Here’s everything you need to know about Election Day in Connecticut this year.
Election Day is here and here's everything you need to know.
The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. While the polls are open until 8 p.m., anyone who is in line at that time will be allowed to vote.
You can find out where to vote here.
Same-day registration
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If you have not registered to vote, but want to vote on Tuesday, you have the option of same-day registration.
Same-day registration allows for people who are not yet registered or who are registered in one town, but have moved to another town to register and vote on Election Day, according to the Office of the Secretary of the State.
For Election Day, the same-day registration location will be different than your polling location.
Click here for a town-by-town list of same-day-registration locations.
To qualify for same-day-registration, you must:
- Be a U.S. citizen
- Be age 18 or older
- Be a bona fide resident of the town where you are registering
- If convicted of a felony, have completed confinement
Reporting problems at the polls
If you see any issues, you can report them to the moderator at the polls or you can call the Election Day Hotline: 1-866-733-2463. You can also email them: elections@ct.gov.
Early voting
Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas said a few towns saw over 17,000 early voters each. Those towns include Norwalk, Stamford and West Hartford.
Ballots for anyone who voted early were able to counted starting at 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Absentee ballots
Absentee ballots were able to be counted beginning at 10 a.m.
As of 11 a.m. on Tuesday, more than 120,000 absentee ballots have been returned so far, which is about 37 percent of eligible voters, Thomas said.
Any absentee ballots must get to the town clerk by 8 p.m.
