Somers Winds Up With Best Voting Percentage in State

HARTFORD, CT — Secretary of the State Denise Merrill has officially certified the results of the Nov. 8 general election. The final figures reveal that 1,675,955 people cast a ballot out of an all-time high 2,178,169 registered voters, amounting to a 77 percent turnout.

And guess which town was tops in Connecticut?

It was Somers at 94.55 percent, well ahead of second-place Harwinton, which was at 90.5 percent.

Ellington came in at 81.55 percent.

Secretary Merrill said, “The total of 1,675,955 voters is unprecedented. That shows that election modernization is working. Hundreds of thousands of people registered to vote online and tens of thousands more took advantage of Election Day Registration and the streamlined motor-voter system, which enables citizens to register while applying for a driver’s license. Local officials did an amazing job adapting to these changes and helping people cast a ballot. We need to continue looking for conveniences to offer Connecticut’s voters but this shows we are headed in the right direction.”

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