This page has been set up to provide information to voters in regards to the November 6, 2018 Statewide Election.
Voter Registration
Not sure if you are registered to vote? Check here using the Secretary of State’s Voter Lookup Tool.
Register to vote on line here. The deadline to register online is Oct 30 at 11:59PM.
If you miss the voter registration deadlines, Election Day Registration is available.
If you recently moved, make sure you update your voter registration information. Contact the Registrar’s Office to make corrections.
Voter registration questions can be answered by the Voluntown Registrars. Visit the Registrar webpage for contact information.
CCM’s Election Central
To learn where all of the candidates stand on issues, visit CCM’s Election Central webpage.
Absentee Ballots
Absentee ballots for the November 6 election have been available since 10/05/2018. You may fill out a request for an absentee ballot in the Town Clerk’s office Monday through Thursday 9-4 or Tuesday nights 6-8. You may also go to the SOTS link https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/ElectionServices/ElectForms/electforms/aabengpdf.pdf?la=en and print the form. The form can be dropped off at the Town Clerk’s office or mailed to the Town Clerk at PO Box 96, Voluntown, CT 06384. Please call 860-376-4089 if you have any questions.
Connecticut State Statute requires that in order to receive an absentee ballot you must be unable to appear at the polling place for one of the following reasons:
- Active Service in the Armed Forces of the United States
- Absence from town during all of the hours of voting
- Illness
- Religious tenets forbid secular activity on the day of election
- Duties as election official at a polling place other than Voluntown during all the hours of voting
- Physical disability
Sample Ballot
To print/view the PDF version of the sample ballot, click here.
Constitutional Amendments- Explanatory Text
There will be two Ballot Questions on the ballot November 6. Below is explanatory text prepared by the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research and approved by the General Assembly’s join standing Committee on Government Administration and Elections in accordance with Section 2-30a of the Connecticut General Statutes.