Connecticut

Registered Connecticut voters must show ID at the polls to vote.

If you are a registered voter but do not present an acceptable ID at the polling place, you may cast a provisional ballot. You will need to take additional steps for your ballot to be counted.

In order for your ballot to be counted, you must sign a written affirmation that you are qualified to vote and that you have not previously voted in the election. You must also provide your address and date of birth.

Get in touch with VoteRiders if you have questions or need free help securing ID.

You do not need a REAL ID to vote in Connecticut.

Your driver’s license or state ID card will show a star in the upper corner if it meets REAL ID requirements under federal law.

• Connecticut REAL ID info
• Connecticut REAL ID document list
• Connecticut REAL ID FAQ

Get in touch with VoteRiders if you have questions or need free help getting ID.

You may register to vote and cast a ballot on the same day only on Election Day (which is known in Connecticut as “Election Day Registration”). Election Day Registration is available only:

• for regular elections and not for primary elections, and
• at a designated Election Day Registration site, rather than your polling place, in the town where you live.

You must show one of the following acceptable IDs, which are partly different from regular in-person voting:

• your birth certificate, driver’s license, passport, or Social Security card, or in the case of college and university students a current photo ID issued by your higher education institution; and
• only if your ID does not also include proof of your residential address, you must also show another form of ID indicating your home address in your town of residence. This additional ID may include a motor vehicle learner’s permit, a utility bill due no later than 30 days after the election, a lease, a library card, a paycheck, a property tax bill, naturalization documents, for a college or university student a current college or university registration or fee statement, or in any case other satisfactory proof of residence.

Expiration deadlines are extended due to COVID-19 – here are details.

Check locations and hours of operations.

There are authorized third parties that may provide driver’s licenses and state IDs services, for which they charge a fee. Click here for more information.

In order to vote absentee in Connecticut, you must meet ONE of the following: 

• You are in active service in U.S. Armed Forces
• You will be absent from town during all voting hours 
• You are ill 
• You are afraid of contracting COVID-19
• Your religious tenets forbid secular activity on the day of the election, primary or referendum 
• You have duties as a primary, election or referendum official at a polling place other than your own during all voting hours 
• You have have a physical disability

You do not need a copy of your ID to vote by mail in Connecticut.

BUT: if it is your first time voting in a federal election in Connecticut, please see the federal ID requirements for first-time voters. A federal election is when you vote for the President, your Congressional Representative or your Senators.

No.

There is no process to “cure” (fix) your ballot if it is rejected.