There is an election in Connecticut on November 3, 2020. In Connecticut legal and in some cases dead voters will be choosing an elected General Assembly that consists of a State Senate and State House of Representatives. These individuals who are elected have an obligation through their oath of office to represent the people who elected them. This is their oath: "You do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will
support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of
the state of Connecticut, so long as you continue a citizen thereof; and
that you will faithfully discharge, according to law, the duties of the
office of .... to the best of your abilities; so help you God." (Connecticut State Statues, Chapter 4 Sec. 1-25)
During the never ending Covid-19 crisis I have questioned how the constant Ned Lamont Executive Orders and total dismantling of the state's economy, personal freedoms and unchecked no bid no contract-unlimited state spending that was allowed to happen. Referring back to this oath of office, "the duties of the office of". seem to have been stretched beyond any comprehension to its limits and or it basis during a supposed crisis. I still wonder why Connecticut was initially so unprepared for a health/disease crisis and why now with less than 1/10000% of cases of Covid-19 ocurring based on its population that our economy can not resume and start operating at full capacity again? I also have questioned where our elected state General Assembly has been during this time frame? Their silence to these constant Ned Lamont Executive Orders and total dismantling of the state's economy, personal freedoms and unchecked no bid no contract-unlimited state spending was deafening. No questions and no answers to still when we can get back to normal. Nor do I buy the liberal argument that this is the new normal either.
While all this is going on there is still an election that will take place on November 3rd. This election features the desire by the Connecticut Democrat Party along with the Boston Consulting Group to vote by mail and or preferably use the new drop off ballot boxes paid for by Connecticut Taxpayers. Do not vote in person since you must fear getting Covid-19 somehow at the polling place. How this is possible is beyond me and defies medical logic. The Secretary of State Denise Merrill now wants the Registrar of Voters in each Connecticut city and town to mail out these ballots rather than who the state hired to do so. During the state primary on August 11th, these ballots were in some cases missing, not mailed out, sent to the wrong towns, etc. Secretary of State Denise Merrill deemed the primary a success. In private industry she would have been fired for all these debacles. The basic right to vote was stripped for many people in the primary. I can only imagine what will happen in the November election. Did Secretary of State Denise Merrill fulfill "the duties of the office of" according to her oath? No she did not.
There should be some respect for the oath of office that Connecticut's elected officials must take when they get elected. There also should be some respect for Connecticut's Constitution and not a constant illegal reworking of it on a daily basis to suffice some consulting company, lobbyist and or political liberal agenda. Connecticut's legal voters need to remember that this is the platform and record that the Connecticut Democrat Party is running on in November. It has to stop. Enough is enough.
