Billionaire Dem Argues For (Some) Money In Politics
Tom Steyer: Good billionaire?Concord, N.H.—Politically engaged billionaires who are committed to good deeds can use their incredible wealth to counter the civic harm done by other politically engaged...
View ArticleLocal Donors Pour $900K+ Into Prez Race
New Haven donors’ picks, in order: Elizabeth Warren, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Amy Klobuchar, and (in a distant fifth) Joe Biden.Elizabeth Warren may no longer be running — but she still sits...
View ArticleSafety Measures In Place For Primary Election
Registrar Evans: Focus on keeping people safe.New Haven voters who turn out for the Aug. 11 presidential primaries can expect to see some changes: Poll workers will wear protective gowns and masks....
View ArticleThis Primary, Some Vote Twice
Daniel Garcia helps dad submit ballot at box set up on Orange.Jerry Poole casts his ballot a second time; Democrats and Republicans can still cast absentee ballots Monday outside 200 Orange St.Jerry...
View ArticlePoll Workers Outnumber Voters; 4,700+ Vote Absentee; Some Ballots Never Came
Oliver Augustine and Kanesha Crenshaw staff the Ward 25 Republican check-in table at Edgewood School: 16-hour shift, only 22 actual Republicans showing up.Top row: Alder Adam Marchand, Democratic...
View ArticlePostal Workers Protest National Slowdown
Al Alston, a Wallingford postal worker, at Thursday’s protest.A steep slowdown in mail processing isn’t just the subject of a red-hot national political debate for Al Alston.The Wallingford postal...
View ArticleDNC Diary: Get In “Good Trouble,” And Vote
At Dunkin’ Donuts Park in person for the virtual DNC watch party.Below is the fourth and final DNC 2020 diary entry submitted by Westville Alder Darryl Brackeen, Jr., who is a delegate at this year’s...
View ArticleSocialist Prez Hopeful Highlights Homeless
Gloria La Riva at rally on the Green.A presidential candidate campaigned in New Haven Tuesday afternoon with an improvised speaker list — inviting homeless people walking by to tell their story.
View ArticleDems Mobilize For National, State Races
Canvassers including Feldman (below) at Dixwell HQ kick-off.Abby Feldman is about to move to Philadelphia for October to knock on doors for Joe Biden — and she’s a little nervous about uprooting her...
View ArticleConnecticut Not Ready For Coronavirus Voting
(Opinion.) Voters in Connecticut deserve a competent state elections system and contemporary voting options available elsewhere, like early voting and absentee ballot tracking.
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