How To Vote In West Hartford, Everything You Need To Know

Town of West Hartford

WEST HARTFORD, CT — Local officials Thursday released a handy, dandy guide to how elections will take place in West Hartford in the days ahead.

While Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5, there are also early voting deadlines as well as voter registration deadlines coming up fast.

The last day to register to vote online, through the DMV, or by USPS mail (postmarked) is Oct. 18.

As a result, the West Hartford Registrars of Voters office will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. for voter registration on Friday, Oct. 18, the 18th day before Election Day.

Early voting

Starting this year, Connecticut allows residents to vote in person before the election.

Early voting will be available from Oct. 21 to Nov. 3 at one location: the West Hartford Town Hall Auditorium, 50 S. Main Street. Use the main entrance of town hall.

The early Voting hours of operation are:

• Monday, Oct. 21: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Tuesday, Oct. 22: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Wednesday, Oct. 23: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Thursday, Oct. 24: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Friday, Oct. 25: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Saturday, Oct. 26: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Sunday, Oct. 27: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Monday, Oct. 28: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Tuesday, Oct. 29: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Wednesday, Oct. 30: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Thursday, Oct. 31: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Friday, Nov. 1: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Saturday, Nov. 2: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Sunday, Nov. 3: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Early voting procedures

When arriving to vote during the early voting period, voters will check in and be verified as eligible voters.

They will then receive a ballot with an envelope and will complete a ballot at a privacy booth and seal it in the approved envelope.

Before leaving, voters will place the sealed envelope in the secure receptacle as instructed by the election officials.

Ballots will remain unopened until Election Day, Nov. 5.

During the early voting period, same-day registration is held in the town hall auditorium.

Election Day voting

On Election Day, Nov. 5, voters should go to their regular polling location.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

To check voter registration and polling location, visit the Secretary of the State’s look-up or call the West Hartford Registrars of Voters at 860-561-7450.

On Election Day, same-day registration will be available in Room 400 of West Hartford Town Hall.

Absentee ballots

Connecticut law allows voters to receive an absentee ballot if they cannot appear at their assigned polling place on Election Day because of active service in the military, absence from the town, illness, religious tenets forbidding secular activity on the day of the election, duties as an election official at a polling place other than your own during all of the hours of voting, or physical disability.

To request an absentee ballot for the Nov. 5 election:

• Obtain an absentee ballot application online, in person, or by mail. A Connecticut-issued DMV ID is required for online applications. Then, return the completed application to the West Hartford Town Clerk’s Office (Room 313, town hall). The voter will then receive an absentee ballot.

• Next, cast your vote using the absentee ballot.

• Lastly, return the ballot to the town clerk’s office by 8 p.m. on Nov. 5 by USPS mail, in person, or deposit it in the secure drop boxes located at the town hall and the Faxon Branch Library, 1073 New Britain Ave.

For more information, contact the West Hartford Registrars of Voters (Room 209, town hall) at 860-561-7450 or visit www.WestHartfordCT.gov/Vote. To reach the town clerk’s Office, call 860-561-7430.