By this time, registered voters should have received an application for an absentee ballot from the Office of the Secretary of State for the November 3 Presidential Election. These can be mailed to the Town Clerk, or placed in the secured deposit box at the top of the ramp at Town Hall. Absentee ballots will be mailed by the Town Clerk directly to those who have submitted their applications.

Residents who registered to vote after the Secretary of State’s mailing will be sent applications for absentee ballots by the Town Clerk. The Registrars of Voters will provide the Town Clerk with a list of residents who have recently registered to vote here.  Absentee ballots will be mailed 48 hours after receipt of the applications. If you have not received an absentee ballot application, or subsequently, an absentee ballot, please call the Office of the Town Clerk at 860-455-9132 ext. 1. You may also obtain an application on the Secretary of State’s website, which provides general information on the absentee ballot process.

Absentee ballots will be available on October 2. Please follow all the accompanying directions and mail them to the Town Clerk or place them in the secured deposit box at the top of the ramp at Town Hall. If you have cast an absentee ballot, but in retrospect prefer to vote at the polling place, you may contact the Town Clerk and withdraw your absentee ballot up until 5PM on November 2. You may not attempt to vote at the polls on Election Day; this is not legal. Voters may check to make sure their absentee ballots have been received by contacting the Town Clerk or the Registrars of Voters.

The Registrars of Voters will hold a final registry session on October 27 from 9AM to 8PM in their Office at Town Hall which will be open for the purpose of registering voters who appear in person. The deadline for mail-in applications is also October 27. Hand-delivered mail-in registration applications must be received by the Registrars , or a Voter Registration Agency such as the Department of Motor Vehicle, on this date, and mail-in registration applications must be post-marked by this date, in order for applicants to be entitled to participate in the November 3 Presidential Election. Only those whose qualifications as to age, citizenship, or residence mature after the October 27 deadline may register to vote up until November 2, when the Registrars will hold a limited registration session at their Office at Town Hall from 9AM to 5PM.

If you have any questions, please contact the Registrars of Voters at (860-455-9132 ext. 4).

Dayna Arriola and Mary Oliver