Election Day Is Tuesday: What Brookfield Voters Can Expect

Tuesday, November 3, is Election Day in Connecticut, and polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you already voted early or returned an absentee ballot, you are done — the system records it, and you cannot vote again on Tuesday.

Monday is the gap day: there is no early voting on November 2, and it is also the deadline to request an absentee ballot. If you still hold an absentee ballot, it must reach the Town Clerk by 8 p.m. on Election Day to be counted.

The ballot itself is a federal-and-state ballot this year — nine offices, all vote for one, with no town offices and no ballot questions. Brookfield is split between two state Senate districts: voters in Districts 1 and 2 vote in the 30th District race, and voters in District 3 vote in the 32nd District race. Because Connecticut allows fusion voting, some candidates appear on more than one party line; voting on any one line counts once for that candidate.

For the full rundown — including where to check your polling place and your sample ballot through the state's voter lookup — see the Current's election-day guide.

The weather cooperates: Tuesday looks mostly sunny with a high near 68, so the trip to the polls should be a pleasant one. And if the kids come along, the Brookfield Library has an Election Day program of its own: Bubbles & Ballots, an arts-and-crafts session for ages 3 and up, runs Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the library's Community Room.

Results come after the polls close at 8 p.m. — the Current will carry the local picture in Wednesday's edition.