SUNDAY MARCH 5, 2017
We will be videotaping for internet release only.
NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE COMPACT BILL & OTHERS...
https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/CGABillStatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB5434
Connecticut lawmakers to consider Electoral College changes
CT POST
Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017
G.A.E. public hearing Wednesday...
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Connecticut-lawmakers-to-consider-Electoral-10943910.php
Be Careful What You Ask For: NPV Compact Has Unintended Consequences: http://ctvoterscount.org/be-careful-what-you-ask-for-npv-compact-has-unintended-consequences/
By Luther Weeks on November 11, 2016
Election "security" issue.
Dan Haar: A Good Idea, But National Popular Vote Plan Lacks Support Here
Hartford Courant
Nov. 18, 2016
...So far, ten states and the District of Columbia — totaling 165
electoral votes — have joined the compact. All of them are safely
Democratic states, including New York and California, but the measure
has garnered significant Republican backing in some places, Oklahoma
among them...
Column in full: http://www.courant.com/politics/elections/hc-haar-national-popular-vote-connecticut-20161117-story.html
State
lawmakers
consider national popular vote bill
New London
DAY
Associated Press
Article published Mar 11, 2011
Hartford
(AP)
— Connecticut lawmakers are being asked to consider legislation
that promotes replacing the nation's electoral college system with
a
national popular vote as the method for electing U.S. presidents.
The
General Assembly's Government Administration and Elections
Committee
was hearing testimony Friday on a bill that would allow
Connecticut to
join an interstate compact. Participating states would agree to
allocate all of their electoral votes to the candidate who
receives the
most votes in all 50 states.
Secretary
of
the State Denise Merrill is among those who back the legislation.
[Please read the rest of this article in the archives at THE DAY (New London, CT) website]
T h e L e a g u e o f
W o m e n V o t e r s o f
t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s
o n t h e s u b j e c
t . . .
SUMMARY
OF FALL CONFERENCE 2008 AT THE
CAPITOL IN HARTFORD: LWVUS speaker and
Senator Slossberg reminded us that there have been four
(4) times when
the President did not receive the majority of the
popular vote.
One of those times was Year 2000. In addition,
Carol Mellor
pointed out that although Barack Obama won by more than 7
million votes,
had a total of 500,000 votes been different (divided
among a few
states), he might not have
won...in the Electoral College. Lesley Mara gave a
complete
rundown on where we stand now with new machines, methods
and why CT is
now leading the parade in good practices for
elections. And
Luther Weeks was an excellent counter and reality check
to those eager
to junk the old ways!!!
L
W V C T F A L
L C O N F E R E N C E 2 0 0 8
Watch
the Fall Conference on your
computer here:
Cable/DSL
version: Note that it is in Windows Media Format and takes quite a while to load.
http://www.lwvweston.org/LWVCT12-6-08CableVersion.wmv
Dial-up Modem
version:
http://www.lwvweston.org/LWVCT12-6-08ModemVersion.wmv
Please
contact the LWVCT office for availability of FALL
CONFERENCE
2008 video for use as a tool in the Consensus or just
for a regular meeting topic...meanwhile, get informed about
the
national study!
Read background
paper for LWVUS
national
compact study.
Speaking
of this
Conference's title...click here for actual turnout
numbers in 2008!
The
LWVCT's Fall Conference was “Election
Day: Did My Vote Really Count on November 4th?"
Saturday,
December
6, from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon,
in the Old Judiciary Room at the Capitol in
Hartford the place rocked with Leaguers and Registrars and
folks just
interested in making our system of elections more
effective.
There were two topics:
--
election
integrity and security with Connecticut’s new voting
machines
-- the
Electoral College and the National Popular Vote (NPV)
movement.
Registration
overflowed
expectations! Almost every last mini-Danish was gone
at the end!
I M P A C T O N I S S U E S P A G E 20
http://www.lwvct.org/files/impact_on_issues_lwvus_2010-2012.pdf
The
speakers were, in addition to LWVUS Study
member Carol
Mellor (above)...this is about the "compact"
Lesley
Mara, Deputy
Secretary of the State, State of Connecticut: Overview of
CT’s Electoral
Process
and Measures to ensure the Integrity and Security of
Connecticut’s Voting Systems
Luther
Weeks,
Executive
Director, CTVotersCount: Let’s Take a Closer Look at Election Security
Hon.
Gayle
Slossberg, Co-Chair,
CGA Government Administration and Elections Committee: Election
Security from a Legislative Perspective
Program
agenda:
9:00
– 9:30 Registration
and
Continental Breakfast
9:30 – 9:35 Opening
Remarks and Introduction of Moderator
9:35 – 9:45 Introduction
of
Speakers by Moderator
9:45 – 10:05 Lesley
Mara, Deputy
Secretary of the State, State of Connecticut: Overview of
CT’s Electoral Process
and Measures to ensure the Integrity and Security of
Connecticut’s Voting Systems
10:05 – 10:25 Luther
Weeks,
Executive
Director, CTVotersCount: Let’s Take a Closer Look at Election
Security
10:25 – 10:35 Hon. Gayle
Slossberg, Co-Chair,
CGA Government Administration and Elections Committee:
Election
Security from a Legislative Perspective
10:35 – 10:55 Carol
Mellor, LWVUS
National
Popular Vote Study Task Force Member and LWV Hamptons,
NY,
President: The Electoral College and the NPV Alternative
10:55 – 11:05 Hon.
Gayle
Slossberg, Co-Chair,
CGA Government Administration and Elections Committee:
National
Popular Vote Movement in CT
11:05 – 11:50 Audience
Q&A
11:50 – 12:00 Closing
Comments and
Adjourn
Directions to State Capitol
Going
East
on I-84: Take Capitol Ave. Exit 48B. The
Capitol Building is on the left.
Going
West on
I-84: Take Asylum St. Exit 48. Turn right at
the light, then immediately take left fork,
Farmington
Ave.
Turn left at the next light onto Broad St.
From
I-91,
northbound and southbound: Take the Capitol Area Exist
29A. Follow the Whitehead
Highway,
Go
halfway around the rotary onto Elm St. Continue across
Trinity St. into Capitol driveway.