Mother's around the country are fed up with wondering whether our children will make it home alive. Join us on Saturday for a Mother's Day of Action to demand that lawmakers reinstate the bipartisan assault weapons ban.
Lawmakers from the Connecticut General Assembly and civil rights, labor, grassroots, and faith-based organizations joined together in calling for the passage of the Connecticut Voting Rights Act (CTVRA). By enacting this landmark bill, Connecticut would join California, Oregon, Washington, Virginia, and New York as states with their own voting rights acts to bolster protections against discriminatory barriers that would infringe upon the ability to exercise the fundamental right to vote.
House Bill 6667: AN ACT ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE provides much needed legislation to enhance the safety of our communities. In the last 60 days, we have seen horrific gun violence across our country, with more than 80 mass shootings in our country. Write to your legislative representatives today by email to ask them to co-sponsor the bill.
Read the letter sent by the CT Voting Rights Act Coalition to the Appropriations Committee. This landmark legislation would address discrimination against voters of color in Connecticut and immediately position this state as a national leader on protecting the right to vote. The CT Voting Rights Act(S.B. 1226) was approved and sent out of committee on Monday, May 15. The coalition will keep up the pressure until the bill is raised in the Senate.
Implementing early voting in Connecticut has been one of our voting priorities for more than 10 years. Now that the referendum question, “Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to permit the General Assembly to provide for early voting?” passed with 60 percent of the vote in November 2022, we turned our attention to fighting for the best process possible.
Act now! We anticipate a vote on CAMPAIGN FINANCE OMNIBUS BILL by Saturday night. Connecticut’s Citizens Election Program is a voluntary program which provides clean elections financing to qualified candidates for statewide offices and the General Assembly. The existing text of the bill contains one extremely problematic provision that would place any online expenditures beyond the reach of the CEP program. Contact your Senator and let them know we cannot let that happen.
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During the 2023 Legislative Session we celebrated the passage of laws to expand access to the ballot and protect voting rights, campaign finance, and gun safety, while recognizing the failure of the legislature to pass other key bills, to address the climate emergency and affordable housing. Read the full final reports to find out what happened during the Session.
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