Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro in Milford

              

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Good Guys PAC Endorsements re Gun Safety

For Immediate Release
September 18, 2014
Contact: Ron Pinciaro
203-895-0651
ronpinciaro@aol.com
CT VOTERS FOR GUN SAFETY ISSUES
GENERAL ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS

Trumbull CT - CT Voters for Gun Safety, a statewide Independent Expenditure Only Political Action Committee organized to help elect candidates who support strong Connecticut gun laws, has finalized its endorsements for the November 4 statewide and General Assembly elections. CT Voters for Gun Safety has received enthusiastic support from leaders of the gun safety and violence prevention partners in our state. We are pleased to be joined in making these endorsements by a coalition of state groups including the CT Chapters of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, The Enough Campaign, The Greenwich Council Against Gun Violence, March For Change, Newtown Action Alliance, The Northwest Corner Committee for Gun Violence Prevention, and Women on Watch.

This coalition of gun violence prevention groups is also pleased to announce that they are joined by the Washington, DC-based Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence for these endorsements.

CT Voters For Gun Safety is proud to announce its endorsement of Governor Dannel P. Malloy in his race for a second term as Governor of Connecticut. His leadership and courage following the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and his determination to establish strong gun violence prevention measures in its aftermath, were exemplary.
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For Connecticut Constitutional offices, we endorse the following candidates: 

Governor:               Dannel P. Malloy (D)

Lt. Governor:         Nancy Wyman (D)

Attorney General:  George Jepsen (D)

Secretary of State:  Denise Merrill (D)

State Comptroller:  Kevin Lembo (D)

State Treasurer:      Denise Nappier (D)

For the Connecticut General Assembly, we endorse the following candidates:

                                                                                       

State Senate                                                                  

S-2:           Eric D. Coleman (D)

S-5:           Beth Bye (D)

S-8:           Melissa E. Osborne (D)

S-12:         Ted Kennedy Jr. (D)

S-13:         Dante Bartolomeo (D)

S-15:         Joan V. Hartley (D)

S-17:         Joe Crisco (D)

S-20:         Betsy Ritter (D)

S-22:         Marilyn Moore (D)

S-25:         Bob Duff (D)

S-26:         Toni Boucher (R)

S-29:         Mae Flexer (D)

S-31:         Robert Michalik (D)

S-33:         Emily Bjornberg (D)

                                                                                       

State Representative

H-1:          Matthew D. Ritter (D)                                Hartford

H-2:          Candace Faye (D)                                       Danbury

H–12:        Kelly J.S. Luxenberg (D)                            Manchester

H-15:        David A. Baram (D)                                   Bloomfield

H-16:        John K. Hampton (D)                                 Simsbury

H-21:        Mike Demicco (D)                                      Farmington

H-22:        Elizabeth "Betty" A. Boukus (D)               Plainville

H-23:        Mary J. Stone (D)                                       Lyme

H-26:        Peter A. Tercyak (D)                                   New Britain

H-35:        Tom Vicino (D)                                           Westbrook

H-36:        Philip J. Miller (D)                                      Haddam

H-38:        Marc A. Balestracci (D)                              Waterford

H-40:        Edward E. Moukawsher (D)                      Groton

H-41:        Elissa T. Wright (D)                                    Groton

H-47:        Brian H. Sear (D)                                        Canterbury

H-54:        Gregory S. Haddad (D)                              Storrs

H–55:        Joseph A. LaBella (D)                                Bolton

H-59:        David William Kiner (D)                            Enfield

H-64:        Roberta B. Willis (D)                                  Lakeville

H-65:        Michelle L. Cook (D)                                  Torrington

H-72:        Larry B. Butler (D)                                     Watertown

H-85:        Mary M. Mushinsky (D)                             Wallingford

H-88:        Brendan Sharkey (D)                                  Hamden

H-89:        Vickie Orsini Nardello (D)                         Prospect

H-90:        Mary G. Fritz (D)                                        Yalesville

H-97:        Robert W. Megna (D)                                 New Haven

H–98:        Sean Scanlon (D)                                        Guilford

H-99:        James M. Albis (D)                                     East Haddam

H-103:      Kristen Selleck (D)                                     Cheshire

H–110:      Bob Godfrey (D)                                        Danbury

H-111:      John H. Frey (R)                                         Ridgefield

H-114:      Themis Klarides (R)                                    Woodbridge

H-119:      James J. Maroney (D)                                 Milford

H-123:      Douglas G. Sutherland (D)                         Trumbull

H-125:      Tom P. O'Dea Jr. (R)                                  New Canaan

H-132:      Brenda L. Kupchick (R)                             Fairfield

H–133:      Cristin McCarthy Vahey (D)                      Fairfield

H-134:      Tara Cook-Littman (D)                               Fairfield

H-136:      Jonathan P. Steinberg (D)                           Westport

H-138:      Henry H. Hall ( D)                                      Danbury

H-144:      Caroline B. Simmons (D)                            Stamford

H-147:      William M. Tong (D):                                 Stamford

 

CT Voters for Gun Safety Political Action Committee (CVGS PAC) is a nonpartisan political action committee committed to supporting candidates for Connecticut state office who support strong gun safety laws. Paid for by CT Voters for Gun Safety www.ctvotersforgunsafety.com Top 5 Donor:  CT Against Gun Violence This message was made independent of any candidate or political party. Additional information about CVGS may be found at www.ct.gov/seec/.

How Voting Works. A great explanation.

Just received this email from Marilyn MacKay in North Stonington. Her situation doesn't apply to where I vote but it is interesting and detailed.

To:  NS Democratic Party/Unaffiliated Registered Voters & Non-Registered Voters       

 On June 7, 2005 I was sworn in as a North Stonington's Registrar of Voters and have served our community ever since.  Despite having severed my party affiliation this year - am now an unaffiliated voter - North Stonington's Democratic Party endorsed my candidacy.

Now, because of a Primary challenge to be held on Tuesday, August 12, 2014, I need the votes of a majority of voting NS Democrats to retain this position.  If you are an unaffiliated NS registered voter, you can become a Democrat until Monday, August 11th to vote in this Primary.  Non-registered voters can register to vote by mail until receipt date August 7th and in-person until noon on August 11th.

Unfortunately, most people do not vote in primaries.  

If I have served you well over the past 9 years, please do take the time to vote between 6 AM & 8 PM.  If you are unable to so do, requests for absentee ballots are at http://www.ct.gov/sots/LIB/sots/ElectionServices/ElectForms/electforms/aabeng.pdf or are available from Norma Holliday, our Town Clerk, at New Town Hall.  

You may wonder why I became an unaffiliated voter.

Effective July 1, 2014 I was elected president of The League of Women Voters of Southeastern Connecticut, a non-partisan political organization.  In order to hold this position one cannot publicly be affiliated with any political party.  That is why I am now an unaffiliated candidate for Registrar of Voters.  

Connecticut's Secretary of the State requires all Registrars to be non-partisan and unbiased in the performance of their duties.   I am grateful to our local Democratic Party for continuing to support me.

Thank you for your time and - hopefully - your vote on Tuesday, August 12, 2014.

Marilyn Mackay, Registrar of Voters

Civic Background

Currently - North Stonington, CT

Elected Registrar of Voters since 2005

Elected Member, Economic Development Commission

Secretary, NS Business Association

Founder & Coordinator, NS Bulletin Board Website

President, League of Women Voters of SECT

Past

Founder & President, NS Business Association

Appointed: Secretary, Affordable Housing Advisory Committee

Member, Agricultural Committee

Chair, NS Democratic Town Committee

Host, SECT Democracy for America

1999-2004 – East Hampton, NY

Chairperson, Citizens for Balanced Justice, East Hampton, NY, LTV Show

Producer/Director/Writer, LWV of the Hamptons Public Access TV Program                                     

Board Member, League of Women Voters of the Hamptons

Host, Dean for America presidential campaign

Poll Worker

1997-1999 – Rock Hill, NY

WJFF Public Radio Volunteer, Jeffersonville, NY

Fund-Raising, Editor, Bi-monthly Newsletter, On-air

1960-1998 – U.S. Virgin Islands

Organizer & 1st President of the Virgin Islands League of Women Voters

Board member, St. Thomas-St. John Hotel Association

Board member, St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce

Board member, American Sightseeing International

Educational Background

Bernard Baruch School of Business, CCNY, Major:  Advertising-Public Relations