Early voting for Connecticut's August 11 primary runs Monday, August 3 through Sunday, August 9, in the third-floor training room at Farmington Town Hall, 20 Monteith Drive.
Note the address. That is the new Town Hall, the former Farmington High School, which opened in May. Last year's early voting was held in the pavilion behind the old building. The town says signs will be posted, which is a plan the 1928 Building Committee spent part of June developing.
Your ballot
Whichever party you belong to, you get exactly one contest.
Democrats vote for governor:
- Ned Lamont, the incumbent, who carried the party endorsement with roughly 75 percent of convention delegates
- Josh Elliott, a state representative from Hamden
Republicans vote for Congress, in the 5th District, which covers all of Farmington:
- Chris Shea, a firefighter and former Navy SEAL, who holds the party endorsement
- Jonathan De Barros, a community activist
That is the entire ballot. There is no Republican primary for governor, no contested statewide race below it, and no primary in the state legislative districts that cover Farmington. If you have been following the four-way Democratic brawl in the 1st Congressional District, where John Larson faces Luke Bronin, Jillian Gilchrest and Ruth Fortune, note that Farmington is in the 5th. You cannot vote in that one.
The hours, which change by day
- Mon 8/3: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Tue 8/4: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Wed 8/5: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Thu 8/6: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Fri 8/7: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Sat 8/8: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Sun 8/9: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday are the only days you can vote before ten or after six.
Whether you can vote at all
Connecticut runs closed primaries, and this is where most of Farmington gets stopped.
As of the town's most recent published count, September 2025, Farmington had 18,888 active voters: 6,269 Democrats, 4,205 Republicans, 8,144 unaffiliated and 270 in minor parties. That leaves 10,474 people, about 55.5 percent, eligible to vote Tuesday. The other 8,414 are not.
Three deadlines govern this, and two have already closed.
- Unaffiliated and want to vote early: you needed to enroll in a party by noon on July 31. That has passed.
- Unaffiliated and want to vote on primary day: you can still enroll until noon on Monday, August 10, then vote August 11. Unaffiliated voters gain party privileges immediately.
- Already in a party, including a minor one, and want to switch: your deadline was May 11. Connecticut requires a three-month wait after any party change, so there is no path into this primary.
Enroll at the state's registration portal or in person at the Registrar of Voters office, 20 Monteith Drive, 860-675-2367. Check your current status at the state's voter lookup.
If you wait until Tuesday
Primary day is not in the training room. Polls run 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at neighborhood locations: Irving Robbins Middle School and West Woods Upper Elementary in District 1; the police department, the Community/Senior Center and the Municipal Campus in District 2.
Confirm yours first. Those are the town's standing general-election assignments, towns routinely consolidate polling places for a low-turnout primary, and Farmington has not published a primary-specific list. Call 860-675-2367 or use the state lookup before you drive anywhere.
Absentee
Any registered voter may vote absentee, for any reason. Ballots come through the Town Clerk's Office, 860-675-2380. Request by August 10. A completed ballot must be in hand by 8 p.m. on August 11. Received, not postmarked.
For scale: the last August primary here drew 296 votes.
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