Campaigns for Full Citizenship

Expanded Parole Eligibility for Young Adults (SB503)

SB503 would expand parole eligibility for individuals whose offenses were committed before age 26. It passed the CT Senate in April 2026 — but stalled in the House. FCC and the Coalition for Community Healing Through Justice Reform ran a 120-day write-in campaign and testified at the Legislative Office Building. The campaign continues in the next session.

Absentee Ballot Access for Incarcerated Voters

FCC joined CT Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas, Rep. Matt Blumenthal, and the Yale Law Civil Rights Advocacy Clinic to advance legislation requiring CT DOC to provide absentee ballot applications to eligible incarcerated voters. Poverty should never be a punitive strike against citizenship.

Full Enfranchisement — The Right to Vote While Incarcerated

Connecticut has made historic strides — restoring voting rights to people on probation in 2001, and to people on parole in 2021. But roughly 6,900 Connecticut residents incarcerated on felony convictions still cannot vote. Full enfranchisement means ending that final barrier entirely.

Study bills have been introduced in the Connecticut General Assembly — HB 5702 (2023) and HB 6749 (2025) — each referred to the Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections. Only Maine and Vermont currently allow voting while incarcerated. FCC is organizing to make Connecticut the third state — and to finish the work we started.