Connecticut primary

The votes are in for the presidential primary and there were no surprises. President Donald Trump won the Republican bid and Joe Biden won the Democratic ticket. Results are still coming in for other races in the state. This was the first year we’ve had a ballot box to drop in an absentee ballot and these boxes were seeing...

As many as 300,000 people requested an absentee ballot during the primary election.

Hundreds of thousands of voters requested absentee ballots for the primary, while others still chose to head to the polls Tuesday.

Eversource is working to restore power to Connecticut polling places before the primary on Tuesday. As of 10 a.m. Monday morning, seven polling places remain without power. Officials from the Secretary of the State’s Office said Union all town halls have connectivity except in Union, Sterling, Plainfield, Colebrook, Colchester, Ashford and Salem. They said Frontier is physically at all...

Voters will be casting votes Tuesday for the primary and some polling places do not have power.

Connecticut voters will rubber-stamp the presidential nominees and decide a number of down-ballot races Tuesday, but the result everyone will be watching for is how the primary itself comes off. Local election officials will have to count an unusually large number of absentee ballots, and coronavirus safety measures will be taken at polling places, making Tuesday a dress rehearsal for…

Bloomfield Town Councilwoman Danielle Wong had to collect over 350 signatures to get her name on the ballot for Connecticut’s 15th House district after the party’s endorsement went to incumbent Bobby Gibson. “We have had so many challenges getting face-to-face interaction,” said Wong, referring to the social distancing measures created by the coronavirus pandemic. She described the safety precautions...

Candidates across Connecticut are having to find new ones to get creative and campaign for the primary election.