Early Voting by the Numbers: 172,354 Connecticut Ballots Cast Through Thursday

Connecticut's early vote keeps climbing. Through Thursday, October 22, voters statewide had cast 172,354 ballots through all methods in the November 3 general election, according to the Secretary of the State's daily turnout release published Friday.

Early in-person voting accounts for the bulk of it: 141,991 early votes through Thursday, including 28,901 cast on Thursday itself. Absentee ballots add another 30,363 returned ballots out of 62,278 issued.

By party registration, the early in-person vote so far breaks down as 77,063 Democrats, 24,098 Republicans, 39,010 unaffiliated voters, and 1,820 voters registered with other parties. Among returned absentee ballots, 15,764 came from Democrats, 5,664 from Republicans, 8,536 from unaffiliated voters, and 399 from other parties. Another 982 early voters used same-day registration.

Those party figures describe who has voted, not how anyone voted — ballots are secret, and registration is not a vote for any candidate. The state's figures are also preliminary: towns report on different schedules and the Secretary of the State audits and revises the totals as verification continues. The numbers here come from the latest release's cumulative column, not from adding up daily figures.

West Hartford leads the state's towns in early votes with 3,074, followed by Milford with 2,772, Norwalk with 2,626, Stratford with 2,585, and Fairfield with 2,563. The release lists only the top ten towns, so there is no Brookfield-specific figure in it.

In Brookfield, early voting continues at Town Hall Meeting Room 133, 100 Pocono Road, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through November 1, with extended hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27 and Thursday, October 29. The ballot drop box outside the Town Hall doors remains open for absentee ballots, and Election Day is Tuesday, November 3.