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Advocacy Day 2025 Patricia Rossi and John M Bailey II

Advocacy Day 2024

LWVCT Lobbyist John M. Bailey II and LWVCT Co-President Patricia Rossi speaking to League members during Advocacy Day 2024 at the Connecticut Capitol.

In Memory of Deborah Turner

In Loving Memory of Dr. Deborah Turner

A fearless advocate for voting rights and women’s rights, Dr. Turner devoted her life’s work to impacting meaningful changes in the lives of voters across the nation. As the 20th president of the 103-year-old voting rights organization, Dr. Turner played a pivotal role in fighting for a more fair and representative union, while uplifting racial equity in the League’s mission work. 

League Mourns Loss of LWVUS President Dr. Deborah Ann Turner
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Vote 411: Election Information You Need

Do you have questions about upcoming elections? We have answers! Visit VOTE411 for the Connecticut election information you need.

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Connecticut

Register to vote or update your registration! Use the Connecticut Secretary of the State's Online Voter Registration System.

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Action Alerts

Please email or call your Representative in support of Raised Bill 5408, which supports local press through reallocation of the state’s advertising revenue. Local news outlets spark civic engagement and voter turnout, and their collapse poses a threat to our cities and towns due to increasing polarization and misinformation. We can reverse this trend through reallocation of funding.

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Action Alerts

Contact your legislators and urge them to support funding for Early Voting implementation and the No Excuse Absentee Ballot referendum. Many worked for a decade to pass Early Voting in Connecticut, a landmark event that the Governor said would "improve the ability of voters to cast their ballots and enable more people to participate in our democracy". However without funding and support this hard fought right may not succeed.

Press Mention

Right now, there are just under 3 million people in Connecticut who are eligible to vote. Of that number, only 2.1 million were registered at the time of last year’s municipal elections, and only 709,000 registered voters actually cast ballots, according to data from the Secretary of the State’s Office. To be clear – that’s a turnout rate of around 33%.
For me and my colleagues at the League of Women Voters of Connecticut, these numbers lay bare the need for increased civic engagement in communities across the state...

Connecticut League of Conservation Voters 2023 Scorecard
News

On October 25, 2023 the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters (CTLCV) announced the release of its 2023 Environmental Scorecard, a powerful tool that holds state lawmakers accountable for their environmental policy decisions. CTLCV publishes the annual Environmental Scorecard to let voters know what kind of actions their state representatives and senators take – or do not take – to protect the environment. This is the first year that CTLCV has included a separate Democracy Score as well as the legislator’s Environmental Score.

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Public Statement

In a letter sent Thursday March 7, the League of Women Voters of Connecticut Urged Governor Lamont to Fully Fund Early Voting Implementation and Voter Education

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Blog Post

Early in-person voting will be available in Connecticut for the first time for the Presidential Preference Primaries on Tuesday, April 2. Early voting polling locations will be open from 10 am to 6 pm on Tuesday, March 26, Wednesday, March 27, Thursday, March 28, and Saturday, March 30. Things to keep in mind...