Early Voting by the Numbers: October 28

Connecticut voters kept up a steady pace in the second week of early voting. The Secretary of the State's latest daily release, covering totals through October 28, puts the statewide count at 349,546 votes cast through all methods. Of those, 305,032 came in person during early voting, and 44,514 absentee ballots had been returned out of 69,764 issued.

October 28 alone added 32,011 early votes. By party registration, Democrats cast 13,393 of the day's early votes, unaffiliated voters cast 10,902, Republicans cast 7,257, and voters registered with other parties cast 459. Cumulatively, Democrats account for 151,784 early votes, unaffiliated voters 91,458, Republicans 57,797, and other parties 3,993. Same-day registration brought 3,192 more early voters into the count.

Absentee returns break down along similar lines: 22,951 ballots from Democrats, 12,839 from unaffiliated voters, 8,131 from Republicans, and 593 from other parties. West Hartford leads the state's towns in early votes with 6,733, followed by Norwalk with 6,195 and Milford with 6,021.

A few cautions come with the numbers. The figures are preliminary, and towns report on different schedules, so the state revises them as reports come in. Party registration describes who voted, not how anyone voted — ballots are secret. And the release lists only the ten towns with the most early votes, so there is no Brookfield-specific figure in it.

Early voting continues through Sunday, November 1. After that, the next chance to vote is Election Day, Tuesday, November 3.