2024 Primary Elections: What Vernon Voters Need To Know

VERNON, CT — The 2024 election event is set for November and state and federal offices will be up for grabs, but first there is primary day. Polls will be open on Aug. 13.

In Vernon, residents who are registered Republicans may vote for one of two candidates to challenge incumbent Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Gerry Smith, the first selectman of Beacon Falls, is running against Manchester native, businessman and Navy veteran Matthew Corey.

Absentee ballots are available online here.

Election information specific to Vernon is:

Registrars of Voters

Office location:

Center 375
375 Hartford Turnpike, Room 117

Office hours:

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon
Closed Wednesday and Friday

Contact information:

• Phone 860-896-2376
• Fax 860-896-2379
• Lisa Moody, Republican Registrar
• Chris Prue, Democratic Registrar

Polling places:

• District 1, Northeast School, 69 East Street
• District 2, Rockville High School, 70 Loveland Hill Road
• District 3-0, Skinner Road School, 90 Skinner Road
• District 3-1, Skinner Road School, 90 Skinner Road
• District 4, Vernon Center Middle School, 777 Hartford Turnpike

Click here for theVoting District Map.

Next election:

• Republican Primary Election - U.S. Senate
• Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024
• 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. - regular voting locations

Primary Early Voting:

• August 5-11
• 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on August 6 and 8.
• All early voting is at 375 Hartford Turnpike, Room 118, Vernon

Aug. 2 is the earliest deadline, and affects unaffiliated voters seeking to vote during the early voting period before the primary — Aug. 5 to Aug. 11 — to file party enrollment application.

Aug. 12 is the deadline for issuing absentee ballots, outside of special exceptions for those overseas or ill.

There is more information on the absentee ballot process at the Secretary of the State's website here.

Polls will be open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Aug. 13.