Connecticut Voter Readiness Fact Sheet 10.28.24
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Editor, Hartford Courant2024 VOTER READINESS
General Election Fact Sheet
2024 VOTING STATS
Early Voting
Remaining days available for early voting are October 29 - November 3, 10 AM to 6 PM every day
except October 29 and October 31, when the hours are 8 AM to 8 PM.
Date EV Ballots Town EV Ballots
10/21/2024 58,745 West Hartford 9,419
10/22/2024 52,202 Fairfield 8,962
10/23/2024 50,977 Norwalk 8,765
10/24/2024 48,556 Stamford 8,701
10/25/2024 52,213 Milford 8,115
10/26/2024 26,097 Hamden 7,773
10/27/2024 21,489 Greenwich 6,724
10/28/2024 56,911 Stratford 6,501
Total 367,190 Manchester 6,170
Glastonbury 5,957
Absentee Ballots New Voter
(as of 10/28/24) Registrations
ISSUED 1/1/24 - 10/7/24
131,235 158,381
RETURNED
78,689
How to Be Vote Ready
Important Deadlines for Absentee Ballots to Be Returned:
In Person by Voter to Town Clerk: No later than November 4, before closing
In-Person by Designee of Ill or Disabled Voter to Town Clerk: No later than 8 PM on Election Day
By Mail & Drop Box: No later than 8 PM on Election Day
How to Ensure Your Absentee Ballot Arrives on Time:
If you are mailing your absentee ballot back, keep in in mind that postal mail’s estimated delivery time is between 1-5 business
days, but can take longer depending on other factors. Be sure to plan accordingly.
If you have not yet applied for your absentee ballot, then visit the online portal to request a ballot: MyVote.ct.gov/GetMyAB.
You can also download a copy of the absentee ballot request form online at MyVote.CT.gov/Absentee, fill out, then return to
the Town Clerk.
Or you can just visit the Town Clerk’s office and fill out a request form, provided by the office. Please click here for a list of
locations.
If you have applied but not received your ballot after they become available, you can contact your Town Clerk’s office. If this
occurs within one week of the election, due to mail delivery times, it is recommended that you vote by absentee in-person at your
Town Clerk’s office or use Early Voting or Election Day voting to cast your ballot.
If you have received your ballot but not yet mailed it, you can return in-person to the Town Clerk or place in a drop box
(typically located in front of town hall).
Absentee Ballots May Be Returned by the Following Individuals:
If mailed or put into a drop box:
The voter.
An immediate family member of a student voter.
An immediate family member is:
The voter’s spouse.
The voter’s child.
The voter’s parent.
The voter’s sibling.
A dependent relative who resides in the voter’s household.
A designee of a voter who has applied for an absentee ballot because of illness or disability.
A designee is:
Someone caring for a voter with an illness or disability, including, but not limited to a doctor or nurse.
A member of the voter’s family (who is designated by the voter and consents to that designation by filling out and signing
application Section VII, “Declaration of the person providing assistance”).
A police officer, Registrar of Voters, Deputy Registrar of Voters, or Assistant Registrar of Voters in that Voter’s Municipality.
If returned in-person to the Town Clerk:
The voter.
An immediate family member of the voter.
An immediate family member is:
The voter’s spouse.
The voter’s child.
The voter’s parent.
The voter’s sibling.
A dependent relative who resides in the voter’s household.
A designee of a voter who is ill or physically disabled, by the close of polls on Election Day.
How to Be Vote Ready
Election Day
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 from 6 am - 8 pm
Click here to find your polling location.
Photo Identification is not required. For most voters, identification must fit one of the following requirements for it
to be accepted as a valid form of ID at the polls: name and address, OR name and signature, OR name and
photograph
A drive-only license is not valid for federal identification purposes and cannot be used to vote.
ID Requirement
Type of Voter for In-Person Alternative to ID
Voting
Copy of a current and
First-time voter who meets the following
valid photo ID that
criteria: 1. Registered by mail on or after
shows the voter’s name
Janauary 1, 2003 2. Voting for the first time
and address or Copy of a
in Connecticut in a primary or election with
current utility bill, bank,
federal candidates on the ballot, and 3. Has Provisional Ballot
statement, government
a “mark” next to his or her name on the
check, paycheck, or
official registry list (due to not providing
government document
supplemental information when
that shows the voter’s
registering.)
name and address.
Social security card or
Any pre-printed form of
ID showing the voter’s
All other voters (this includes most
name together with his Form ED-681
voters)
or her (1) address, (2)
signature, or (3)
photograph
Provisional Ballot - Election officials issue provisional ballots under certain circumstances and only when a candidate for
federal office is on the ballot. Provisional ballots do not include candidates for state or local elections. To vote by provisional
ballot, people must fill out an application under penalty of false statement attesting to their eligibility and current standing as
an elector in the town where the polling place is located. Registrars have six days after a primary or general election to
authenticate the information on each provisional ballot. The ballots are kept separate and counted only after the registrars
verify eligibility.
Form ED-681 - Voters sign this form, entitled “Signatures of Electors Who Did Not Present ID,” under penalty of false
statement to attest to their identity (CGS § 9-261(a)). By law, false statement is a class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to
one year in prison, a fine of up to $2,000, or both (CGS § 53a-157b).
How to Be Vote Ready
Register and Vote on the Same Day
You can qualify for Same Day Registration (SDR) if you meet the following requirements:
US citizen
Age 18 or older
Bona fide resident of the town where you’re registering
If convicted of a felony, have completed confinement
SDR allows any eligible CT voter, who is not yet registered or is registered in one town but has moved to
another, to register and subsequently vote on an Election Day.
Register at your town’s designated SDR location during any of the 14 early voting days.
At least one SDR location will be designated in each town where you may register and vote during the early
voting period or on Election Day. In most towns, the SDR location will be the same as the early voting location.
On Election Day, SDR will be a different place than your polling location and will be open from 6 am - 8 pm.
You can vote in the same place. Click here for a list of locations.
HELPFUL WEBSITES AND PHONE NUMBERS
2024 Voter Guide - MyVote.CT.gov/voterguide
Absentee Ballot Application - (English) (Spanish) (Online)
Official Office of the Secretary of the State Elections and Voter Information Webpage - MyVote.ct.gov
Voter Registration Lookup Tool - https://portaldir.ct.gov/sots/LookUp.aspx
Election Day Hotline to Report Voting Issues - 1-866-733-2463 or Email: [email protected]
