ABSENTEE BALLOT: Click Here for Absentee Ballot Process Information

Connecticut law allows you to receive an absentee ballot if, in your judgement, an absence from your town on Election Day prevents you from appearing at your polling place, or you are prevented from appearing at your assigned polling place on Election Day due to sickness or physical disability (not necessarily your sickness or disability), active service in the Military, religious tenets forbid secular activity on the day of the election, duties as an election official at a polling place other than  your own during all hours of voting.

First, an application must be completed by the person requesting an absentee ballot.  Once the application is received by the Town Clerk's office, a ballot will be mailed to you.  Please note that ballots CANNOT be given to anyone other than the requestor.  

• 2025 Application for Absentee Ballot – complete and print an APPLICATION from the Secretary of State's website, sign with a wet signature and MAIL to our office: Berlin Town Clerk, 240 Kensington Road, Berlin, CT  06037

• Connecticut Online Absentee Ballot Request Portal - the Secretary of State's office has developed this online portal which allows you to request your BALLOT online.  The Town Clerk's office will be notified of requests and ballots will be mailed out within 24 hours.

Permanent Absentee Ballot 

If you have a disability that prevents you from voting in person, and you obtain a letter from your physician stating this, you may be eligible for a Permanent Absentee Ballot.  For more information, please call the Town Clerk's office at 860-828-7036.

General Election Information

• Register to Vote Online - Connecticut Secretary of State's online registration system.
• Secretary of the State - Election Information
• Click For Statewide Election Results via the Secretary of State's Website
• Board of Education members placement after Election - memorandum of understanding 

For more information on Elections, please visit the Registrar of Voter's page.