Election 2024 Voter Resources

Plan to vote

Register to vote

There are three ways to register to vote in Connecticut. The first is online.
The second is by mail.
The third way is in person.

If you are voting early, you may register to vote the same day that you vote. You may also register to vote in person on Election Day.
Here are the registration deadlines:

• Online registration deadline: Friday October 18, 2024
• Register by mail deadline: Must be postmarked by Friday, October 18, 2024
• In person registration deadline: Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Look up your voter registration status.

Early Voting

Early voting for the 2024 general election will take place daily from October 21 through November 3.
Hamden’s early voting location is Thornton Wilder Hall. Enter the Hall through the lobby/side entrance. From the inside of Miller Library, exit to the left of the library checkout desk to reach the Hall.

Absentee Voting

“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 “ Source: Hamden Town Clerk’s page.

Election Day

Election Day 2024 is Tuesday, November 5. Hamden will send postcards to residents reminding you of your polling location.
Not sure if your registration’s up to date? Didn’t get a postcard? You can check your polling location using Connecticut Voter Registration Lookup.

Know your ballot

Candidates

Candidates marked with “(i)” are the current incumbent. Where multiple candidates are not listed, candidates for certain parties are unknown.

Political Parties

We are the Democratic Party – Democrats is the official site of the United States Democratic Party.
Republican National Committee | GOP is the official site of the United States Republican Party.

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Know your issues

Debates

National

Watch Your Voice, Your Vote 2024

News Coverage of 2024 Elections

As well as the Connecticut-based sources below, you can find national news coverage on the Associated Press (AP) Election 2024 hub.

Connecticut Public’s Election coverage: Connecticut Public is the collective name for Connecticut’s PBS and NPR stations.

Decisión 2040: “Las últimas noticias, análisis y encuestas sobre las elecciones presidenciales de 2024 en Estados Unidos”, de Telemundo.
Hartford Courant politics page
WTNH Politics Coverage
NBC Connecticut Politics coverage

Fact-checking

FactCheck.org: “FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania….a nonpartisan, nonprofit ‘consumer
advocate’ for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.”

Open Secrets :”Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, OpenSecrets is the nation’s premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Our mission is to track the flow of money in American politics and provide the data and analysis to strengthen democracy.”

Politifact: a fact-checking website owned by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, and “a verified signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network’s code of principles.” Politifact is transparent about how they choose what to fact-check and about their current staff’s CVs.

Vote Smart: “Vote Smart provides free, factual, unbiased information on candidates and elected officials to all Americans.”

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Government sites

Hamden Registrars of Voters: The official webpage of Hamden, Connecticut’s Registrars of Voters.

Connecticut Secretary of State: The official webpage for the Connecticut Secretary of State.

Connecticut Voter Registration Lookup: Connecticut residents can look up whether they’re eligible to vote. Use this resource to find the polling place for your most recent registered address.

Connecticut Secretary of State: Voters with Disabilities Fact Sheet: “[I]mportant federal and state laws exist to protect your fundamental right to vote and prohibit discrimination on the basis of your disability. Those laws are designed to ensure that you have full and equal access to voting. The Office of the Secretary of the State is committed to ensuring that the polls are accessible to all voters and that you are fully able to exercise your voting rights privately and independently.”

Federal Voting Assistance Program: Service members, their eligible family members, and overseas citizens can vote in US elections. The Federal Voting Assistance Program is a voter education and assistance program run by the United States Department of Defense that makes sure even if a citizen is living overseas, their vote counts.

Presidential Election Process: “Learn about the presidential election process, including the Electoral College, caucuses and primaries, and the national conventions.”

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Resources from Nonprofit Advocacy Organizations

Campaign Legal: Restore Your Vote: If you’ve had your voting rights taken away because of a felony, you may be able to restore them. This site has a useful quiz to help you determine if you can register to vote again or what you need to do to make yourself eligible to vote again.

Disability Rights Connecticut: The official site for Connecticut’s Protection and Advocacy group. They “provide legal advocacy and rights protection to a wide range of people with disabilities.” This includes voting rights. See Disability Rights Connecticut’s Voting Rights page for more information, including a booklet about your rights as a voter with a disability.

National League of Women Voters | Hamden-North Haven League of Women Voters: The League of Women Voters is a 100-year-old nonpartisan civic organization supported by member donations. It was originally started to support the enfranchisement and education of women voters.

Transform the Vote: A resource for trans voters published and maintained by GLAAD and the National Center for Transgender Equality.

Vote 411: Voter Education Information brought to you by the League of Women Voters

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Campaign Finance Disclosures

Federal Election Commission–Official site of the United States government department that tracks campaign finances and donations.

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