Voting concludes Tuesday in the Connecticut midterm elections for congressional, gubernatorial and other statewide races. Voters could also decide on control over the state General Assembly and whether to expand early voting in the state. Check back here for results, which are expected to trickle in hours if not, days after Election Day.
It is disappointing that the League of Women Voters of Connecticut is co-signing Connecticut Public’s decision to exclude Green Party of Connecticut candidate Kevin Blacker from participating in this .
Justin Paglino is placing universal health care on the ballot again this November with ranked-choice voting thrown into the mix. The two issues, he argued, are connected.
Paglino is citing those issues as top priorities as he launches a second bid for the U.S. Third Congressional District seat, which represents New Haven and Hamden (among other communities). he has a bunch of other issues in his tank as well.
Criminalizing abortion won’t end abortion, but it will lead to a trail of dead women, as it did before abortion was legal, especially in working class and poor communities across the United States. We believe that legal protection for the full range of reproductive choices, the repeal of the Hyde Amendment, and securing universal health care including comprehensive reproductive health care for persons across the gender spectrum would solidify a more equitable approach to dismantling systemic health inequities from the ground up.