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# Early Voting by the Numbers: More Than 200,000 Connecticut Votes Cast Through October 23
- URL: https://www.brookfieldcurrent.com/early-voting-by-the-numbers-october-23/
- Published: 2026-10-25T17:33:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T17:33:18.000Z
- Description: Through October 23, Connecticut voters had cast 204,742 votes through all methods, including 172,316 early in-person votes, according to the Secretary of the State's latest daily release.
- Author: The Brookfield Current
- Tags: News

Connecticut's early-voting totals passed 200,000 votes through all methods on Friday, October 23, according to the Secretary of the State's daily release for that date. The release puts total votes cast through all methods at 204,742.

Early in-person voting accounts for most of that total: 172,316 early votes had been cast by the end of October 23, including 30,194 on October 23 alone. Absentee ballots add the rest, with 63,890 issued and 32,426 returned so far.

By party registration among early voters, Democrats account for 91,672 votes, Republicans for 30,096, unaffiliated voters for 48,349, and voters registered with other parties for 2,199\. Among absentee ballots returned, Democrats account for 16,823, Republicans for 6,041, unaffiliated voters for 9,137, and other-party voters for 425.

Party registration describes who voted, not how anyone voted. Ballots are secret, and these totals say nothing about which candidates or measures any voter supported.

The release also counts 1,308 early voters who used same-day registration. West Hartford leads the state's towns in early votes to date with 3,786, followed by Milford with 3,379, Norwalk with 3,194, Fairfield with 3,131, and Stratford with 3,122\. The release lists only the top ten towns, so it does not include a Brookfield-specific figure.

These figures are preliminary. Towns report on different schedules, and the Secretary of the State audits and revises the numbers as the early-voting period continues, so later releases may adjust earlier totals. The figures in this piece come only from the latest release's cumulative column, not from adding daily figures together.

Early voting in Brookfield runs through Sunday, November 1, at Town Hall, Meeting Room 133, 100 Pocono Road. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, with extended hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27, and Thursday, October 29\. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3.