• “Your "YES" vote breaks down barriers that have kept many people from the polls. Voting in person is easy for some people in our state, but it is not accessible for everyone, especially people with chronic health conditions, elderly people, and working people, especially working parents. Absentee voting would help ensure more voters have a chance to participate in our democracy. We need to bring Connecticut's voting system into the 21st century. This measure modernizes our approach, providing a more accessible and adaptable method of casting ballots that keeps pace with people’s schedules in today's fast-moving world. Connecticut lags behind other states, the majority of which have absentee voting available for all voters. A "YES" vote eliminates this gap, giving Connecticut voters the same rights as millions of voters in other states.” - Yes for Safe and Accessible Democracy 
  

• “You shouldn’t have to choose between your job, loved ones, or your health, and exercising your right to vote. There are a lot of folks who do not qualify for an absentee ballot under the current restrictions but whose jobs, care-taking responsibilities, or health concerns prevent them from going in person to a polling location. Connecticut is behind the majority of other states when it comes to access to absentee voting. Connecticut’s restrictions on voting access are outdated and out of touch - 36 states and the District of Columbia do not require an excuse to vote absentee or by mail, including New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. It’s time to catch up!” - League of Women Voters of Connecticut  
  

• “In Connecticut, during non-pandemic times, voters have shockingly few options for casting their ballots. Except for people who can satisfy narrow constitutional conditions to vote absentee, the only option for most people is to vote in person. Archaic language in the Connecticut Constitution also prohibits early voting in our state altogether. These constitutional restrictions have led Connecticut to be one of only fifteen states lacking no-excuse absentee voting. These limitations combine to make Connecticut, in one voting rights group’s estimation, the fourth worst state in the nation for voting options. - Jess Zaccagnino, Policy Counsel, ACLU of Connecticut  
  

• “We adopted early voting this year, which provides 14 additional days that people can go vote. So why do we need now to have no-excuse absentee voting? In the state of Connecticut, there is plenty of access, including an absentee ballot if you truly cannot get to a polling place over the two-plus week period, and we also have same-day registration for early voting on Election Day. How much easier can we make it to vote for people in the state of Connecticut than what we currently have? It's simply not needed. Now you want to introduce an expanded system when we have seen fraud after fraud after fraud in the big cities? No, we don't need it. I understand it is wanted, but it is not needed in the state of Connecticut, particularly, you know, why don't we wait to see how early voting works over a number of years before we start implementing new voting systems.” - Ben Proto, Connecticut Republican Party Chairman 
  

• “With early voting, the current rules of absentee ballots and election day, I can’t imagine a scenario where someone could not find the time to cast their vote if they so choose. I am against the ballot measure and will be voting no and encourage everyone in Connecticut to look into events of Bridgeport and Stamford to see the illegal misuse of absentee ballots by unscrupulous factions who are breaking our voting laws.” - Tony Scott, Connecticut State Representative 
  

• “We have to be able to trust those votes without question. I have some concerns about trying to move our voting process away from the way it’s been traditionally done where people vote on one specific day in person. In the last election, we saw all campaigns across this state mailing ballot applications like crazy to people, and also sending out companion mail to say, ‘Yes, you can check the box for sickness. You can vote by absentee.’ It was a mess.” - Robert Sampson, Connecticut State Senator 
  

Committees formed to SUPPORT the Connecticut No-Excuse Absentee Voting Amendment 2024.

YES FOR SAFE AND ACCESSiBLE DEMOCRACY

Selected Contributions TO: Yes for Safe and Accessible Democracy* committee include:

• The Connecticut Project Action Fund
  
• Stephen Mandel, Jr.
  
• Susan Mandel
  
• Melvin Medina

*TO VIEW FINANCIAL REPORTS BY COMMITTEE:

• Click on the link.
• Check the box titled "Select/Unselect All" at the top of the "*Type of Receipt" dialog box
• Enter the committee name in the "*Committee (Recipient):" dialog box
• Click the "Search" button at the bottom
  

The Connecticut No-Excuse Absentee Voting Amendment (2024) is on the ballot in Connecticut as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024. As of October 13, 2024, no committee to OPPOSE the amendment has been identified. Thus, there is no record of funds raised to OPPOSE the Amendment.