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03/07/2024
Early Voting in Connecticut Starts in Less than Three Weeks: Secretary Thomas Shares Early Voting Fact Sheet to Ensure Voters are Early Voting Ready
For the first time in elections administration history, Connecticut voters will have the opportunity to participate in early voting for the Presidential Preference Primary, which is when political parties go to the polls to nominate their candidate for president. Early voting allows voters to vote in-person for a set period of time ahead of an election.
While the Presidential Preference Primary will be on Tuesday, April 2, eligible voters are able to vote at specific early voting locations in their towns 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. for four days, which are March 26, 27, 28 and 30th.
Since its passage, the Office of the Secretary of the State has been working closely with locally elected officials on the implementation of this new way of voting. With no previous experience in the state or similar program in other states to serve as a guide, all stakeholders have worked closely together in charting out this new election frontier.
“I want to commend our Registrars of Voters and Town Clerks who have been working diligently and quickly with limited resources to implement this new style of voting,” said Secretary Thomas. “They are the true heroes of this effort, and my office is doing everything it can to support all 169 towns.”
With the only two parties with candidates on the ballot, 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, whereas voters who already belong to a party (e.g. Democrat, Republican, Green, Working Families, Independent) are unable to switch parties as that deadline was earlier this year on January 2. Voters can check their voter registration and party affiliation by visiting MyVote.ct.gov.
Connecticut was one of only four states in the nation not to allow for early voting until it was passed as a constitutional amendment with over 60 percent of the vote in the 2022 election, passed with bipartisan support by the Connecticut General Assembly in last year’s legislative session, and then signed as Public Act 23-5 by Governor Lamont.
A fact sheet containing detailed information on early voting is attached and all voting information may be found at MyVote.ct.gov.
2024 Presidential Preference Primary and Early Voting Fact Sheet (click to download)
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