Connecticut is doing it RIGHT!

[George II]

Today my wife and I each received applications for absentee ballots, unsolicited. The first option for eligibility is:

"COVID-19 > All voters are able to check this box pursuant to Executive Order 7QQ"

(there are six other options, too)

So, every registered voter in the state can vote by mail WITHOUT asking for a ballot. Plus they included a "BUSINESS REPLY MAIL" envelope, no postage necessary.

I'm guessing this is for our primary, which won't be until August 11 - the very last in the country.

[LisaL]

1. If you received an application and not an actual ballot, that indicates you still have to ask for a

ballot.

[George II]

3. Right, we have to send back this application in the postage-paid envelope. It's addressed to....

...our town.

[kcr]

9. True, but it's just a matter of filling it out and mailing it back

Much better than having to know when and how to apply for one and if you qualify.

[Mossfern]

2. In our County in NJ

The Primary is vote by mail. Every registered person was sent a VBM ballot. There will be a few polling places open, but the voting there will be paper provisional ballots. No machines.

I don't know if all of NJ is doing it that way and honestly, I'm too lazy to look.

[LyndaG]

4. CT Resident

Hope to receive that letter, too.

[CTyankee]

6. Haven't got mine yet. Hope today's mail will bring it!

[kcr]

10. Should be soon. I already got mine.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Definitely a move in the right direction...

[R B Garr]

7. Kick for great information!

[NutmegYankee]

8. Mine arrived today.

[George II]

11. With all the applications sent out, they may have done it in phases....

....the primary isn't until Aug. 11, and the applications go to everyone's home town, so it's an almost overnight process.