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CANOODLING_SOCIOPATH t1_isewcsg wrote

Reply to comment by CalligrapherDizzy201 in Connecticut to decide on early voting in November referendum by jr_reddit

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.

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CalligrapherDizzy201 t1_isewsar wrote

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

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CANOODLING_SOCIOPATH t1_isex6wr wrote

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.

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CalligrapherDizzy201 t1_isexir5 wrote

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.

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