Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

Looking for a way to help our elections? All of our towns need pollworkers in August and November! Click here to sign up: https://t.co/Kyx2j2flxJ — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

RT @TheTopline: "The right and ability to cast a ballot and choose who represents us is the fundamental, foundational right that all of our… — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

RT @AriBerman: A bill passed by House Dems to restore & modernize Voting Rights Act has been sitting on Mitch McConnell’s desk for 188 days — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

"Legislative leaders need to call a special session in June and make it legally permissible to use an absentee ballot for fear of sickness from COVID-19 in November 2020." — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

"Now it’s time for the Legislature to act in time to adequately prepare for the Nov. 3 general election. Seeking to avoid illness during a pandemic should be among the allowable reasons to vote by absentee ballot. ... — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

Great op-ed from Carol Reimers, the president of @lwvct on the importance of the legislature coming to session to allow voters to vote by absentee ballot in November: https://t.co/2rgoQ4bFxe — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

RT @SeanScanlonCT: No one in CT should have to forego their right to vote out of fear for their health. In the upcoming special session, w… — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

@AmySeeksTruth *doing the same in November would require legislative action — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

@AmySeeksTruth The governor issued an executive order to allow every voter to vote by absentee ballot in August if they choose, but doing the same would require legislative action. I have asked the legislature to act when they meet in special session this summer: https://t.co/5euPbP2N6U — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

@AmySeeksTruth Our primary is on August 11 (presidential primary and our regular state primaries). My office is using CARES Act funds to send every eligible voter an application for an absentee ballot (in August and November). ... — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

Between now and November, find out if the people who are running to represent you want to make it easier or harder for you to vote. https://t.co/EBZgKf64hi — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

The legislature needs to reaffirm that and remove obstacles to participation, particularly obstacles that have been erected between communities of color and the ballot box. We also need to hold our elected representatives, including the two of us, accountable. — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

The right and ability to cast a ballot and choose who represents us is the fundamental, foundational right that all of our other rights rest on. — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

CT is long overdue in ending prison gerrymandering that redistributes political power from our cities to our rural areas, and in preventing people returning from incarceration from reconnecting with the civic life of their communities and registering and casting their ballots. — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

.... We have barriers [to voting] to tear down here in CT. We are now one of only seven states, along with AL, KY, MS, MO, NH, and SC, that do not allow our voters to vote prior to Election Day. — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

It should go without saying, but to our very great cost it does not, that Black Lives Matter. — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

The murder of George Floyd has ripped open a wound that has never fully healed. No matter how progressive we think we are or would like to be in CT, we are not immune from the scourge of police brutality, particularly and disproportionately perpetuated on black Americans. — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

I co-wrote this op-ed on the important of protecting voting rights with @quewp1 of the GAE Committee, please give it a read: https://t.co/EBZgKf64hi — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

@TheBrianM That is correct, you can still vote in person - polls will be open. - staff — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

@GayEqualGlobal @GovNedLamont @LGSusanB The applications will be sent in the next 2 weeks or so, and by law the ballots will be available on July 21. — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

@DeborahFreedman Every *eligible* registered voter will receive an AB application (only active, registered voters in the Democratic and Republican parties are eligible to vote in the primary). They will be sent in the next 2 weeks or so, and by law the ballots will be available on July 21. — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

Join Deputy Secretary Scott Bates and others at a virtual election cybersecurity workshop tomorrow put on by @USCAnnenberg! Register here for free: https://t.co/PCnPuKVm2X https://t.co/Nr7JZZodLW — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

"Two-thirds of the states allow no-excuse mail-in voting. Why not Connecticut? Four-fifths of the states allow early voting. Why not Connecticut?" Why not indeed? — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

"This would be only a temporary fix. In non-pandemic times, the state should be working to make it easier for people to participate in democracy and vote. ... — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

"While the governor’s executive order is good for the primary, the state legislature should act to revise the law permanently when it meets in special session this summer. ... https://t.co/zuOi19DoCR — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

“That’s the bully pulpit I’m going to be standing on this primary. Those changes are what I’ve had to work hard at communicating.” https://t.co/ysatwQRFi7 — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

“We had to make the decision to make absentee balloting as our priority. That’s when I made the announcement we were ... going to mail out the request forms to every voter,” said @IowaSOS Paul Pate, a Republican and the current president of @NASSorg https://t.co/0p8HuUpRpZ — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

RT @CTKidGovernor: Check out these pics of @SOTSMerrill swearing in 2016 #CTKGElena, 2017 #CTKGJessica, and 2018 #CTKGMegan. https://t.co/t… — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

RT @EllenLWeintraub: 🚨🚨🚨Thread! Buckle up. 1/66 It’s been claimed that voting by mail leads to massive corruption and fraud. But what… — PolitiTweet.org

Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State @CTSotS

There has been a lot of confusion and misinformation about this, so to clarify, we are mailing Absentee Ballot *Applications* to all eligible (that is to say Active, *not Inactive*) voters. More here: https://t.co/hEV9PKTtib & here: https://t.co/8RXLFiurnL #TrustedSource2020 — PolitiTweet.org