The town’s seven voting districts will be open for voters tomorrow (Tuesday) as voters decide on the next Republican candidate for Governor, Lt. Governor and Comptroller. Either Tom Foley or John McKinney will emerge as the gubernatorial candidate to square off against Governor Dannel P. Malloy in the November election. The polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
Registered Republicans will be able to vote in Tuesday’s primary. (There is no primary race for Democrats.) Unaffiliated and unregistered voters still have to time to vote in the primary if you do so by noon Monday at the town clerk’s office at Town Hall. There are emergency absentee ballot applications on line for this primary. Click here for the emergency application, which may only be submitted within six days of the primary or the election. Click here for an absentee ballot application in English. Click here for an absentee ballot in Spanish. They will be counted as long as they are received by 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 12th, the time the polls close.
Click here to find your street and where your polling place is located.
As of November 2013, there were more than 18,000 voters in Branford, with unaffiliated voters constituting the largest bloc at 9,186. There were 2,888 Republicans and 5,996 Democrats at the time of the November 2013 election. Here is a map of the districts.
Typically an August primary does not draw long voter lines but this primary may be different. McKinney visited Branford last week. Click here to read the story. .
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When you arrive at your polling address, remember to bring your ID, for example, a driver’s license. If you do not have a driver’s license, you may use a bank statement or utility bill as long as it was sent to your address.
There are three party-endorsed candidates: Foley, Penny Bacchiochi for Lt. Governor and Sharon J. McLaughlin for Comptroller. The other candidates for Lt. Governor are David M. Walker, a former U.S. comptroller general and Heather B. Somers, the former mayor of Groton.
Foley has not aligned himself with any Lt. Governor candidate, preferring to let the voters decide. McKinney is running with Walker.
District Polling Places
Here are the addresses of polling places by district:
• 1st District: Recreation Department Community House, 46 Church St.
• 2nd District: St. Therese Church, 105 Leetes Island Rd.
• 3rd District: Orchard House Adult Day Care Center, 421 Shore Dr.
• 4th District: Branford Hills School, 80 Burban Dr.
• 5th District: Indian Neck School, 12 Melrose Ave.
• 6th District: Mary Murphy School, 14 Brushy Plain Rd.
• 7th District: Walsh Intermediate School, 185 Damascus Rd.
For more information or questions, contact the Branford Registrar of Voters at 203 – 483-3998 or the Town Clerk’s Office at 203 – 315-0678.
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