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In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Lamont today issued an emergency executive order to modify existing Connecticut absentee voting law to allow voters to vote absentee by mail. The following is a reaction from Kelly McConney Moore, ACLU-CT policy counsel.
The Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court today granted an application to allow incarcerated people to directly appeal the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to protect them from COVID-19.
In a ruling issued today, Judge Janet Bond Arterton denied a procedural motion filed by the State of Connecticut seeking to dismiss the lawsuit. With today’s action from the court, the lawsuit will be allowed to proceed based on the merits of the case.
The following is a statement regarding a state court judge's decision to dismiss
The Westport Police Department has announced a new drone pilot program which, police say, will be used to "monitor" social distancing and "identify" people's health symptoms, such as fevers or coughs. The following is a reaction from David McGuire, executive director of the ACLU of Connecticut.
The ACLU of Connecticut filed a federal class action lawsuit late last night on behalf of all people incarcerated in Connecticut prisons and jails, seeking emergency action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) facilities.