Sen. Harding: “Ton of unanswered questions” No-Excuse Absentee Voting
October 15, 2024
CT News Junkie
The measure, which is a constitutional amendment, would authorize the state legislature to introduce a law for no-excuse absentee voting, thereby allowing any voter to request a mail-in ballot.
Voters will choose “Yes” to support the constitutional amendment, and “No” to oppose it. If the ballot measure passes, a bill creating the new voting system would then need to pass both chambers of the legislature and be signed into law by the governor.
Sen. Minority Leader Stephen Harding, R-Brookfield, sent the following statement:
“Voters across the state should approach this ballot question with a healthy dose of skepticism. Connecticut repeatedly made national news this year for the Bridgeport ballot stuffing videos. Blatant, brazen ballot box stuffing in Bridgeport was all caught on tape. A Superior Court Judge said the videos were ‘shocking.’ The Majority at the state Capitol also saw those videos. They still repeatedly voted ‘no’ on Republican proposals to reform the election integrity system. If the question passes, a ton of unanswered questions remain. Among them is: Who disseminates the absentee ballots? The bottom line: Under the Majority, no achievable, common sense election reforms were enacted to deter future Bridgeport fiascos. Now we’re expanding this very program that was used as a vehicle for fraud, without any measures being put in place to ensure it doesn’t happen again.”