Democrat Stephanie Thomas and Republican Dominic Rapini will face off in a race likely to focus on voting rights and state election law.
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Rep. Hilda Santiago declares for secretary of the state
Rep. Hilda Santiago, D-Meriden, declared her candidacy for secretary of the state
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Rep. Stephanie Thomas opens campaign for Secretary of the State
Rep. Stephanie Thomas, D-Norwalk, filed papers that make her the first Democrat to declare candidacy for secretary of the state.
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Denise Merrill not running for another term as CT Secretary of the State
Denise Merrill’s departure creates the first open race for statewide office in 2022.
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Weeks after the election, Secretary of the State’s efforts to monitor disinformation campaigns ended
For weeks, an intelligence analyst monitored social media for the Secretary of the State’s office. Then her contract ran out.
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Best of 2019: Casting a ballot from behind bars: No easy process
Former inmate Kennard Ray almost cried the first time he voted. It was a transformative experience he wants other former inmates to share.
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Casting a ballot from behind bars: No easy process
Former inmate Kennard Ray almost cried the first time he voted. It was a transformative experience he wants other former inmates to share.
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‘Motor voter’ off to fast start at Connecticut DMV
Connecticut registered nearly 700 new voters Monday and Tuesday, the first two days of a “motor voter” system established at the Department of Motor Vehicles under last week’s settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice. And the DMV wasn’t even open Monday, just AAA.
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DOJ, Connecticut settle ‘motor-voter’ registration complaint
The U.S. Department of Justice and Connecticut announced Friday that an enhanced online voter registration system will launch Monday at the Department of Motor Vehicles in response to a civil rights investigation that concluded the state was in violation of the so-called “motor-voter” provisions of the National Voting Rights Act of 1993.
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Merrill, DMV agree to boost ‘motor voter’ registration in 2018
It will take two years to develop, but the secretary of the state’s office and the Department of Motor Vehicles have signed an agreement to produce a system that will automatically register eligible DMV customers to vote.
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Op-Ed: Merrill — It is time to strengthen Connecticut’s election system
Connecticut is unique among the 50 states in how we run elections — and not in a good way. I have proposed professionalizing election administration in Connecticut by restructuring the office of registrar.
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Op-Ed: Modernize elections, but not the Secretary of the State’s way
The Registrars of Voters Association of Connecticut recognizes that there are things we must do to improve in the way elections are administered in Connecticut, but disagrees with the Secretary of the State’s proposal. For instance, we would like to see an election night reporting system that is automated, and doesn’t rely on the hundreds of hand calculations done by weary poll workers late into the evening on Election Day.
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Merrill: It is time to strengthen Connecticut’s election system
Connecticut is unique among the 50 states in how we run elections — and not in a good way. I have proposed professionalizing election administration in Connecticut by restructuring the office of registrar.