Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Democrats, GOP Split on Ballot Reforms
By Mark Pazniokas
www.ctmirror.orgAfter a partisan debate on ballot access, a divided state House of Representatives voted today for the second time in two years to place on the ballot a constitutional amendment potentially opening the door to early voting in Connecticut.
With the Senate set to endorse the same amendment, it will be up to voters to decide in November 2014 if the state constitution should be amended to give the General Assembly greater authority over election law.
Connecticut?s constitution is unusually explicit on the question of how votes can be cast, limiting legislators? authority over reforms such as allowing the wider use of absentee ballots, voting by mail and early voting.
The resolution adopted today on a 90-to-49 party-line vote is merely another step on a multi-year journey to what Secretary of the State Denise Merrill and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy say they hope will be easier ballot access.
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