Absentee Ballots

Absentee ballots may be requested for any of the following reasons:

illness or physical disability;
absence from Washington during voting hours;
religious belief forbidding secular activity on Election Day;
active military service; or
the need to serve as an election official at another polling place during all the hours of voting.

You must apply for an absentee ballot. Application forms are available at the Town Clerk’s office in Bryan Memorial Town Hall, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 AM through 4:30 PM (860-868-2786). You can also request forms by telephone from the office of the Connecticut Secretary of State (860-509-6200).

Forms can also be downloaded online from Secretary of State.

Voters need not apply in person. Parents may request applications for children who are away at school; adult children may request applications for elderly parents. If someone, such as a nursing home staff member, requests over ten applications, a list of voters to whom the forms will be given is required.

When using the mail for any part of the process, leave sufficient time before Election Day for the application to be received by you; the completed ballot to be mailed out by you; and the mailed ballot to be delivered to the Town Clerk no later than Election Day. For ballots being mailed overseas, express mail postage should be included with the application. Express mail postage should also be included if timing is an issue.

As soon as they are available in October, absentee ballots for an election will be given or mailed to those who submit a completed application form, signed by a qualified voter. Absentee ballots for a referendum will be available at Town Hall two days after the Town Meeting that established the referendum date.