Bucking national trend, CT moves to make voting easier
Julia Bergman
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Voters line up to cast their ballots on Election Day at Shelton Intermediate School, in Shelton, Conn. Nov. 3, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
As lawmakers in other states, namely Georgia, pass more restrictive voting laws, Democrats in the General Assembly have advanced a wide-ranging proposal to make voting easier in Connecticut.
The proposal would provide more opportunities for absentee voting, would require employers to give employees paid
time off to vote on Election Day, expand the state’s automatic voter registration system to other state agencies beyond the Department of Motor Vehicles, and would allow people on parole to vote.
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