Connecticut Election Results 2026: Voting has ended

Connecticut does not require a photo ID to vote. When you check in, poll workers ask for identification: most voters may show a Social Security card or any pre-printed form of ID that shows your name and address, your name and signature, or your name and photograph. If you do not have ID with you, you may sign an affidavit (Form ED-681) instead and vote a regular ballot. First-time voters who registered by mail after January 1, 2003, are voting in their first election with federal candidates and are flagged on the registry list must show a current valid photo ID with name and address, or a utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or government document with name and address, or cast a provisional ballot.

You are eligible to register to vote in Connecticut if you are a United States citizen living in Connecticut, are at least 17 and turning 18 on or before Election Day, and, if you have been convicted of a felony, have completed confinement. Seventeen-year-olds who will be 18 by Election Day may register and vote; 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the general election may also vote in the primary. You register with the registrars of voters in the town where you live, online at MyVote.CT.gov/register with a Connecticut driver's license or non-driver ID, or at the DMV; Connecticut also offers Election Day registration.

In Connecticut a person loses the right to be a voter only if convicted of a felony and currently incarcerated in a correctional institution. Misdemeanor convictions and pretrial detention do not take away voting rights, and U.S. citizens on probation, parole or in a community residence may register and vote. Rights are restored upon release from incarceration; the person then re-registers by submitting a voter registration form to the registrars of voters in their town, online at MyVote.CT.gov/register, or at the DMV. The one exception is a person incarcerated for a felony violation of Connecticut election laws (Title 9), who cannot register until discharged from parole and/or probation.