In recent years, anti-democratic actors have pursued voter suppression measures unprecedented since the Jim Crow era. Advocates and elected officials in states like Connecticut have pushed in the other direction, seeking to expand early voting, voting by mail and other reforms. These struggles have concerned whether to impede or enhance ballot access for existing voters—but not whether to expand the pool of eligible voters itself. One exception has been the effort to extend the franchise to non-citizens in municipal elections.

We believe the General Assembly should authorize Connecticut municipalities to determine for themselves whether to make noncitizens eligible to vote in local elections.

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