Connecticut Becomes One of the Last States to Allow Early Voting After Years of Debate

A sign reminding voters they can cast their votes early in Stonington, Conn., on March 27, 2024, in the April 2 presidential primary in Connecticut was placed outside the Stonington Town Hall. Susan Haigh/AP Photo

STONINGTON, Conn.—For the first time, Connecticut has allowed people to cast ballots early, in person, ahead of an election, years after almost every other state in the country offered voters that option.

Saturday marks the final day of early voting before Tuesday’s presidential primary and turnout so far has been light. After the first three days of voting—there was no early voting on Friday because of the Good Friday holiday—13,476 voters out of more than 1.2 million registered Democrats and Republicans had cast their ballots in person.