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On the November 5th ballot this year is a question to change the Connecticut State Constitution to allow for “No-Excuse” Absentee Voting.
https://portal.ct.gov/sots/election-services/proposed-constitutional-amendment-on-the-2024-ballot
I urge my fellow voters to think about Senator Stephen Harding’s statement first:
Connecticut State Senator Harding: “Ton of Unanswered Questions” on No-Excuse Absentee Voting: “Voters across the state should approach this ballot question with a healthy dose of skepticism. Connecticut repeatedly made national news this year for the Bridgeport ballot stuffing videos. Blatant, brazen ballot box stuffing in Bridgeport was all caught on tape. A Superior Court Judge said the videos were ‘shocking.’ The Majority at the State Capitol also saw those videos. They still repeatedly voted ‘No’ on Republican proposals to reform the election integrity system. If the question passes, a ton of unanswered questions remain. Among them is: Who disseminates the absentee ballots? The bottom line: Under the Majority, no achievable, common sense election reforms were enacted to deter future Bridgeport fiascos. Now we’re expanding this very program that was used as a vehicle for fraud, without any measures being put in place to ensure it doesn’t happen again.”
https://ctsenaterepublicans.com/2024/10/sen-harding-ton-of-unanswered-questions-no-excuse-absentee-voting/
I will be voting “NO” until election integrity is enacted.
Doug Downey, Higganum
