Office of the Secretary of the State

In order to practice social distancing and slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), public access to our building, 165 Capitol Avenue, will be restricted. Although in-person interactions will be limited, our office staff will be available via email as normal. For the Business Services Division email CRD@ct.gov and for the Legislative & Elections Administration Division email LEAD@ct.gov. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to return to normal business as soon as the immediate threat to public health has subsided.

Press Releases

11/05/2018

Important Election Day Information

HARTFORD – The following information will likely be of use or interest to you, or to your viewers and readers.

The polls will be open tomorrow, Tuesday November 6, 2018 from 6:00am – 8:00pm. Registered voters who are in line at 8:00pm will be able to vote and should stay in line. Voters can find their polling places at myvote.ct.gov/lookup.

The Office of the Secretary of the State and the State Election Enforcement Commission jointly run an Election Day hotline. If voters encounter any problems at the polling place they should contact the hotline at 866-733-2463 (866-SEEC-INFO) or elections@ct.gov.

Connecticut has Election Day Registration (EDR). Voters who are eligible to vote can register to vote on Election Day. Voters will register to vote and cast their vote in the EDR location in their town. EDR locations are available here: myvote.ct.gov/EDR and more information on EDR can be found here: myvote.ct.gov/EDRInfo. In order to register and vote on Election Day, voters must be fully registered to vote by 8:00pm. If a voter is not registered by 8:00pm they will not be able to vote, so voters are encouraged to get to the EDR location in their town as early as possible.

The final numbers of active voters registered by party are as follows (in order that they are listed on the ballot, if applicable):

ACTIVE VOTERS BY PARTY 11/5/18
PARTY COUNT

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Democratic

792,558

Republican

463,167

Working Families

317

Independent

26,848

Libertarian

2,980

Green Party

1,762

Unaffiliated

877,392

Other Minor Parties

205

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2,165,229

The complete town-by-town voter registration numbers will be available here shortly: https://portal.ct.gov/SOTS/Election-Services/Statistics-and-Data/Statistics-and-Data

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill will have the following public schedule on election day, including media availabilities at 6:30am, 12:00pm, and 5:00pm:

6:30am Voting followed by media availability at Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman St., Hartford
7:30am Joining the Hot Morning Crew on 93.7
9:15am Joining Where We Live on WNPR
12:00pm Media availability at The Learning Corridor cafeteria, 43 Vernon Street, Hartford
5:00pm Media availability at the Connecticut Capitol

Results for the public are available here: https://ctemspublic.pcctg.net/, please feel free to share this link with your readers and viewers.

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Contact: Gabe Rosenberg
Phone: (203) 981-5825