Generation Change CT

06/17/2021

It was a “special session” for CT voters, indeed! 🙌🏿

(Hartford, CT) – Today, Connecticut took a major step forward for voting rights by passing the elements of Senate Bill 5 as part of the “budget implementer.” The historic legislation will expand voting rights by implementing automatic voter registration, restoring voting freedom for people on ...

06/09/2021

TODAY is the LAST DAY of the CT state legislative session and critical voting rights legislation is on the line!

Call Speaker Ritter (860-240-8585) and your state representative NOW, and urge them to pass Senate Bill 5!

To find out who represents you, go here: https://cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp

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As a reminder S.B. 5 will:
🗳 Codify & expand beyond the DMV to other state agencies;
🏫 Require annual distribution of info at public high schools and public colleges/universities;
📮 Make absentee ballot permanent;
📬 Expand eligibility and access for requests and voting;
⚖️ Restore for parolees & voters with developmental disabilities;
🗺️ Increase ballot for minority groups;
🗓️ Make a legal state holiday;.. and more!

The Connecticut General Assembly 2020 Regular Session convened February 5th and adjourned May 8th

06/08/2021

🚨🚨🚨 ACTION ALERT: This Wednesday, June 9th is the LAST DAY of the CT state legislative session, and critical voting rights legislation still needs to be passed! 🗳

📱 Call Speaker Ritter (860-240-8585) & your state representative NOW to urge them to pass Senate Bill 5!

📱 Call Senate President Looney (860-240-0375) & your state senator NOW to urge them to pass a House Bill 6325 (a necessary companion bill to Senate Bill 5)!

To find out who represents you and their contact info, click here: http://cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp

Let's get these critical pieces of legislation across the finish line and expand voting rights for CT voters!

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As a reminder S.B. 5 will:
🗳 Codify & expand beyond the DMV to other state agencies;
🏫 Require annual distribution of info at public high schools and public colleges/universities;
📮 Make absentee ballot permanent;
📬 Expand eligibility and access for requests and voting;
⚖️ Restore for parolees & voters with developmental disabilities;
🗺️ Increase ballot for minority groups;
🗓️ Make a legal state holiday;.. and more!

06/04/2021

🗳📮 GOOD NEWS ON NO-EXCUSE ABSENTEE BALLOT VOTING: The CT Senate voted to advance , which moves the state one critical step closer to providing a option to all its citizens.

As per the state’s constitutional amendment process, the state legislature will have to pass this same measure again in 2023, and then it can go before the voters in a statewide referendum in 2024 for final approval.

While it’s disappointing that this resolution did not get a supermajority vote from lawmakers this session so that it could be fast-tracked for a 2022 statewide referendum, Generation Change CT is committed to continuing the fight in this multi-step process to expand ballot access and options for CT voters!

Join us in the fight: generationchangect.com

Read more about it here: https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2021/06/03/senate-approves-slow-march-to-ease-absentee-ballot-restrictions/

With less than a week remaining in the legislative session, the Senate devoted about four hours Thursday to passing a resolution that may, in 2024, let

05/28/2021

💥 BIG WIN ON EARLY VOTING 💥: With the passage of , Connecticut voters will now be able to decide whether or not to amend the state constitution to permit early in-person voting prior to Election Day!

🗓 So, SAVE THE DATE (one more time!) for Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 (Election Day) to vote on this statewide referendum to permit , and let’s make it the last time we’re restricted to just one day of in-person voting in Connecticut!

Voters will get the opportunity to weigh in next year on legalizing early voting in Connecticut as a result of a resolution to amend the state’s

05/27/2021

Ain’t it great to wake up in a state where is officially a thing of the past? 🙌🏿👏🏾✊🏿



Read all about it! 👇🏿

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed legislation that abolishes a state law requiring inmates to be counted as residents of the municipalities in which they are incarcerated when government officials are determining the size and boundaries of state legislative districts and municip...

05/26/2021

🗳 PROGRESS ON S.B. 5: Yesterday the State Senate passed S.B. 5 – a critical piece of legislation! It now moves to the State House for consideration and action – so, please call/email your representative!

This legislation includes several proposals we've been advocating for in our policy agenda. S.B. 5 will:
🗳 Codify & expand beyond the DMV to other state agencies;
🏫 Require annual distribution of info at public high schools and public colleges/universities;
📮 Make absentee ballot permanent;
📬 Expand eligibility and access for requests and voting;
⚖️ Restore for parolees & voters with developmental disabilities;
🗺️ Increase ballot for minority groups;
🗓️ Make a legal state holiday;.. and more!

Although other proposals were removed, it's exciting to see this list of essential reforms advance in the State Senate. Now, let's push to get it passed by the State House and onto the Governor!

To find out who represents you in the State House and their contact info, click here: http://cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp

To read more about the legislation and last night's vote, click here:
https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2021/05/25/senators-work-together-to-pass-voter-registration-measures/

Sen. Mae Flexer, D-Windham (CTNewsJunkie photo) A bill approved by the state Senate Tuesday would make a number of changes to state election laws to ease

05/25/2021

🚨 ACTION ALERT 🚨: There's only TWO WEEKS left in the 2021 state legislative session and A LOT of important legislation that still needs to cross the finish line!

DON'T LET UP! Call and email your state senator, and urge them to pass:

📮 H.J. 58: No-Excuse Voting;
🗓 H.J. 59: ;
🗳 S.B. 5: (and MANY other critical measures);
📱 An amendment: (a.k.a. e-voting) for voters with disabilities ♿, active-duty military 🎖️, and citizens living abroad ✈️;
📬 H.B. 6205: Voting;
⚖️ S.B. 820: A State .

We need and deserve more options, access and rights in Connecticut – and we need them now!

Find out who represents you and their contact info here: http://cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp

05/13/2021

💥 EXCITING NEWS: Today the Connecticut General Assembly passed legislation to , and is now headed to Governor Ned Lamont to be considered and signed into law!

This has been a priority for Generation Change CT and a key item on our policy agenda. We're proud to have worked alongside so many incredible advocates, and look forward to this racist practice finally coming to an end in CT!

📰 Read more about the news in the article below! 🔽

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"Legislation counting incarcerated people as members of the voting districts where they lived prior to imprisonment received final passage from the House Wednesday, sending the proposal to Gov. Ned Lamont for consideration before lawmakers begin remapping the districts this year.

The bill, which passed the House 95 to 49, will require the state to adjust population data from the U.S. Census to record inmates as members of their home communities when it redraws the lines of voting districts to ensure each has equal representation.

The proposal seeks to correct a practice commonly referred to by opponents as “prison gerrymandering” because it effectively reduces the political influence of the largely Black and brown cities where many incarcerated people are from, and inflates the representation of typically smaller towns where prisons are often located."
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Rep. Dan Fox, D-Stamford (CTNewsJunkie photo) HARTFORD, CT-- Legislation counting incarcerated people as members of the voting districts where they lived

05/12/2021

🗳️ UPDATE: Some good news 👍 and bad news 👎 on the status of No Excuse Absentee Ballot Voting 📬 📮 in Connecticut.

👍 GOOD NEWS: Yesterday, the resolution (HJ-58) that would allow voters to decide whether or not to amend the state constitution to permit No Excuse Absentee Ballot Voting in future elections passed the CT House of Representatives (104 yea to 44 nay)!

👎 BAD NEWS: The resolution did not pass by the supermajority needed to fast track it and put it before voters for final approval in 2022. (All House Democrats voted for it, while only 9 of 54 House Republicans voted for it — even though 73% of CT voters support it.)

❓ WHAT'S NEXT:
1️⃣ The CT State Senate must pass the resolution this session in 2021. (So, 📱 and 📧 your State Senator!)
2️⃣ The state legislature must pass the resolution AGAIN in 2023, albeit it only by a simple majority (not a supermajority).
3️⃣ Then the proposal goes before voters for final approval via a statewide referendum in 2024.

IN SUM, yesterday was a victory, but the fight for voting rights and access to the ballot continues. ✊🏿

“It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know a change gonna come... oh, yes it will.”

Join Generation Change CT and be a part of the change: generationchangect.com

https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2021/05/11/house-falls-short-of-super-majority-for-no-excuse-absentee-ballot-amendment/?utm_source=CTNewsJunkie%20Main%20List%20With%20Publication%20Groups&utm_campaign=568003b462-MCP_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a493d2308d-568003b462-95960114

Republicans watch as an amendment is defeated. (CTNewsJunkie / photo) The House moved a step closer Tuesday to amending the constitution to allow

05/06/2021

Wonderful news! Alot of MAJOR work to get this passed a super majority in the Senate. Don't stop working folks!

05/05/2021

🚨 ACTION ALERT: Critical legislation that would advance 🗓 (H.J. 59) and 📬 (H.J. 58) in CT are being voted on by the state legislature TOMORROW, Thursday, 5/6!

☎️ Call and email your state legislators TODAY and urge them to support these two resolutions! Let's make our voices heard!

You can find out who represents you and their contact info here: http://cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp