If you will be unable to vote in person in an election or primary you may apply for an absentee ballot application, which you may use only if you will be unable to appear at your polling place on the day of the primary, election or referendum for one of the following reasons:

1) your active service in the U. S. armed forces
2) your absence from town during all the hours of voting
3) your illness
4) your physical disability
5) your religion forbids secular (non-religious) activity on that day
6) your required performance of duties as a primary, referendum, or election official at a polling place other than your own during all the hours on that day.

Connecticut does not allow voters the option of voting by mail for convenience. You must meet one of the 6 criteria listed above and will have to select one of the 6 criteria when you complete the absentee ballot application.

You can call one of our offices to request an Absentee Ballot application:

1st CD West Hartford -- (860) 523-9238
2nd CD Willimantic (860) 456-1316
3rd CD New Haven -- (203) 772-2405
4th CD Norwalk (203) 979-6094
5th CD Watertown (860) 274-4957
Meriden (203) 634-6601

You can call or visit your local Town Clerk's office or go to the Secretary of the State's website to download the form:

Absentee Ballot application

English version http://www.sots.ct.gov/ElectionsServices/electforms/aabeng.pdf