Yes there are major ways that our electoral system should be revamped, and that’s something we can all be working on all of the time and not just when there is a presidential election weighing down on us.

In the meantime, you have to apply for an absentee ballot in Connecticut. You will need to check a reason for voting this way, but COVID-19 has been included as one of the options.

Now that we have lost the old school voting booths with curtains, is there any incentive to vote in person anyway?  Why isn’t that one of the “valid reasons” for requesting an absentee ballot: “Voting in person feels disappointing without the Wizard of Oz booth. Let me fill in a bubble sheet at home behind a shower curtain.”