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The Connecticut Mirror exists to start conversations about public policy.  Our goal in publishing CT Viewpoints is to provide a nonpartisan forum for robust policy conversations.

CT Viewpoints welcomes thoughtful, original commentary on government, public policy and politics as they affect life in Connecticut.  We also welcome views of Connecticut residents on national and international issues that touch their lives.

Submissions should ideally be 500 to 800 words, although we can accommodate longer opinions. In keeping with the CT Mirror’s obligation to provide factually accurate information to its readers at all times, please provide hyperlinks to media reports, research studies, documents or other documentable facts when citing them in a commentary. This will expedite the CT Mirror’s routine fact-checking when preparing commentaries for publication.

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Contributors are not The Connecticut News Project’s employees, directors, officers or agents.  The Connecticut News Project does not endorse or oppose candidates for elective office, nor does it lobby in support of, or in opposition to, any public policy or legislation.

CT Viewpoints offers all candidates for elective office equal opportunity for comment.   CT Viewpoints will entertain first-person position statements of candidates for elected office that focus on qualifications, policy ideas and principles.  The views expressed by candidates are intended for voter education and are not endorsements by CTViewpoints, The Connecticut News Project, or The Connecticut Mirror.

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PLEASE NOTE: The form below is NOT for brief comments on individual stories or op-eds.

AT ELECTION TIME: CT Viewpoints regrets that it cannot publish third-party endorsements of candidates for elective office. Candidates themselves may submit position papers and similar items as a form of voter education.

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