Supreme Court of Connecticut
Fay v. Merrill
February 11, 2021338 Conn. 1
Summary
The court held that the candidate-plaintiffs had standing to challenge the expansion of absentee voting, but dismissed as moot their separation-of-powers claim because the legislature ratified the executive order during the appeal. Applying the state constitutional interpretive framework and considering text, history, precedent, and public policy, the court upheld the order’s interpretation of “sickness” to include the COVID-19 pandemic. The court therefore affirmed the judgment on the merits while dismissing the moot claim in part.