to Testify on Absentee Ballot Bills before GAE Committee

Tell our legislators we need an Act Declaring a Climate Emergency in Connecticut

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