Secretary Of The State's Office: Election Day Is Tuesday

This article corrects the percentage seen in Southington for local elections, which is 30 percent.

Rumors have been swirling throughout Connecticut - even in communities that never lost power - that Election Day would be rescheduled from Tuesday, Nov. 8 because of the remaining electricity outages caused by the October snowstorm.

This is not true, according to Av Harris, spokesman for the Secretary of the State's office.

"We have had zero requests from any community to postone" Election Day, Harris said Friday afternoon.

Robert Sherman, Republican Registrar of Voters, said the town is still expecting a larger turnout, partially due to the $85 million referendum regarding renovation plans for the DePaolo and Kennedy Middle Schools.

"We typically see around a 30 percent turnout for location elections, but we expect more interest with the referendum question this year," Sherman said.

Southington voters will be able to vote at their local district locations, which are available by clicking on the link provided. Those who typically would vote at the North Center School are being redirected due to construction. Click on the link below to see where your polling place is.

Streets/Polling Places allows you to download an Excell File that will tell you what streets are included in each voting district. Some streets are included in several districts, so be sure to look at the street numbers.

Monday is the last day to reigster to vote in person. Go to the office at to register.

Harris said the secretary of the state's office has been in close communication with registrars of voters throughout Connecticut, via a series of conference calls.

Additionally, Harris said, because Election Day is part of state law ("the Tuesday after the first Monday of November," according to the statute), to change it would require a court order.

"If a community wanted to postone, they would have to do it through the courts," Harris said. "A judge would have to look at that." He said there has never been an instance where an election was not held because of weather-created problems.

"You can run a polling place with no electricity," he said. If generators and battery packs cannot be used or don't last long enough, Harris said voters can fill out paper ballots.He said the governor has the National Guard and state crews out clearing roads of debris and trees.

He also said that CL&P is aware of all polling locations in communities that are still suffering outages.