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Lawmakers don masks, vote to allow absentee voting in Nov.

by Associated Press
| July 24, 2020 12:03 AM

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Given the possibility of an uptick in coronavirus infections this fall, Connecticut's House of Representatives on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to give all voters the option to vote by absentee ballot and avoid the polls, during a surreal special session where members donned face masks and voted by computer, most sequestered in their legislative offices.

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