Voter registration forms:

• English-language voter registration form

• Spanish-language voter registration form

• List of addresses for Registrars of voters offices

You can also register to vote in person; or obtain a mail-in application from:
— Any town/city hall in Connecticut
— Division of motor vehicles
— Public libraries
— Other state agency offices

 

Even if you were registered, but have moved since the last election, you must re-register. To register to vote in the state of Connecticut, you must be:
• a United States citizen
• a resident of a Connecticut town
• at least 17 years old ( you can vote when you turn 18)

Absentee ballots:

• English-language application for absentee ballot

• Spanish-language application for absentee ballot

If you’re a registered voter, you may use an absentee ballot if unable to vote in person because of:
• illness or physical disability
• absence from town during all election hours
• religious beliefs forbidding secular activity on election day
• service as an election official at a polling place other than your own; or
• service in the military

 

 

Voter registration deadlines and forms

(For the Nov. 4 General Election)

 

General Election Day: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008

Presidential and congressional races; 187 state legislators

 

Aug. 6	Special 90-day military blank ballots are available
Sept. 20	Overseas ballot for presidential and congressional races (only) are available from town clerk
Oct. 3	Absentee ballots are available
Oct. 21	Deadline to request special registration sessions for groups of 25 or more (working for same employer, attending same educational institution, or resident at same medical care facility) at their facility. (Contact CBIA's Adam Ney to set up a drive)
Oct. 21	Mail-in voter registration deadline (must be received or postmarked by this date)
Oct. 28	Special voter registration session for those becoming 18 years of age, a U.S. citizen, or resident of a municipality on or before this date
Nov. 3	Special in-person voter registration deadline for those whose qualification to vote was attained since Oct. 24 (by mail, if physically disabled) Special voter registration for qualified armed forces personnel Absentee ballot (issuance) deadline Absentee ballot (receipt) deadline, if delivered by the voter
Nov. 4	Election Day: Polls open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.; absentee ballots must be received by the close of polls.