Voting Rights

Voting Rights

Voting is a fundamental right and all eligible voters should have the equal opportunity to exercise that right. We are dedicated to ensuring that our elections remain free, fair and accessible.

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Let RI Vote Policy Week will highlight specific policy features of the campaign to #LetRIvote First feature is MAIL BALLOTS!

Voter registration at Wheaton French Market
Event Date: 
04/17/2021 - 8:00am to 04/18/2021 - 7:45am
Event location: 

Downtown Wheaton

We're back at the Wheaton French Market--this year in April!

“Speaking with one voice” is an important tenet of the League. The national League provides strategies and action policies to ensure a consistent message on national issues, and similarly state Leagues are responsible for a coherent state message.  Neighboring local Leagues often collaborate to ensure regional issues are addressed uniformly.

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Action Alerts

We view protecting the right to vote and the opportunity to exercise that right as paramount for our representative democracy to survive and thrive. Due to the restrictive language in the State Constitution, we need to amend the State Constitution language in order to update our election laws. Contact your state legislators today and ask them to co-sponsor the No-Excuse Absentee Voting (HJ 58) and Early Voting (HJ 59) Resolutions so that the voters can decide!

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Press Mention

It’s time to set the record straight: Voting in Connecticut is overwhelmingly safe and secure; it is administered by election professionals from both major parties. Connecticut voters turned out in record numbers for the November 2020 election, in part thanks to an executive order issued by the governor and affirmed by the legislature permitting any voter to vote by absentee ballot. But because of our state’s restrictive absentee ballot laws, this was only allowed under these special circumstances.

Event Date: 
04/30/2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Event location: 

Your computer, tablet or cell phone

2021 CA Redistricting
Event Date: 
04/10/2021 - 10:00am to 11:30am
Event location: 

Zoom Online Webinar

Redistricting 2021 
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Rhode Islanders were offered a choice of how to cast their ballot in 2020 and they responded in record numbers. We need to make those choices permanent so no eligible Rhode Islander is denied their right to vote.

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Action Alerts

Senate Bill 753: An Act Concerning the Counting of Incarcerated Persons for Purposes of Determining Legislative Districts was voted out of committee this week. If passed by the CT legislature, the bill would end the unfair practice of prison gerrymandering. Please contact your state senator and ask them to 1) urge Senate Leadership to bring this bill to a vote and 2) vote “YES” on SB 753 when it is raised.

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Public Statement

SB 202 LIMITS EARLY VOTING, ABSENTEE VOTING, AND BALLOT DROP BOXES, ADDS FINES FOR GROUPS HELPING ABSENTEE VOTERS 

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