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CT Mirror's Legislative Guide 2025

Submitted by Connecticut in January 2025.

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Access Connecticut Mirror's nonpartisan guide to learn all you need to know about Connecticut's 2025 legislative session from January 8 to June 4. Find out who is new to the legislature, who represents you, how laws are adopted, how the budget process works, and much more.

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Submitted by Connecticut in January 2025.

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On January 22, 2025, the League of Women Voters of Connecticut and Capitol Information and Tours celebrated the historic inauguration of Governor Ella T. Grasso.

Submitted by Connecticut in January 2025.

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The process known as the Electoral College is at the center of a lot of debate and confusion since it does not guarantee that the candidate with the most votes nationwide will win the presidency. To level the the playing field, the League of Women Voters is promoting the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC). Good news: Connecticut is already part of the Compact. Bad news: That could change this year.

Submitted by Connecticut in January 2025.

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From our nation’s founding until 1920, women were generally shunned from American politics and virtually invisible in our democracy. Laws and policies ensured that we were largely not seen and not heard. The founding of the League of Women Voters, by the very suffragists who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment, is an important part of women’s history in this nation – and that history should never be erased.

Submitted by Connecticut in January 2025.

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The League of Women Voters has been a steadfast advocate for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and is committed to continuing this fight until equal rights is enshrined in the United States Constitution. Although the required 38 states have ratified the ERA, it has not yet been published in the US Constitution, thanks to an arbitrary time limit imposed by Congress in the 1970s. Read this update to understand the status of the ERA as of January 9, 2025, as well as the conflicting views about how to finally get it published.

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The Recent Rise of Anti-Voter Litigation

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in January 2025.

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A significant number of anti-voter lawsuits were filed that sought to disrupt election administration and purge eligible voters from the rolls around the 2024 federal election. The League of Women Voters of the United States (“LWVUS”) monitored these eleventh-hour anti-voter lawsuits, including the substantial amount of voter purge lawsuits.

South Carolina lawmakers want a pass to cheat on election maps. The court shouldn’t allow it.

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in January 2025.

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Submitted by Connecticut in January 2025.

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On January 22, 2025, the League of Women Voters of Connecticut and Capitol Information and Tours celebrated the historic inauguration of Governor Ella T. Grasso.

The Recent Rise of Anti-Voter Legislation

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in January 2025.

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Our Oath to Democracy

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in January 2025.

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On January 20, Inauguration Day, the next president and vice president of the United States will be sworn into office in front of the US Capitol Building. As part of the peaceful transfer of power, the two men will recite their Oaths of Office, swearing to protect and defend the US Constitution and to enact their duties faithfully.

As our democracy anticipates unprecedented challenges, there could be no better time to pledge our own oath to protect and preserve democracy. Here’s ours.

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