League of
                                Women Voters of Connecticut
 League of Women Voters of Connecticut 
 
Your Vote Matters!

August Primary Elections
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Polls open 6 am- 8 pm


Both major parties are holding primary elections. To vote, you must be enrolled in a party.
Find your voting place and confirm your voter registration on the

 
**Important Information**

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August 9

  Mail-in  deadline to register to vote  and  for unaffiliated voters to enroll in a party by mail.

August 13 noon
Last date to register in person by visiting Town Hall or for unaffiliated voters to enroll in a political party.

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Voters wishing to change party affiliation must do so three months before a primary. That deadline expired in May.



Absentee Ballots

Absentee ballots become available 21 days prior to the primary election. You may download the application by visiting the Secretary  of the State website at

or by calling your Town Clerk's office. The absentee ballot will be mailed to your address once the application has been received.


Please forward this information!
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Reminder!   
Democratic Senatorial Primary Debate
July 22, 2012 at 2:30 in Bridgeport


The LWVCT, along with its media partners Cablevision and  Hearst Media Services Connecticut, will sponsor a Democratic  U.S. Senatorial primary debate between Congressman Chris Murphy and former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz on July 22, 2012 at 2:30 pm at the Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport.  The event will be covered gavel-to-gavel by Cablevision and streamed live on Hearst websites.

For info, contact LWVCT Voter Services VP Pat Donovan at pad199@optonline.net or visit www.lwvct.org.




Sincerely,

Cheryl Dunson, President
League of Women Voters of Connecticut
1890 Dixwell Ave.  Suite 203
Hamden, CT 06514 

203-288-7996
 
www.lwvct.org



About Us
 
The League of Women Voters was founded in 1920 as an outgrowth of the 72 year struggle to win voting rights for women.  The League is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization with no political affiliation. It encourages informed and active participation in government. In Connecticut, it operates through 28 local chapters with nearly 2000 members.