Eligible 黑料吃瓜网 voters can cast their ballots early through this Sunday for Tuesday's state-level party primaries.
Throughout the week, starting on Monday, early voting locations opened statewide ahead of the Aug. 13 election thanks to requiring at least one early voting location in every 黑料吃瓜网 municipality ahead of election days.
In the town of Hamden, that location was Miller Library, where voters could cast an early ballot on 鈥� including Democratic primaries for state representative and a Republican race to decide whether or will face off against incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy in the fall.
The goal of early, in-person voting is to cast a ballot. But the requirements in 黑料吃瓜网 can also pull at poll workers鈥� bandwidth.
鈥淭he hours are long,鈥� said Edward John Broderick, an election moderator in Hamden. 鈥淚 work 10 to 12 hours a day, every day for seven days, and then in October, it'll be 14 days. And so I don't see my children all that often.鈥�
He says so far, there鈥檚 been a good turnout for early voting in the town. 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 first foray into early voting was in March when only 18,000 voters out of an eligible 1.2 million showed up for early voting.
The Secretary of the State鈥檚 office previously said that these early voting days are also a chance to test a new voting system and its staffing levels before elections such as the one in November.
Jonathan Stewart said he has worked at the polls for a number of years, but this is his first time doing so in Hamden. Seeing democracy in action is a highlight, along with seeing the turnout so far.
鈥淭here's a lot of people that fought for the right to vote 鈥� so to see people come out, and exercise their right, that was hard to get for a lot of people,鈥� Stewart said. 鈥淚 just appreciate the process.鈥�
Eligible Democrat and Republican voters looking to cast their ballots early and in person for the state-level primaries can do so until 6 p.m. Friday, and between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
There will be no early voting on Monday, but polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day. More information on early voting can be found .
