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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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Voters at District 7 polling place at GHS get crushed for parking Tuesday morning. Police resolved the problem by about 10:00am. One voter said it took a half hour to turn onto Hillside and a half hour to turn into the jam packed parking lot. Continue Reading →
Denise Merrill recounted the pushback from both Democrat and Republican Secretaries of State against Donald Trump’s Commission on Voter Integrity when they requested voter lists, as well as social security numbers, veterans’ history and voting histories. Continue Reading →
On Wednesday state marshals delivered, simultaneously, letters to Peter Sherr, Randall Smith and Jason Auerbach, saying their behavior has infringed on Peter Bernstein’s constitutional right to free speech. Continue Reading →
Connecticut crossed the 2.1 million threshold and set a new record for the number of people registered to vote in the state. The number of registered voters as of Oct 26 was 2,100,021, exceeding the number of voters on Nov 3, 2008, which was 2,097,000. Continue Reading →