by | Nov 3, 2020 12:36 pm | Comments (2)
Kaley Pillinger, one of the confused students, receives her sticker after finally arriving at the right location.
Confusion over even-year polling locations sent some Yalies to the wrong voting stations Tuesday.
by | Nov 3, 2020 11:50 am | Comments (0)
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Mayor Elicker, with daughter April, casting his vote at Wilbur Cross.
Mayor Justin Elicker voted in person, including for the Democrat who currently helms the city’s voting process, as he and his family turned out to Wilbur Cross High School Election Day morning.
by | Nov 3, 2020 10:20 am | Comments (11)
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Early-morning voting line at Bella Vista.
Voters lined up — at safe social distances — before polls opened at 6 a.m. Tuesday, as this video from Davis Street School Ward 26 precinct shows. (Thanks to Hilary Grant for sharing it. “I don’t think we’ve ever seen this before,” she said)
Everyone’s asked to wear a a mask inside to keep both voters and poll workers safe.
And if you’re not sure your absentee ballot has been counted, and wonder whether you should show up in person to vote again … read on for advice.
Continue reading ‘Lines Form Early; Absentee Ballot Confusion’
by | Nov 2, 2020 5:54 pm | Comments (8)
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U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, with Hamden’s delegation, plus one hopeful, one New Haven senator, and Lieut. Gov. Bysiewicz.
In the last hours before polls open across the state, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz stood in a whipping wind next to a ballot drop box in Hamden to make what has crystallized as Connecticut Democrats’ main pitch just before Tuesday’s election: Vote Democrat if you like your healthcare.
by | Nov 2, 2020 11:26 am | Comments (13)
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Brother Born at giveaway: “Conservatism is the new rock and roll.”
Congressional candidate Margaret Streicker arrived in Newhallville with 5,000 child-sized masks and a “Blue Lives Matter” message — the latter of which sparked lively discussion.
Continue reading ‘Streicker Brings Newhallville Masks, Debate’
by | Nov 2, 2020 10:48 am | Comments (4)
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Valencia Goodridge braves the rain.
Over 1,000 voters showed up at the Hall of Records this weekend to receive and cast absentee ballots — with in-person assistance.
Continue reading ‘City Clerk Helps Over 1,000 Cast Last-Minute Absentee Ballots’
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Adrian Huq making the point, on the Green.
My name is Adrian Huq, and I am an 18 year-old organizer for the New Haven Climate Movement. When the New Haven Peace Commission reached out to our organization on if we would endorse their referendum on the New Haven ballot — “Shall Congress prepare for health and climate crises by transferring funds from the military budget to cities for human needs, jobs, and an environmentally sustainable economy?” — I knew this was something we needed to support from a moral and climate-focused perspective.
by | Oct 31, 2020 9:14 pm | Comments (26)
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DeLauro addresses GOTV rally Saturday in Dixwell Plaza.
Three days away from an election overshadowed by a pandemic, mass unemployment, and national political tensions, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro and a troop of fellow Democratic candidates urged voters to remember that government must play an active role in helping the vulnerable survive calamitous times.
by | Oct 30, 2020 1:21 pm | Comments (15)
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Bartlett (left), Winfield campaigning in Beaver Hills.
A high-profile crime wave brought a State Senate campaign to Beaver Hills, as candidates made their final pitches to voters in the run-up to Tuesday’s election.
by | Oct 29, 2020 5:25 pm | Comments (2)
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Figuratively, State Sen. George Logan was in a few different places Thursday morning before work. He was on a street corner waving to voters in the rain, he was in a meeting of the Griffin Hospital Board of Directors, and he was giving an interview … all at the same time.
Continue reading ‘T Minus 5 Days For George Logan: Zoom, Wave, Interview, Hold Umbrella’
by | Oct 28, 2020 3:10 pm | Comments (3)
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Paul Lee with Sen. Chris Murphy and Jorge Cabrera.
Chris Murphy came to his door Tuesday afternoon, Paul Lee did not ask about Supreme Court nominations or federal aid packages. Instead, he asked the U.S. senator what almost every Hamden voter asks when a politician comes to the door: When will our taxes decrease?
Continue reading ‘Talking Taxes, U.S. Senator Stumps For Aspiring State Senator’
by | Oct 28, 2020 3:09 pm | Comments (1)
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New Haven is offering in-person absentee-ballot voting opportunities this weekend.
Continue reading ‘In-Person Voting Opportunities This Weekend’
by | Oct 27, 2020 5:32 pm | Comments (9)
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Maritza Gant of the Registrar of Voters Office signs up Yale graduate student Atticus Mellor-Goldman as a steady stream of voters showed up outside 200 Orange St. on deadline day.
The clock’s ticking: Complete and return your absentee ballot now, preferably at a special downtown box. Or make your Election Day “plan” for voting in person.
Then sit tight — and don’t expect to know the outcome before going to sleep on Nov. 3.
Meanwhile, “teams” of lawyers will make sure every vote will count, even if President Trump goes to court to short-circuit the process.
Continue reading ‘What To Expect When You’re Expecting ... Election Chaos’
by | Oct 27, 2020 1:53 pm | Comments (23)
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Streicker with reporters outside last week’s debate at the JCC.
(News analysis) Rosa DeLauro saw Margaret Streicker’s hand of Italian-Americans — and raised it by 200 Jews.
by | Oct 26, 2020 9:56 am | Comments (5)
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City/Town Clerk Michael Smart helping a voter during the August primary.
The city/town clerk’s office has launched a new hotline for local voters who have questions about their absentee ballots, as the official number of New Haven absentee ballot applications processed rose to 12,822 and the number of absentee ballots returned to 4,261.
Continue reading ‘Ballot Hotline Launched; 12.8K Ballots Sent Out; 4.2K Ballots Returned’
by | Oct 23, 2020 4:26 pm | Comments (3)
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Barry Nalebuff revs up his new app and gets out the vote.
The fate of our democracy hung in the balance as Barry Nalebuff took step number 2,500 at the corner of Whitney Avenue and Humphrey Street.
Continue reading ‘Prof. Honest Tea Steps Up To Save America’
by | Oct 23, 2020 10:32 am | Comments (7)
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An absentee ballot dropbox outside 200 Orange St.
New Haven’s official tally of absentee ballots filled out and returned to the city/town clerk’s office jumped by over 70,000 percent in two days — a sign that the local office is chipping away at its ballot backlog and stepping up use of a state-mandated database less than two weeks from the Nov. 3 election.
by | Oct 22, 2020 10:48 pm | Comments (28)
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Paglino, Streicker, DeLauro at Thursday night’s debate.
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Christopher Columbus, mid-removal from Wooster Square.
The first and only Congressional debate this year took place in Woodbridge, but its spiritual center was Wooster Square.
by | Oct 22, 2020 10:33 am | Comments (5)
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New Haven Peace Commission member Millie Grenough: Let’s spend on living.
Vote to shift funds from the U.S. military to local governments, and tell your friends about it.
This was the message at multiple community management team meetings this month, where members of the New Haven Peace Commission pitched Dwight, Downtown and Wooster Square neighbors on a referendum on the ballot this year.
by | Oct 22, 2020 10:31 am | Comments (9)
You’ve been there too long and haven’t pushed the needle far enough.
No, I’ve put in the time to win over people and pass progressive laws that otherwise wouldn’t get passed.
Continue reading ‘State Senate Debate Pits Experience vs. Generational Change’
by | Oct 21, 2020 5:25 pm | Comments (14)
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The Columbus statue being removed on June 24.
Two Italian-Americans are running for New Haven’s U.S. Congressional Seat, and a local Italian-American group has endorsed … their non-Italian-American opponent.
Continue reading ‘Italian Heritage Group Endorses Streicker Over DeLauro, Paglino’
by | Oct 21, 2020 5:02 pm | Comments (0)
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Susan Bysiewicz.
Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz made a pitch to get out the vote in a different kind of presidential election Tuesday, one that won’t affect who sits in the White House next, but that might spur young soon-to-be voters to political action.
Continue reading ‘Bysiewicz Gets Out The Vote — In High School Mock Election’
by | Oct 21, 2020 10:17 am | Comments (1)
Today I cast my little vote
Its destination shouldn’t be a mystery
by | Oct 20, 2020 2:02 pm | Comments (3)
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Candidates Jameson White, Martin Looney, Alex Taubes.
Expect housing, jobs, and taxes, among other issues, to be on the agenda as the three candidates for the 11th State Senate District seat debate Wednesday night.