Elections

Gov. Ned Lamont voiced his support for expanding early in-person voting and no-excuse absentee voting -- at least through the 2022 midterm elections -- in a panel discussion on voting rights Friday. He spoke in favor of Senate Bill 184, which would legally extend the emergency policy implemented in 2020 that allowed any registered voter to request an absentee ballot due to risk of COVID-19.

Maryam Khan won a special election to the 5th House District of Windsor and Hartford on Tuesday, becoming the first Muslim elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives.

Maryam Khan of Windsor won a special election to the 5th House District of Windsor and Hartford on Tuesday, becoming the first Muslim elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives.

The 71st House District of Waterbury and Middlebury will remain in Republican hands as William Pizzuto claimed a lopsided victory in a special election Tuesday to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Tony D’Amelio, R-Waterbury.

The vote, if approved with the support of Republicans, would allow Connecticut residents to decide if the state constitution should be changed to codify no-excuse absentee ballots.

Murphy of Connecticut is a member of a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators working on strengthening the law to ensure that the vice president has no legal authority to question an electoral college vote count.

NPR has been tracking every criminal case related to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. One year after the riot, here are some of the key patterns that have emerged from the cases.

The Connecticut Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a motion filed by Republican members of the state's redistricting commission to have the court reconsider its decision to tap a Stanford University law professor to help redraw the state's congressional district boundaries after the group couldn't agree on a plan.

Connecticut Democrats are opposing Republicans' call to replace a redistricting expert appointed last week by the state Supreme Court.

Republican members of the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission want the Connecticut State Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to tap a Stanford University law professor to help redraw the state’s congressional district lines after the group couldn’t reach a bipartisan agreement and missed its deadline earlier this week.