April 15, 2021 

• Thanks to all the local leagues who have stepped up to add your written testimony or other support for such bills as:

1. SB 1037 Solid Waste Management/Bottle Bill: 19 local leagues added to Connecticut Bottle Bill Works Coalition Letter to the CT Senate).
2. HJ 58 (No-Excuse Absentee Voting) and HJ 59 (Early Voting): Four local league representatives submitted testimony on their league's behalf; many other members submitted testimony on their own.

• See below for updates for SB 1037 Solid Waste Management/Bottle Bill Action Alert. Thanks to Kathy Golas for keeping us up-to-date on needed action on this important piece of legislation.

April 15 Bottle Bill Action Alert

• We are among many who are monitoring the House and Senate schedules carefully. We will send a Call to Action, including for a "watch party", when we know more about when voting and other high priority bills will be called for discussion and vote. 

• Meanwhile, we recommend the following two articles that shed light on important voting matters here in CT and the Northeast as we compare to states like Georgia:

1. Hartford Courant (you may find a paywall here) - "Connecticut has some of the most restrictive voting laws in the country. Hereʼs how our voting laws compare to other states.
2. The Atlantic -"The Truth About Georgia’s Voter Law"

•  Below is the link to the sample Letter to the Editor Action Alert that we sent out last week on HJ 58 NEAV, where 75% "Yes" votes are needed in BOTH houses to get this on ballot for all voters in 2022.

Letter to the Editor: Take Action for No-Excuse Absentee Voting

• Care to share your single most compelling reason for wanting no-excuse absentee voting and early voting? We're preparing our final talking points document and would welcome your input here. Send your response to Advocacy [at] lwvct.org with Subject Heading: Why I Want NEAV and EV. As an ancient boomer, my reason is to see a truly multiracial democracy where far more eligible voters regularly participate in elections at all levels of government. 

Thanks for all that you do.

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