Early Voting by the Numbers: October 29

Connecticut's early voting totals kept climbing through October 29. According to the Secretary of the State's latest release, 394,407 votes had been cast statewide through all methods by that date.

Early in-person voting accounts for most of that total: 347,279 early votes, including 42,003 cast on October 29 alone. Absentee ballots add the rest, with 47,128 returned out of 70,842 issued.

By party registration, early voters so far break down as 169,667 Democrats, 67,182 Republicans, 105,851 unaffiliated voters, and 4,579 voters registered with other parties. Another 4,043 early voters registered the same day they voted. Party registration describes who has voted, not how anyone voted; ballots are secret.

The release also lists the ten towns with the most early votes to date: West Hartford (7,671), Norwalk (7,155), Milford (6,801), Stamford (6,564), Fairfield (6,526), Hamden (6,143), Stratford (6,064), Greenwich (5,402), Southington (5,297), and Manchester (5,287). Brookfield is not among the top ten, so the release gives no Brookfield-specific figure.

These figures are preliminary and subject to change, since towns report on different schedules and the Secretary of the State revises totals as reports come in.

The window to vote early is nearly closed. Early voting in Brookfield runs Saturday, October 31, and Sunday, November 1, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Town Hall Meeting Room 133, 100 Pocono Road. There is no early voting on Monday, November 2. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, with polls open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.