Absentee Ballot applications can be picked up in the West Hartford Town Clerk’s office and are also available online.

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Town Clerk Essie Labrot announced that absentee ballots are now available in the Town Clerk’s office for the April 26, 2016 Presidential Primary.

In order to vote in this Primary, you must be a Registered Democrat or Republican. If you are Unaffiliated, you have until noon on Monday, April 25 to register with either Party.

If you will be out of town or not able to make it to the polls on April 26 due to illness, disability, military service, election duties or religious reasons, you are eligible to vote by absentee ballot.

Applications may be picked up in the clerk’s office or downloaded off of the Town Clerk’s website, under www.westhartfordct.gov. Once applications are received, ballots are mailed out within the next day. You may also come in person to do the application and receive your ballot. Please note, that each person who applies for an application must sign it with an original signature. Parents cannot sign for their child, or spouses for each other.

The Town Clerk’s office is open: Monday and Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Thursday from 8:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 a.m. – noon. The office will have extended hours on Fridays for this month until 4:30 p.m. for the purpose of distributing Absentee Ballots.

For further information on Registering to vote, please call the Registrar of Voter’s office at 860-561-7451, and for Absentee Ballot information, the Town Clerk’s office at 860-561- 7430.