CT senator talks about early voting following presidential primaries NBC Connecticut [Video]

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NBC Connecticut’s Mike Hydeck spoke with Senator Rob Sampson (R-Wolcott).

Mike Hydeck: You, of course, are on the Government Administration and Election Committee. So this is something that’s in your purview. Let’s start with early voting. And I’d like to get the absentee voting, as well. First, four days of early voting in the primary, a dry run for November. What was your opinion on how it went?

Rob Sampson: I did hear some feedback, Mike, from people around the state. And I guess the one response that I heard most often was that it was very time consuming, that people ended up, you know, taking several minutes out of their day. And I’m concerned that when we have a lot more turnout, like we may have in the primary, and certainly in the …