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In public hearing, state residents debate framework for early voting
By Jaden Edison The Connecticut Mirror
ballots without having to provide an excuse.
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Nicole
Chen
told lawmakers that while her resume doesn’t show that she has any election expertise, she has little doubt that the implementation of early voting in Connecticut would help make this country’s democracy “free and available to all.”
Chen, a student at Yale University, was among the dozens of state residents who publicly testified in support of in-person early voting at a Wednesday, Feb. 22 public hearing for the measure, in addition to a constitutional amendment that would permanently allow residents to cast mail
The public hearing held in Hartford’s Legislative Office Building was the first since voters overwhelmingly cast their support for in-person early voting during November’s general election, which opened the door for lawmakers to negotiate and pass a law to implement the practice. Connecticut is one of four states without early voting, effectively disenfranchising voters who can’t afford to wait in long lines or make it to their polling locations on Election Day many of whom are people of color and people with low income.
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