Greenwich High School with teacher Aaron Hull took third place. Continue Reading →
Greenwich High School Students Flex Their Constitutional Knowledge at Statewide Competition
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Denise Merrill
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CT Secretary of State Denise Merrill Will Not Seek Fourth Term
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Merrill said that while she will not run again, she is not retiring. “I will be lending my efforts to passing the constitutional amendments that will allow voters to vote by the method of their choice – by absentee ballot without needing an excuse, in-person before Election Day, or at their local polling places as Connecticut voters have been doing for more than 200 years.” Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Denise Merrill, Ned Lamont, Secretary of State
Voting in Person or Absentee? What You Need to Know about Ballot Boxes in Greenwich…
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“If you have enough money to mail postcards to every single citizen in the United States, can’t you pick up the mail? Really?” – Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill on the postcard mailing from the US Postal Service Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, ballot boxes, Denise Merrill, presidential election, Secretary of State Denise Merrill, US Postal Service
YWCA Greenwich Honors MLK: Vote, Run For Office, Take Risks, Embrace Failure, Stop Saying Sorry
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“So long as I do not firmly and irrevocably possess the right to vote, I do not possess myself. I cannot make up my mind – it is made up for me.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr from the “Give Us the Ballot” speech, 1957 Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Denise Merrill, Gretchen Carlson, Mary Lee Kiernan, Patti Russo, Pitney Bowes, Sheryl Battles, The Campaign School at Yale University
YWCA Greenwich to Honor Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr with Amazing Panel of Women
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Expect a great lineup of speakers.
• Sheryl Battles, Vice President, Global Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement, Pitney Bowes
• Gretchen Carlson, American television commentator, journalist, and author
• Denise W. Merrill, Connecticut Secretary of the State
• Patti Russo, Executive Director of the Women’s Campaign School at Yale University Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, “Women’s Power and Vote at 100: A Conversation About Empowering Women", Denise Merrill, Gretchen Carlson, Martin Luther King Jr, Patti Russo, Sheryl Battles, YWCA Greenwich
Candidates Speak at Largest Turnout in Decades for Greenwich Democrats Annual Picnic
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Greenwich Democrats Annual Picnic featured remarks from Richard Blumenthal, Governor Ned Lamont, Congressman Jim Himes, Senator Chris Murphy, Attorney General William Tong, Secretary of State Denise Merrill, State Senator Alex Bergstein, State Rep Steve Meskers and Greenwich Candidates including Jill Oberlander and Sandy Litvack. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Beth Krumeich, Chris Murphy, David Weisbrod, Denise Merrill, Greenwich Botanical Center, Greenwich Democrats, Howard Richman
Secretary of State Seeks CT Constitutional Amendment for Early Voting
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Secretary of State Denise Merrill said Connecticut has an unusual provision that people must vote on Tuesday. She is advocating for a state Constitutional amendment to permit early voting. She noted Greenwich already has the most absentee ballots in Connecticut. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, absentee ballots, Denise Merrill, Early Voting, Secretary of State
Denise Merrill Joins DTC Speaker Series, RSVP, Limited Seating
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On February 28 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in Greenwich Town Hall, Secretary Merrill will make a presentation on moving to early voting and voting rights in general and take questions from the audience. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, CT Secretary of State, Denise Merrill
CT to Coordinate Databases to Identify Voters Who Have Died
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A memorandum of understanding will ensure compliance with voter registration requirements. Connecticut will coordinate its statewide voter registration database with CT Dept of Public Health records to identify registered voters who have died. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, CT Secretary of the State, Denise Merrill, Help America Vote Act of 2002, National Voter Registration Act of 1993
UPDATED: Secretary Merrill Introduces Early Voting Constitutional Amendment
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Thirty-eight states currently provide for some form of Early Voting. The proposed Constitutional Amendment would require a minimum of three days of in-person Early Voting, and would remove restrictions on absentee ballots. Continue Reading →