Nearly 3,000 Residents Registered to Vote on Election Day 2013

A news release from the Secretary of the State's Office:

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill on Thursday released comprehensive statewide figures that show nearly 3,000 Connecticut voters used Election Day Registration to register and cast ballots in the 2013 municipal elections.  

Election Day Registration (EDR) became available for Connecticut voters for the first time on Nov. 5, 2013, after being enacted by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the Connecticut General Assembly in 2012.  

The figures released today are part of a comprehensive report on EDR being prepared for the Connecticut General Assembly as required by state law, due Feb. 1, 2014. Secretary Merrill estimates that 2,900 Connecticut voters in 169 cities and towns were able to register and vote on Election Day Nov. 5, 2013. Secretary Merrill’s estimate is based on municipal head moderators’ reports and additional research by Secretary of the State Office staff.  

The municipality with the highest number of EDR voters was New Haven, where 202 citizens registered and voted on Election Day, followed by New Britain, with 164 EDR voters. See below for a complete listing of collected figures. 

“Voting is a fundamental American right, and Connecticut’s new Election Day registration law made it possible for almost 3,000 new voters across our state to exercise that right.  That is something we can all celebrate,” said Secretary Merrill, Connecticut’s chief elections official.  “The data speaks for itself; Election Day Registration is both popular and reliable, and my office did not receive any reports or complaints of concern as this law was implemented.”

The following reflects estimated Election Day Registration numbers gathered from the reports of municipal head moderators on Election Day, combined with individual outreach to towns that did not report EDR totals and numbers of new voters added to the computerized Connecticut Voter Registration System on Nov. 5, 2013.

The number of voters who registered on Election Day 2013, alphabetically by town:

• Ansonia, 2
• Ashford, 7
• Avon, 22
• Barkhamsted, 2
• Beacon Falls, 7
• Berlin, 5
• Bethel, 19
• Bethlehem, 6
• Bloomfield, 19
• Bolton, 5
• Bozrah, 7
• Branford, 23
• Bridgeport, 34
• Bridgewater, 11
• Bristol, 33
• Brookfield, 15
• Brooklyn, 18
• Burlington, 5
• Canaan, 3
• Canterbury, 13
• Canton, 3
• Chaplin, 2
• Cheshire, 29
• Chester, 1
• Clinton, 0
• Colchester, 10
• Colebrook, 3
• Columbia, 7
• Cornwall, 1
• Coventry, 5
• Cromwell, 21
• Danbury, 36
• Darien, 19
• Deep River, 4
• Derby, 11
• Durham, 3
• East Granby, 0
• East Haddam, 5
• East Hampton, 20
• East Hartford, 16
• East Haven, 27
• East Lyme, 21
• East Windsor, 2
• Eastford, 0
• Easton, 8
• Ellington, 5
• Enfield, 14
• Essex, 1
• Fairfield, 33
• Farmington, 22
• Franklin, 1
• Glastonbury, 23
• Goshen, 3
• Granby, 8
• Greenwich, 40
• Griswold, 7
• Groton, 29
• Guilford, 25
• Haddam, 9
• Hamden, 36
• Hampton, 5
• Hartford, 40
• Hartland, 1
• Harwinton, 16
• Hebron, 7
• Kent, 0
• Killingly, 12
• Killingworth, 7
• Lebanon, 6
• Ledyard, 12
• Lisbon, 5
• Litchfield, 2
• Lyme, 1
• Madison, 18
• Manchester, 25
• Mansfield, 41
• Marlborough, 3
• Meriden, 22
• Middlebury, 3
• Middlefield, 5
• Middletown, 37
• Milford, 40
• Monroe, 15
• Montville, 12
• Morris, 4
• Naugatuck, 35
• New Britain, 164
• New Canaan, 12
• New Fairfield, 8
• New Hartford, 30
• New Haven, 202
• New London, 58
• New Milford, 11
• Newington, 24
• Newtown, 6
• Norfolk, 0
• North Branford, 10
• North Canaan, 5
• North Haven, 10
• North Stonington, 12
• Norwalk, 81
• Norwich, 23
• Old Lyme, 4
• Old Saybrook, 5
• Orange, 40
• Oxford, 10
• Plainfield, 4
• Plainville, 7
• Plymouth, 12
• Pomfret, 4
• Portland, 1
• Preston, 3
• Prospect, 13
• Putnam, 8
• Redding, 9
• Ridgefield, 11
• Rocky Hill, 16
• Roxbury, 3
• Salem, 8
• Salisbury, 15
• Scotland, 0
• Seymour, 14
• Sharon, 12
• Shelton, 30
• Sherman, 9
• Simsbury, 18
• Somers, 11
• South Windsor, 22
• Southbury, 26
• Southington, 41
• Sprague, 12
• Stafford, 20
• Stamford, 61
• Sterling, 24
• Stonington, 25
• Stratford, 40
• Suffield, 15
• Thomaston, 9
• Thompson, 8
• Tolland, 5
• Torrington, 30
• Trumbull, 29
• Vernon, 31
• Voluntown, 3
• Wallingford, 43
• Warren, 11
• Washington, 4
• Waterbury, 39
• Waterford, 9
• Watertown, 37
• West Hartford, 36
• West Haven, 62
• Westbrook, 8
• Weston, 22
• Westport, 34
• Wethersfield, 12
• Willington, 5
• Wilton, 6
• Winchester, 16
• Windham, 20
• Windsor Locks, 6
• Windsor, 20
• Wolcott, 35
• Woodbury, 9
• Woodstock, 2 

Total: 2,900