CT · How to vote
Voting in Connecticut.
Three ways to vote, three deadlines. ID rules and vote-by-mail policy below — verify the specifics with the Connecticut Secretary of State at the link.
1Official source of record
Connecticut Secretary of the State
VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS
Connecticut requests ID at the polls but does not require photo ID. Accepted: social security card, credit card, or any preprinted ID with name and address. Voters without ID may sign an affidavit.
VOTE BY MAIL
Any registered voter may vote by absentee ballot. No excuse required (as of 2023).
3NCSL voter ID requirements2026-04-153NCSL absentee + VBM rules2026-04-15
Official action — CT
The state’s own tools, with links to verify.
Each card below routes to the official Connecticut system. Where the state delegates to county Supervisors of Elections, the card says so honestly.
Statewide→
Check my registration
Name + DOB + town. Same form returns polling place. F5 ASM blocks bot UAs.
Statewide→
Register / update online
CT DL or state ID. Reg deadline 7 days pre-election (online), Election Day same-day at registrar's office.
Statewide→
Find my polling place
Same LookUp host as reg-check; type-parameter switch.
Not available
Preview my ballot
CT has 169 town registrars of voters; sample ballots are town-level. SOS does not run a statewide sample-ballot tool. CT abolished county government in 1960.
Statewide→
Request a mail ballot
Online absentee request. CT moved to no-excuse absentee in 2024 after constitutional amendment.
Not available
Track my mail ballot
CT does NOT run a dedicated statewide mail-ballot tracker as of 2026-05-01. Worst tracker situation in 20 surveyed states. Status surfaces (when available) via the LookUp tool.
Statewide→
See who's on the ballot
Per-cycle candidate-filings and petition forms. Nominating petition deadline 4pm Wednesday of the 14th week before primary.
Statewide→
Statewide ballot measures
CT statewide questions = legislatively referred constitutional amendments. None confirmed for Nov 2026. Last questions were 2024 (early-voting + no-excuse absentee).
Statewide→
Live + past results
VENDOR-HOSTED at pcctg.net (PCC Technology Group). Town-selector required — no statewide rollup view, only per-town drill-down. Historical archive (1787+) at electionhistory.ct.gov.
Statewide→
Election calendar
State primary 2026-08-11, general 2026-11-03. CT runs only two regular statewide elections per cycle.
1UOCAVA · military & overseas voters
Federal deadlines for Connecticut
Active-duty service members, their families, and U.S. citizens overseas have separate deadlines under UOCAVA. Sourced live from the U.S. Federal Voting Assistance Program.
2026-08-11Ballot Request* — State PrimaryReceived by
2026-08-11Ballot Return — State PrimaryReceived by
2026-08-11Registration* — State PrimaryReceived by
2026-11-03Ballot Request* — General ElectionReceived by
2026-11-03Ballot Return — General ElectionReceived by
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