State task force launches to study path to 100% voter participation
Summary
A bipartisan task force created by Public Act 26-42 convened its first meeting to study options for boosting voter participation, with co-chairs setting five priority lanes and a statutory report deadline of Feb. 1, 2027.
A new bipartisan task force met for the first time to study ways to raise voter participation in Connecticut after lawmakers created the group in Public Act 26-42. Co-chairs Representative Hilda Santiago and Miles Raport opened the session, reviewed the statute that establishes the body and set an ambitious schedule: the task force must study means to pursue “100% voter participation” by Jan. 1, 2030 and submit a report no later than Feb. 1, 2027.
"Every vote is important," Representative Hilda Santiago told members in her opening remarks, stressing the group's charge to recommend actionable strategies, resources and transparency measures. Co-chair Miles Raport outlined five lanes for the group's work—learning from other states, considering universal voting, boosting civic education, supporting election administration and protecting voter integrity—and emphasized the short timeframe for producing recommendations.
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