Connecticut voting issues

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Election and registration information

Voting machines

2008 election

For the 2008 election Connecticut used the following voting machines. For a county-by-county list of the specific machines (and the source for this section) see Verified Votings' Verifier tool.

Main article: Voting machines

Direct-Recording Electronic (DRE) machines with a paper trail:

• IVS Inspire

Optical scan machines:

• Premier Election Solutions's (Diebold) AccuVote-OS voting machine.

Governmental election authorities

Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz

Website: http://www.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=415810

Contact information:

• Legislation and Elections Administration Division
• 30 Trinity Street, Hartford, CT 06106

Mailing Address:

• Secretary of the State
• ATTN: LEAD
• PO Box 150470
• Hartford, CT 06115-0470

• Toll Free: 1-800-540-3764
• Phone: (860) 509-6100
• Fax: (860) 509-6127
• Telephone Device for Hearing Impaired: 509-6191

• EMail: lead@po.state.ct.us

Election threats

Voting machine verification and security

• For an extensive log of voting machine problems, see the VotersUnite! report on election incidents.

State and local non-governmental election organizations

CTVotersCount.org - Blog and voting integrity watchdog

CTElectionAudit.org - Coalition organizing voters to observe post-election audits

League of Women Voters

LWV of Connecticut, Jara Burnett, President

• 1890 Dixwell Avenue, #113
• Hamden, CT 06514-3183
• Phone: 203-288-7996
• Fax: 203-288-7998
• E-mail: lwvct@lwvct.org
• http://www.lwvct.org

Local Leagues:

• Amity
• Bridgeport Area
• Brookfield
• Canton
• Cheshire-Wallingford
• Danbury Area
• Darien
• East Shore
• Fairfield
• Glastonbury
• Greater Hartford
• Greater Middletown
• Greenwich
• Hamden-North Haven
• Litchfield County
• Mansfield
• New Britain Area
• New Canaan
• New Haven
• Norwalk
• Redding
• Ridgefield
• SE Connecticut
• Southbury MAL
• Weston
• Westport
• Wilton
• Windsor/North Central County

TrueVoteCT.org - Voting integrity advocates

Articles and resources

See also

• The main page on election protection and reform organizations.
• All articles in the Election Protection Wiki project.
• For election day: Things citizens can do to monitor elections and If you are told you cannot vote.

Election law

• Election Law @ Moritz's Connecticut page, which provides detailed information on election law developments in Connecticut. See map page to see the information for election developments in any given state.

• Election Law @ Moritz's Connecticut general information page, which provides information on Connecticut election authorities, post-election processes, and other topics. See map page to see this information for any given state.

External resources

Poll location

• GoVote.org locates your polling place and other voting information.
• Google map polling locations locates most polling location, may be missing or out of date.

Election Protection hotlines

• 866-OUR-VOTE (National Election Protection Hotline)
• 888-VE-Y-VOTA (Español)
• 800-966-5946 (AALDEF, Asian languages)
• 866-MYVOTE1 (Tom Joyner Hotline - VoterAction, NAACP National Voter Fund)
• 877-523-2792 (ACLU Voting Rights Project Hotline)
• 877-US4-OBAMA (Obama campaign Voter Hotline)
• 866-976-VOTE (McCain campaign Honest and Open Election hotline - leave a message)
• 877-GOCNN08 (CNN Voter Problem Tipline)
• 888-VOTE-TIP (VelvetRevolution Election Protection Hotline for fraud)
• 567-258-VOTE (Twitter Vote Report key in report or leave audio message)

Voting information

• Vote411.org from the League of Women Voters provides all kinds of information to help you vote.

Voting rights

• ACLU's "Know Your Voting Rights - State by State" -- printable brochures summarizing your voting rights, for most states.
• One-page know your rights summaries for 27 states from the AFL-CIO.

Voting requirements

• Click here to see the voter ID requirements in all states. From the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Election officials, election reform groups, and elected officials

• Why Tuesday? offers a page for Connecticut that helps locate Connecticut's elections officials, election reform groups, and elected officials, as well as a page titled Find a group in your area that lets you find similar information for other states.

Absentee voting

• Click here to request an absentee ballot. Go Vote Absentee is a project of the Women Donors Network.

Disabled voters

• Information for voters with disabilities from NDRN.

Student voting rights

• See Connecticut Student Voting Rights for a guide to student voting rights in Connecticut. See Student Voting Rights for a guide to other states. From the Brennan Center for Justice.

State ballot

• See how organizations you trust recommend you vote on ballot measures and other statewide contests at TransparentDemocracy.

Languages

• Help in other languages from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. 中文, 日本語, 한국어, Tagalog, Tiếng Việt, Español

Voting machines

• Verified Voting's Connecticut page, which provides detailed information on voting equipment in use in every county in Connecticut.