Right now, there are just under 3 million people in Connecticut who are eligible to vote. Of that number, only 2.1 million were registered at the time of last year’s municipal elections, and only 709,000 registered voters actually cast ballots, according to data from the Secretary of the State’s Office. To be clear – that’s a turnout rate of around 33%.
For me and my colleagues at the League of Women Voters of Connecticut, these numbers lay bare the need for increased civic engagement in communities across the state...
