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Comment by ValMcCall on March 30, 2009 at 1:09pm

Len Yanielli needs volunteers to help register voters Thursday and Friday, 4/2 and 4/3, at the Naugatuck Stop N Shop. Shifts are in 1 hour time slots from 5PM to 10PM. Let's help Naugatuck out!

Click here to Sign up for Thursday April 2nd.

Click here to Sign up for Friday April 3rd.

Comment by ValMcCall on March 9, 2009 at 8:18am

Connecticut Bob posted a press release about a push by Sec. of State's office to push for no excuse absentee ballots. The goal is to allow more folks to vote while easing up the strain on polls on election day. There are definitely pros and cons to this -- some absentee ballots in some states often do not get counted.

What are your thoughts on this. Here's the press release from the Sec. of State's office:

Hartford: Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz today praised the General Assembly’s Government, Administration and Elections Committee for approving Senate Joint Resolution No. 43 whose ultimate goal is to make Absentee Ballots available to any registered voter. The Committee’s 14-1 vote sends the resolution onto a vote by the full General Assembly.

“Millions of voters nationwide successfully cast ballots before Election Day in 2008 using early voting,” said Secretary Bysiewicz. “This had the dual effect of increasing voter turnout to record levels nationwide while at the same time reducing long lines at the polls and the strain on poll workers on Election Day. No excuse absentee balloting would be a secure and cost-effective way to give Connecticut voters the opportunity to vote early and at their own convenience. This system would also allow early voting without imposing the significant cost of setting up early polling stations or compromising the security of our elections. I commend lawmakers of both parties for taking this prudent first step towards early voting in Connecticut, and I urge full passage by the General Assembly.”

If approved by a three-quarters majority in both the State House and Senate, the resolution would put a Constitutional question on the ballot for voters to consider in 2010. If that Constitutional question is passed, the legislature would be empowered to remove the requirements of physical absence, disability or sickness that currently restrict who can use Absentee Ballots on Election Day.

Val McCall

Comment by Patricia Lafayette on June 4, 2008 at 11:52am

I will contact the registrars office in my town and see what's been done & planned to be done. After that I will let everyone know what I will be doing and where.

Comment by ValMcCall on May 21, 2008 at 6:42pm

voter Registration Fact for This Week.

There are 20,000 unregistered voters in Hartford, CT. Anyone in the area, come out on May 31st to help register voters in Hartford. Click here to sign up.