CalligrapherDizzy201 t1_isenq80 wrote on October 15, 2022 at 12:00 PM

Reply to comment by CANOODLING_SOCIOPATH in Connecticut to decide on early voting in November referendum by jr_reddit

Did you know ahead of time you or your kid will get sick on Election Day? Early voting won’t help in that situation.

CANOODLING_SOCIOPATH t1_iseu9g8 wrote on October 15, 2022 at 1:05 PM

If you knew ahead of time you can just vote by absentee ballot. My point is that since we can't know ahead of time for some of these things, it is better to give people many opportunities to vote early to prevent unexpected obstacles from getting in their way. And that people who think that they likely will be able to vote on election day will still vote early to prevent an unexpected obstacle from stopping them.

CalligrapherDizzy201 t1_isevcl8 wrote on October 15, 2022 at 1:15 PM

If you don’t know ahead of time, how will you vote early?

CANOODLING_SOCIOPATH t1_isewcsg wrote on October 15, 2022 at 1:24 PM

Early voting is when the state allows all voters to vote early. Usually the town/city hall acts as the early voting polling location and all voters can come in and cast their ballots.

The point of this ballot measure is to make it so that you don't need an excuse to vote early. People who likely could vote on election day will choose to vote early. Millions of Americans have already cast ballots for the 2022 election in the 46 states with early voting. Most of those voters don't know if they could have voted on election day, but decided to vote early anyway.

CalligrapherDizzy201 t1_isewsar wrote on October 15, 2022 at 1:28 PM

Right, and there’s nothing wrong with that. No excuse absentee voting would accomplish the same thing and should also be considered.

CANOODLING_SOCIOPATH t1_isex6wr wrote on October 15, 2022 at 1:31 PM

Allowing No Excuse Absentee Ballots will likely be on the ballot in 2024, assuming that Democrats retain control of the CT General Assembly.

To get something on the ballot it needs to be passed by the CT General Assembly twice in 4 years, and the passed a measure to allow no-excuse absentee voting in 2021 and Democrats have said they will do it again in 2023, in time for the 2024 election.

CalligrapherDizzy201 t1_isexir5 wrote on October 15, 2022 at 1:34 PM

Excellent.

The way we do things in this state is backwards sometimes. Why in the world would it have to be voted on twice? Or at all? The procedure to get questions on the ballot should be simplified.