Avon, Connecticut Public Records

The registration deadline is 7 days before an election for mail or in-person registration; online registration closes at 11:59 PM on the seventh day before election day. Voters must provide a Connecticut driver's license or ID card number, or the last four digits of their Social Security number. Municipal elections occur in odd-numbered years (2025, 2027, etc.) for Town Council, Board of Education, and other local offices; the next municipal election is November 2025. Connecticut does not have direct mayoral elections in most towns; the community is governed by a Town Council with a Town Manager. State and federal elections occur in even-numbered years. To find their assigned polling place, residents can visit the Secretary of State's polling place lookup at portaldir.ct.gov/sots/LookUp.aspx or call the Registrars of Voters. The town typically has four voting districts with polling locations including Avon Middle School, Avon Town Hall, Pine Grove School, and Thompson Brook School. In the November 2024 presidential election, Hartford County recorded approximately 62% voter turnout with over 530,000 ballots cast from roughly 855,000 registered voters; Avon typically exceeds county turnout averages, often reaching 75-80% in presidential years. On November 3, 2026, Connecticut voters will decide several important races: U.S. House of Representatives (all seats including Connecticut's 5th District which includes Avon), Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Comptroller, Attorney General, all 151 State House seats, all odd-numbered State Senate seats (18 total), and potentially local referenda. No Connecticut Senate seat is up in 2026; the next is in 2028. Connecticut allows early voting as of 2023, with early voting periods beginning 14 days before election day. Absentee ballots are available for any reason; applications can be submitted online through the Secretary of State's website at portal.ct.gov/SOTS/Election-Services/Absentee-Voting or by requesting a form from the Town Clerk. Absentee ballot applications must be received by the day before the election (or by election day for illness/disability). Public election records in Connecticut include voter registration lists (available for political purposes with restrictions), campaign finance reports (searchable at seec.ct.gov for state races), candidate filings, and precinct-level election results (available at portal.ct.gov/SOTS/Election-Services/Election-Results and on the town website). Connecticut General Statutes Section 9-35 governs public access to voter information. The Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission oversees campaign finance reporting and ethics compliance.