LISTEN: Connecticut's GOP Chair On Why The Governor Is Moving Too Fast On Absentee Balloting

Connecticut Public Radio | By John Henry Smith

Published May 21, 2020 at 4:00 PM EDT

Connecticut Republican Party Chair J.R. Romano seen here in a file photo

In one of his most recent executive orders, Gov. Ned Lamont weighed in on the controversial question of absentee balloting. The governor says state residents can use fear of contracting COVID-19 as a reason to use an absentee ballot to vote in the presidential primary, now scheduled for Aug. 11. Republican Party Chairman J.R. Romano has been vocal in his opposition to absentee balloting. He spoke with Connecticut Public Radio’s All Things Considered host, John Henry Smith.

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