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Election Day History

​Election Day refers to the day on which general elections are held.  This day is always held on the first Tuesday in November in the US.
Election Day Top Events and Things to Do
  • Register to vote prior to Election Day
    ~ To download a mail-in voter registration form, please click [HERE].  
  • Attend a local polling place and cast your vote.
    ~ For a list of where to vote "Street by Street" just please click [HERE].
  • Absentee Voting - [Mail-In Voter Registration Form]
  • Be informed about the candidates and new amendments on the ballot before you vote.
  • Attend an election day party!
​​Election Day Facts & Quotes
  • Elections held for federal offices only occur on even-numbered years.  
  • There is no law in the Constitution or Federal mandate which requires electorates to vote in accordance with the popular vote of their state.
  • There are 538 electoral college members. In order to win the vote for President of the United States, a candidate must obtain at least 270 of these votes.
  • Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual--or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country. - Samuel Adams, The Writings of Samuel Adams, Harry Alonzo Cushing, editor (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1907), Vol. IV, p. 256.

Torrington CT Polling Places:

Redistricting
Due to redistricting, Torrington is now split between the 63rd, 64th and 65th assembly districts, the 8th and 30th senatorial districts, and the 1st and 5th congressional districts.
  • District 1 63-8-1Middle School
    200 Middle School Dr.
  • District 264-30-1Coe Park
    1101 Litchfield St.
  • District 365-30-1Coe Park
    2101 Litchfield St.
  • District 463-30-1Torringford School
    1631 Torringford West St.
  • District 565-30-5Torringford School
    2631 Torringford West St.
  • District 664-8-1City Hall
    1140 Main St.
  • District 765-8-1City Hall
    2140 Main St.
  • District 865-8-5Armory
    ​153 South Main St.