Increased Turnout or Increased Chaos? Election Day Registration Passes Connecticut Senate


The bill, which Democrat Governor Malloy says he will sign into law gladly, is set to go into effect November 2013, and also allows for online voter registration.


 


“Democrats hailed the bill as a great method of increasing voter turnout, while Republicans said the chances of voter fraud are high as registrars will scramble to register new voters on the already-chaotic election day. . . Sen. Len Suzio, a conservative Republican from Meriden, said he received an email from the Democratic registrar of voters in Meriden, who said that the bill was “pure insanity.”  From his own informal survey, Suzio said that 58 out of 63 registrars – both Republican and Democrat – were against the bill.”


 


The Hartford Courant Capital Watch has the full story.