Press Releases
01/19/2024
Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas Announces List of Candidates Placed on Connecticut’s 2024 Presidential Preference Primary Ballot; Connecticut’s Presidential Preference Primary will be held on Tuesday, April 2, 2024
(Hartford, CT) - Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas today announced the names of the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates who will appear on the ballot in Connecticut’s April 2, 2024, Presidential Preference Primary election.
“Voters in Connecticut should be aware of two new things with the Presidential Preference Primary – the primary will now be held on the first Tuesday in April, and this year’s election will launch early voting in Connecticut,” said Secretary Thomas. “All of your election information can be found at MyVote.CT.gov.”
The following Democratic candidates were selected to appear on the ballot (listed in alphabetical order):
Joe Biden
Dean Phillips
Cenk Uygur
Marianne Williamson
The following Republican candidates were selected to appear on the ballot (listed in alphabetical order):
Ryan Binkley
Ron DeSantis
Nikki Haley
Donald Trump
The above-listed candidates will be notified by registered mail with return receipt requested. Candidates may request that their names be omitted from the ballot as long as they make a request in writing by Noon (12:00 p.m.) on Monday, Feb. 26.
The Secretary will publicly determine the Presidential Preference Primary ballot order for both parties’ primaries on Tuesday, Feb. 27.
Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes Sec. 9-465, the Secretary of the State places the names of candidates on the ballot, if she determines that the “candidacy of such person for such party’s nomination for President is generally and seriously advocated or recognized by reports in the national or state news media.”
Candidates for the Democratic and Republican nominations who were not selected today can still get on the ballot by filing petitions with at least 1% of active registered voters of their party. Petitions will be available today at Noon (12:00 p.m.), and they must be turned in to the town Registrar of Voters by 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9.
Nominating petitions for candidates from minor parties for the General Election have been available since January 2. Nominating petitions for minor party candidates are due at 4 p.m. on July 31, to the Secretary of the State’s office, or 4 p.m. on August 7, to town clerks’ offices.
The 2024 Presidential Preference Primary will be the first election in Connecticut to have early voting available. There will be four days of early voting for that election, with early voting available from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, Wednesday, March 27, Thursday, March 28, and Saturday, March 30. Voters should check with their local town registrar’s office for their town’s early voting location. Election Day (April 2) hours will be 6 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Statutory Background:
CGS Sec. 9-465 requires the Secretary of the State to place on the ballot any candidate where “the candidacy of such person for such party's nomination for President is generally and seriously advocated or recognized according to reports in the national or state news media.”
CGS Sec. 9-466 requires that selection to be made publicly at 10:00am on “the seventy-fourth day preceding the day of the primary” or January 19, and allows those candidates to withdraw via written request by noon on the “thirty-sixth day before the primary” or February 26.
CGS Sec. 9-467 requires the Secretary of the State to make petitions available at Noon (12:00 p.m.) on January 19.
CGS Sec. 9-468 requires petitions to be turned in to the registrars of the towns by 4:00pm on “the fifty-third day preceding the day of the primary” or February 9, and requires the registrars to verify the petition pages and forward the verified pages to the Secretary by 4:00 pm on “the forty-ninth day preceding the day of the primary” or February 13.
CGS Sec. 9-469 requires the Secretary of the State to tabulate the petition signatures and determine if any candidates have submitted a number of signatures equal to at least 1% of the registered members of that party by “the forty-sixth day preceding the day of the primary” or February 16.
CGS Sec. 9-470 requires the Secretary of the State to publicly determine the ballot order by lot on “the thirty-fifth day preceding the day of the primary” or February 27.
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