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Voting & Elections 10.2.2023

CT Insider: CT’s absentee ballot boxes are under fire amid Bridgeport investigation. Here’s what to know

"This does not demonstrate a problem with the boxes. It demonstrates a problem with the local officials in Bridgeport."

Report finds 16 Connecticut legislators have joined ‘far-right’ Facebook groups

While Connecticut conservatives haven’t been so bold as elected officials in red states, their enrollment in the Facebook groups indicates the need for more public vigilance, said Cheri Quickmire, executive director of the election watchdog Common Cause in Connecticut. “Extremism isn’t only in certain states like Florida and Arkansas, but it’s alive in Connecticut,” Quickmire said Friday while reviewing the report. “I find this disturbing.” She recalled the controversy last year over the teaching of American history in Guilford schools that resulted in a coalition of Democrats and unaffiliated voters winning seats on the local Board of Education.

Voting & Elections 11.4.2020

NBC CT: A Day at the Polls: Voting Advocates, Officials Reflect on Election Day

“Roving poll monitors” like Cindy Dubuque-Gallo of Hartford were tasked by the nonpartisan group to check in on the voting experience at polling locations around the state. “We had challenges in couple of other cities and towns, but I feel really positive about how it went,” said Common Cause of Connecticut’s Executive Director Cheri Quickmire.

Voting & Elections 08.22.2020

NBC Connecticut: ‘Save the Post Office’ Rally Held in Hartford

On Saturday, August 22, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. at the Old State House Post Office people from all walks of life who were determined to defend the essential services provided by the United States Postal Service—including delivery of live-saving prescription drugs, disability checks, our ability to vote by mail and so many others—pushed back on the Trump administration’s attacks by organizing a grassroots action outside the post office at the Old State House post office.

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