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Friday, March 9, 2012   

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. - Secretary of the State Denise Merrill has released a report which looks at ways to improve vote security and voter turnout in the state.

Carole Young-Kleinfeld, a member of the League of Women Voters of Connecticut and the Election Performance Task Force. says that Merrill, with support from Gov. Dannel Malloy, has introduced several bills to the General Assembly.

"One of which is election-day registration. Another is on-line voter registration, and that is not on-line voting."

Other states with election-day registration have seen increased voter turnout. Online voter registration would help keep voting rolls up to date.

Young-Kleinfeld says another important proposal has come from the task force report.

"Removing restrictive language from the Connecticut constitution that requires people to vote in person at the polls. There are just a couple definite exceptions."

Exceptions include being home-bound or being out of town on Election Day. The League of Women Voters supports making voting as convenient as possible for all eligible residents.

The report also proposes electronic transmission of ballots to military voters overseas.

"We really think that when a service person is putting their life on the line for our country, that their ballot should be as secure as humanly possible."

However, Merrill does not support service members sending their ballots back electronically because of concerns about confidentiality and security.


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