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Merrill: No Democratic Presidential Primary; Four Candidates for GOP Contest

The Secretary of the State announced Monday that no challenger had turned in a primary petition to run against incumbent President Barack Obama by the March 2 deadline.

Connecticut's Secretary of the State Denise Merrill announced Monday that the state would not be holding a Democratic Presidential Preference Primary, and that a GOP primary was on track for April 24, 2012.

No Democratic candidate turned in a primary petition to challenge current President Barack Obama for the berth as the party's candidate for the office by the Friday, March 2, deadline, according to a statement from Merrill's office.

Registered Republicans will get the chance to choose their preferred candidate on April 24, 2012 – on the ballot will be Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul.

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The Secretary of the State's Office provided the following information to highlight important dates in the runup to the primary:

  • Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - Merrill will determine the order of all candidates on the ballot by randomly drawing their names in a public ceremony.
  • Thursday, April 19, 2012 - the mail-in deadline for new voters, and for unaffiliated voters, to enroll in a party for voting in its primary. For new voters, mail-in applications must be postmarked, or received by Registrar of Voters or voter registration agency, by this date. For unaffiliated voters, the mail-in application must be received (not merely postmarked) by the Registrar of Voters by this deadline.
  • Monday, April 23, 2012 at noon is the in-person deadline for new and unaffiliated voters to register in a party for voting in the primary.
  • Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - Polls will be open for Connecticut voters registered with a major party from 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. for the Presidential Preference primary. Connecticut will be part of a regional primary, as voters in New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Delaware will also be heading to the polls that day.
  •  The complete calendar for the primary can be found online at www.sots.ct.gov

For a list of voting districts, including a street by street list, visit the website by clicking the link provided.

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