2020 Press Releases

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• 1/29/2020 Secretary Merrill Releases Women Candidate Report, Hosts Panel Discussion

• 12/31/2020 Secretary Merrill Statement on McConnell's Attempt to Tie COVID Relief Funding to Investigating Baseless Election Conspiracies

• 7/18/2020 Secretary Merrill Statement on the Passing of Representative John Lewis

• 3/30/2020 Secretary Merrill and Connecticut Congressional Delegation Announce $5.4 Million in Coronavirus Federal Funding for Voting Security and Safety

• 9/2/2020 Primary Results to be Audited at Selected Polling Locations

• 9/3/2020 NASS Election Infrastructure Subsector Government Coordinating Council Members Announced

• 11/17/2020 Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill Statement on Ouster of Chris Krebs from DHS/CISA

• 7/1/2020 Statement in Response to Lawsuit Challenging Voters' Access to Voting by Absentee Ballot in Light of COVID-19

• 3/19/2020 Statement of Secretary of the State Denise Merrill on the Date of Connecticut's Presidential Preference Primary

• 10/15/2020 Secretary of the State Merrill, Attorney General Tong, Chief State’s Attorney Colangelo Outline Protections Against Voter Intimidation, Reaffirm Commitment to Ensuring Every Connecticut Voter is Able to Safely and Conveniently Cast Their Ballot

• 8/10/2020 Statement of Secretary Merrill on EO Allowing Ballots Postmarked by Election Day to be Counted

• 11/4/2020 Secretary Merrill to Propose Constitutional Amendment to Allow Voters to Vote by Absentee Ballot Without an Excuse

• 9/23/2020 Secretary of the State Denise Merrill Teams Up with NASS, NASED, the CBA, and the ABA to Promote Poll Worker Recruitment Initiative for the 2020 General Election

• 4/8/2020 Statement from Secretary of the State Denise Merrill Regarding the Connecticut Presidential Preference Primary

• 3/31/2020 ICYMI: Denise Merrill: It’s time to allow voting by mail