{news} Meeting With Co-Chairs of Legislature's Government And Elections Committee Wed 1/21/09 2PM LOB 2200

Mon Jan 19 16:52:29 EST 2009

The Co-Chairs of the CT legislature's Government and Elections committee
have agreed to meet with the Green Party on Wed. 1/21/09 at 2PM at the
Legislative Office Building RM 2200. 

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All issues related to ballot access, petitioning, vote counting, audits, and
campaign finance requirements are on the table.  I have included a set of
concerns in the attachment to this e-mail and would like some feedback from
people before we go into the meeting. We would like the GAE committee to
support and raise bills that will address our concerns, experience, and
narrative. 

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A priority for me would be changes in ballot access law that reduces the
number of signatures required to obtain ballot access.  I think we should
also ask for oversight  from the committee on the recent actions of the CT
Sec. Of The State in relationship to write-in votes and audits(write-in
votes are not counted in audits).

Several Green congressional candidates will be at the meeting to testify as
to their experiences during the last election with ballot access
requirements. Everyone is invited to attend.  They are giving us 45 minutes
to present our ideas.  We will meet at the LOB cafeteria at 1:30PM on WED to
have a quick meeting before our encounter with the GAE Co-Chairs. 

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AND OTHERS...

Sincerely,

Mike DeRosa

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