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Feds settle dispute over voter registration
HARTFORD, Conn. – The U.S. Justice Department settled its dispute with Connecticut officials Friday claiming the state has done enough to resolve concerns that it wasn’t complying with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. An investigation found that when Connecticut residents were applying for or renewing their driver’s licenses they were not being given…
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CT cited in hacked DNC emails
HARTFORD, Conn. – It’s nothing scandalous, but Connecticut gets a shout-out from a Democratic National Committee staffer in one of the more than 19,000 emails leaked Sunday before the start of the party’s convention. Pratt Norton Wiley, national director of Voter Expansion for the Democratic National Committee, sent two other staffers an email on May…
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Republicans critical of automatic voter registration agreement with DMV
HARTFORD, Conn. – An agreement between Secretary of the State Denise Merrill and Department of Motor Vehicle Commissioner Michael Byzdra to develop an automatic voter registration system is an unnecessary and expensive proposition. That was the message from four Republican lawmakers who held a press conference Wednesday at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford to…
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New online tool makes business registration in Connecticut easier
HARTFORD, Conn. – “In the time it takes to order a cup of coffee, you’ll now be able to submit your application to form a business in Connecticut,” Secretary of the State Denise Merrill said Tuesday.
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DMV, Merrill to implement automatic voter registration to comply with federal law
HARTFORD, Conn. – Under threat of a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice, the state Department of Motor Vehicles and the Secretary of State agreed to come up with a plan to automatically register drivers to vote when they go to the DMV.
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U.S. Justice Department: Connecticut is not complying with motor-voter law
HARTFORD, Conn. – The U.S. Department of Justice said it’s planning to sue Connecticut for failure to comply with a section of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, if it doesn’t fix the problem. The section of the law the Justice Department is accusing Connecticut of violating is related to motor vehicle registration.
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Connecticut will offer real-time election results this November
HARTFORD, Conn. – They’ve been working on it for more than five years, but Secretary of the State Denise Merrill said they’ve finished development of a real-time election results reporting system that works for Connecticut.
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Clinton, Kasich to campaign in Connecticut
HARTFORD, Conn. – Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s campaign announced Monday that the Democratic front-runner will campaign in the state on Thursday.
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Merrill says error does not confer legality to Schahgticokes
HARTFORD, Conn. – Secretary of the State Denise Merrill tried to make it clear Wednesday to the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation that an error by her office doesn’t give the tribe the legal authority to pursue building a casino in Connecticut. “Please be advised that the Secretary of the State has no authority to confer legality…
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Merrill calls for abolition of party loyalty tests
HARTFORD, Conn. – A state law that allows registrars to impose a loyalty test on voters should be stripped out of the statute book, Secretary of State Denise Merrill said. “I really don’t think it’s appropriate,” said the second-term Democratic overseer of state elections.
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Merrill seeks automatic voter registration at DMV in bid to hike turnout
HARTFORD, Conn. – To boost voter registration, Secretary of the State Denise Merrill is asking legislators to back a plan that would automatically add anyone doing business with the Department of Motor Vehicles to the voter rolls. Merrill said the concept “breaks fresh ground” and could add as many 400,000 new voters.
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Schaghticoke chief says tribe will continue casino pursuit
HARTFORD, Conn. – Schaghitcoke Tribal Nation Chief Richard Velky is troubled by media reports regarding Secretary of the State Denise Merrill’s rejection of the tribe’s new business registration. The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation applied for limited liability corporation status under Special Act 15-7, which allowed the Mohegan Tribal Nation and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation to…
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Connecticut’s civic participation increases with income
HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut residents are more likely than the rest of the country to volunteer and attend a public meeting, but a civic health report released Tuesday found several areas in need of improvement.
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Spin doctors selling local election results
HARTFORD, Conn. – As soon as the polls closed on Tuesday, the party machines went into action in an effort to convince the news media that their side had won this year’s municipal elections.
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Next year CT voters will get immediate election results, but not in 2017
HARTFORD, Conn. – Voters in Pennsylvania received timely election results on their computers and mobile devices Tuesday, but voters in Connecticut will have to wait until next year for a similar service.
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Republicans target Malloy even though he’s not on the ballot
HARTFORD, Conn. – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s name wasn’t on the ballot Tuesday, but you wouldn’t know it from the Republican Party’s rhetoric, robocalls, or mailers.
