Can i request an absentee ballot due to covid

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Absentee Voting Information

Connecticut law allows you to receive an absentee ballot if, in your judgment, an absence from your town on Election Day prevents you from appearing at your polling place, or you are prevented from appearing at your assigned polling place on Election Day because of sickness or physical disability (not necessarily your sickness or disability), active service in the Military, religious tenets forbid 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. To receive your absentee ballot please complete and sign an application and return it to your Town Clerk. Locate your local Town Clerk here.

Visit myvote.ct.gov/getmyab to request your online Absentee Ballot.

Learn everything you need to know about the absentee ballot process by watching a short video (click image to play video):

Absentee Ballot Video - English


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Absentee Ballot Video - Spanish


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Can I vote absentee?

Connecticut has strict laws regarding who can vote absentee.

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you are eligible to vote absentee.

Who can download an application for absentee ballot?

An application for absentee ballot may be downloaded by an individual for:

Note: Due to technical limitations on mobile devices, the absentee ballot application must be downloaded and reviewed in a PDF viewer to be read in ADA compliant form or by assistive technologies. Mobile browsers do not have the same full reading capabilities as desktop browsers.

English Application for Absentee Ballot

Spanish Application for Absentee Ballot

Note: Any person who will distribute five (5) or more absentee ballot applications to persons other than the individual's immediate family must register with and obtain forms from the Town Clerk of the municipality where such forms will be distributed before distributing such forms. Any person who distributes absentee ballot applications shall maintain a list of the names and addresses of prospective absentee ballot applicants who receive such applications and shall file such list with the town clerk prior to the date of the primary, election or referendum for which the applications were so distributed. Any person who distributes absentee ballot applications and receives an executed application shall forthwith file the application with the town clerk.

How do I vote absentee?

For an emergency ballot within 6 days of an election, please use the following Emergency Application for Absentee Ballot:

English Emergency Application for Absentee Ballot

Spanish Emergency Application for Absentee Ballot

For a referendum with less than 3 weeks’ notice, please use the following Application for Absentee Ballot for Referendum Authorized to Be Held with Less Than 3 Weeks’ Notice (please note these ballots cannot be mailed to you):

English Application for Referendum with less than 3 weeks’ notice

Spanish Application for Referendum with less than 3 weeks’ notice

If you have a permanent disability, you may be eligible to apply for a permanent absentee ballot. Contact your local Town Clerk for details.

What happens after I send in my application?