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07/25/2024 12:00 AMAbsentee ballots for the Aug. 13 Connecticut primary will be available beginning Tuesday, July 23.
Connecticut law allows voters to receive an absentee ballot if, in their judgment, an absence from their town on Election Day prevents them from appearing at the polling place or they are prevented from appearing at their assigned polling place on Election Day because of sickness or physical disability (not necessarily their sickness or disability), active service in the Military, religious tenets forbid secular activity on the day of the election, duties as an election official at a polling place other than their own during all of the hours of voting. To receive an absentee ballot, they should complete and sign an application and return it to their Town Clerk. Information about town clerks is available here: https://portal.ct.gov/sots/election-services/find-your-town-clerk-registrar-and-elected-officials/find-your-town-clerk-registrar-of-voters-and-elected-officials.
Voters can visit myvote.ct.gov/getmyab to request an online absentee ballot. They also can be requested in person at the town clerk’s office.
Absentee voting requires an excuse. Early voting, which also will take place during this August primary, does not.
Early voting for the Tuesday, Aug. 13 primary elections will take place from Monday, Aug. 5 to Sunday, Aug. 11. Eligible voters are able to vote in-person at their early voting location from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on these days, except on Tuesday, Aug. 6 and Thursday, Aug. 8, when the hours will be 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Early voting locations can be determined by calling your town’s Registrar of Voters, and the locations will be posted to MyVote.ct.gov within one to two weeks of the election.
Voters enrolled in the Democratic and Republican parties are eligible to participate in this election. Voters who are not enrolled in a party, also known as unaffiliated voters, are able to enroll in either party. Voters who already belong to a party (e.g. Democrat, Republican, Green, Working Families, Independent) are unable to switch parties as that deadline was May 13.
Nothing has changed for election day. On Tuesday, Aug.13, polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the usual polling locations. Absentee ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day (by mail/by drop-box/in-person by designee). Voters can check their voter registration, find their polling place, and access all other election info at: MyVote.ct.gov or local registrars’ office.
For the November general election, early voting days and hours of operation will take place over fourteen days, from Monday, Oct. 21 to Monday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; on Tuesday, Oct. 29, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; on Thursday, Oct. 31, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and from Friday, Nov. 1 to Sunday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Election Day and Hours of Voting: Tuesday, Nov. 5,. from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Election Day voting hours have not changed.