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1. Where do I vote? Am I registered to vote?

Visit the state's online polling location website to enter your address and locate your polling place.

Connecticut Voter Registration Lookup

2. How do I register to vote?

Complete a voter registration application. Return it by mail or in person to the Registrar of Voters of your town. 

Online voter registration is available at https://voterregistration.ct.gov (Site run by the Secretary of the State's office) - You must have a CT Driver's license or CT State ID to use the online voter registration system.

You may also find an application at a public library, a social service agency, a motor vehicle office, the Registrar of Voters Office, or the Town Clerk’s Office.

Voter Registration Forms in English and Spanish

3. What identification is required for voters?

To review the requirements for voter identification, please check the Connecticut Secretary of the State's office at the link below.

Voter ID Requirements

4. What's the difference between registering with a political party and choosing NOT to designate a party?

When you choose NOT to register with a political party - giving you as a voter the designation "Unaffiliated" - you forfeit your ability to vote in party primaries which are scheduled before the major elections in the fall.

For instance - if there is a party primary for Mayor because multiple candidates are seeking the office, as an "Unaffiliated" voter, you are ineligible to vote in the party primary and only have the ability to vote in the Fall election that year.

You may change your party affiliation at any time - though according to State statute, there is a 3-month waiting period after switching parties for you to be eligible to vote in a party primary. If you switched party affiliation from Party A to Party B on June 1st, you would be ineligible to vote in Party B's primary until September 1st.

5. How can I view a sample ballot for an upcoming election?

You can view sample ballots on the Connecticut Secretary of the State's webpage.
Town Ballot Listings

6. Can someone on probation vote?

With one exception, Connecticut law ALLOWS a person on probation to register and vote. This has been in effect since 2002. A person forfeits their right to vote upon conviction of a felony and commitment to any state or federal prison (CGS 9-46). The law allows the person's right to vote to be restored after they have paid all fines and completed any required prison and parole time. There is one exception - a person convicted of and imprisoned for an election-related felony under Title 9 of the General Statutes must ALSO complete any probation time before voting rights are restored (CGS 9-46a).

7. Must someone on probation provide documentation of having completed probation before registering to vote?

A law passed in 2006 (PA 06-137) that ELIMINATED a requirement for felons to give a registrar of voters satisfactory proof that they had been released from prison and completed any parole before their voting rights could be restored.