Press release submitted by Linda Szynkowicz, Founder/CEO, Fight Voter Fraud, Inc.
(July 1, 2020) – Today Fight Voter Fraud Inc. filed a lawsuit contending that the Secretary of the State is using the COVID-19 pandemic to unlawfully shift the state to no-excuse absentee ballot voting. The Connecticut Constitution limits the use of absentee ballots to those who genuinely cannot appear at the polls on election day. In 2014, the electorate voted down a proposal to amend the Constitution to allow for no-excuse absentee voting. The Secretary of the State cannot unilaterally amend our Constitution. Only Connecticut’s electorate can. Nonetheless, the Secretary of the State is currently mailing out applications for absentee ballots to all Connecticut voters and encouraging them to vote by mail, regardless of whether they are able to appear in person to vote at the polls on election day. This is unconstitutional.
Today Fight Voter Fraud Inc. filed a lawsuit with the Connecticut Supreme Court on behalf of candidates on the August 11, 2020 ballot who wish to have a fair, honest, and constitutional election. The lawsuit asks the Court to order SOTS Denise Merrill to stop sending voters applications that misinform about the true legal requirements for voting by absentee ballot.
Fight Voter Fraud, Inc, believes that the use of absentee ballots is well defined and has been enshrined in Connecticut’s Constitution as a rare and privileged way to vote in our elections. We believe our elected officials must trust voters to make their own decisions on how to vote. “This should not be a partisan issue. It is about the Constitution and preserving the separation of powers. Only the Legislature can make the changes to the Constitution and only after the legal process and Citizens have voted to amend the Constitution,” says Fight Voter Fraud Inc. Founder and CEO Linda Szynkowicz.
“It is important that the rule of law be upheld to promote confidence in the electoral process. SOTS Merrill’s attempt to bypass the legal process and shred the Connecticut Constitution serves to undermine the integrity of our elections and endangers the electorate’s faith in the time-honored process of voting for change,” according to Fight Voter Fraud Inc. Board Chair Dominic Rapini.
This virus is an unprecedented situation. Not allowing voters to mail in a ballot will disenfranchise voters, mostly older ones.The military has voted by mail for decades and haven’t had a problem. Don’t be no fool!
I got news for Fight Voter Fraud, Inc.: 34 of the 50 states plus Washington, D.C. currently allow no-excuse absentee voting. In 5 states–Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah and Washington– the only way you can vote is by mail! Hello–we are in a pandemic that will not be gone by this November 3rd. This is an unprecedented situation. How many poll workers do you think you’ll find who will work the polls all day INDOORS in a pandemic? Get real.The name of your organization is ridiculous, given the fact that more than 2/3rds of the 50 states have had no-excuse absentee voting for decades without a problem. Connecticut law allows changes in procedures when operating under emergency conditions. Notice we didn’t have a budget referendum this year because of that? Hope you quickly lose your attempt to disenfranchise people’s right to vote during a public emergency.
We hardly foresaw this pandemic situation in 2014, did we? There is nothing fraudulent about wishing to vote without exposing yourself to a deadly virus in the process. That is just good and responsible citizenship. To disallow vote by mail is to disenfranchise the elderly and immunocompromised.