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Senate approves emergency bill to exclude Easter from early voting window and waive certain MRSA limits
Summary
The Connecticut Senate passed an emergency-certified bill removing Easter Sunday (04/20/2025) from the early-voting window for a special election and temporarily exempting specified municipal spending from the municipal revenue sharing account (MRSA) cap for the 2025–26 fiscal year. Supporters framed it as a time-sensitive operational fix; critics said a permanent fix should go through committee.
The Connecticut Senate on April 9 approved an emergency-certified measure that excludes Easter Sunday (April 20, 2025) from the statutory early-voting period for a forthcoming special election and temporarily suspends parts of the municipal revenue sharing account spending cap for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
Senator Duff, the bill's proponent, described the measure as "a pretty simple bill," saying its first section "amends [the] early voting statute to exclude 04/20/2025, which is Easter Sunday from early voting time period," and that the change would avoid "requiring registrars and staff to work on Easter Sunday." He said the second section lists exemptions to the spending-cap enforcement — including debt…
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