Primaries:
- Congressional and state primaries: closed
- Presidential primaries: closed
PRIMARY ELECTIONS STATE BY STATE
Connecticut
Registration:
- Voters may or may not choose to affiliate with a political party, however, affiliation with a party is required to vote in primary elections.
- 41% of registered voters in Connecticut are unaffiliated.
Details of voting in congressional and state primary elections:
- Voters must affiliate with a party to vote on that party's primary ballot.
- If a party affiliated voter wants to change parties, they must do so three months before the primary election.
- If you are an unaffiliated voter and want to register as a Democrat or Republican to vote in one of the party's primaries, you must complete a new voter registration form and your new affiliation is effective immediately.
- Connecticut has a form of same day registration, but it is often a different location from the polling places.