For the first time with a general election, Connecticut voters have the option to vote early this year. Early voting runs through November 3—or you can vote as usual on Election Day, November 5.
Early voting is available 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. most days, with extended hours on October 29 and October 31 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Your Early Voting location is different than your usual polling place. Click here for a list of early voting locations.
If you are not registered, but want to vote during the Early Voting period, you may register in person every day of Early Voting at the Early Voting location.
When you arrive at the Early Voting location, you will check in and be verified as an eligible voter. You will then receive your ballot with an envelope, complete your ballot at a privacy booth, and seal it in the approved envelope. The sealed envelope will go in the secure receptacle as instructed by election officials. Ballots will be secured unopened until Election Day when they will be opened and counted.
In addition to the presidential and vice-presidential elections, all five of Connecticut’s Congressional seats are up for election as is one U.S. Senate seat. At the state level, all members of Connecticut’s General Assembly are up for election.
CEA’s Candidate Comparison provides information on the candidates running for State Representative and State Senator in your area and includes Legislator Report Card scores and past voting records, CEA questionnaire scores and responses, and contact information.
To find out more about the NEA endorsed candidates running to represent you in the United States Congress, please click here. Additional information from NEA about the candidates running for the White House can be found here.
Absentee voting ballot question
In addition to voting for elected officials, this year Connecticut voters will also weigh in on a ballot question that seeks to lift cumbersome restrictions to absentee voting and help ensure every registered voter has the ability to participate in elections. This question is on the ballot in Connecticut this fall: “Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to permit the General Assembly to allow each voter to vote by absentee ballot?”
Absentee voting for everybody allows registered voters to cast their ballots by mail; these are securely recorded and counted, just like votes cast on Election Day. Working parents, elderly voters, and those with chronic health conditions or disabilities—among others—often have trouble getting to the polls. Across the country, millions of voters across 36 states safely cast absentee ballots in the days leading up to Election Day. This year, Connecticut voters will decide whether to follow suit.
