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Absentee Ballot Information

Please click here to visit the Secretary of the State's website for information on Absentee Voting.

How to request an application for an Absentee Ballot 

Returning your Absentee Ballot Application

  •  SECURE BALLOT DROP BOX – Applications may be deposited in the secure ballot dropbox located in front of Town Hall, 1540 Sullivan Avenue, South Windsor, CT.
  •  BY MAIL – Applications can be mailed to the South Windsor Town Clerk, 1540 Sullivan Avenue, South Windsor, CT 06074.
  •  IN PERSON - Applications may be delivered in person to the Town Clerk’s office during normal business hours.

Returning your Absentee Ballot***

You may return your Absentee Ballot using the same methods described above for returning an Absentee Ballot Application. 

***If I have an illness or disability, may someone return my absentee ballot for me?

Yes, an immediate family member who lives with the voter (such as a spouse, child, parent, or sibling) or a designee caring for a voter with an illness or disability—including, but not limited to, a doctor or nurse—can return an absentee ballot. The only other legal designees are a town police officer, Registrar of Voters, Deputy Registrar of Voters, or Assistant Registrar of Voters. See C.G.S. 9-140b (a) (b).

What is the deadline for returning absentee ballots?

To be counted, absentee ballots must be received by the close of polls on the day of the election, which is 8:00 p.m.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  You and any person you ask to distribute applications must register with the Town Clerk before distributing 5 or more absentee ballot applications. CGS Sec. 9-140(k) Applications given to your immediate family do not count toward the "5 or more."

Permanent Absentee Ballot Status

Public Act 12-57, “An Act Concerning Permanent Absentee Ballot Status for the Permanently Physically Disabled” created permanent absentee balloting status for certain individuals effective January 1, 2013. (CGS Sec 9-140e)

Eligibility

To be eligible for permanent absentee ballot status, a voter must file with the Town Clerk an absentee ballot application along with a doctor’s certificate stating that the voter has a permanent physical disability OR a long-term illness and is unable to appear in person at his or her polling location.  The doctor’s note should be on the doctor’s letterhead. There is no prescribed form. The doctor’s note and absentee ballot application will satisfy the requirement of the law.

Permanent absent ballot status enables the voter to receive an absentee ballot for each election and primary in the municipality in which they are eligible to vote. 

In January of each year, the Registrar of Voters will send a written notice to each voter with permanent absentee ballot status to determine if the voter continues to reside at the address on the permanent absentee ballot application.