Deadline to register to vote extended to Nov 1

The deadline to register has been extended to Thursday, November 1st at 8pm. 

Sherman Registrar of Voters Sheila McMahon says if you want to participate in the November 6th election, you need to present either a drivers license or social security card as ID.  Plans as of Saturday were for all of the registrar's offices in the state to be open on Tuesday from 9am to 8pm.  That was when Tuesday at 8pm was the deadline.

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill says this is going to be a very high turnout election and urges anyone thinking about the very important issues facing municipalities, the state and the country--to register to vote now while you still can so your voice can be heard.

Merrill says barring any last-minute withdrawals, the list of candidates for the general election is now set.  Write-in candidates do not appear on the ballot, but voting machines are programmed to accept votes for write-ins if they are registered with the Secretary of the State. 

The following is a complete list of registered write-in candidates for political office in Connecticut in 2012:
 

Office                                                         Candidate

President of the United States             Stephen Durham

Vice Pres. of the United States            Christina Lopez


President of the United States            James E. Harris

Vice Pres. of the United States            Maura Deluca


President of the United States            Tom Hoefling

Vice Pres. of the United States          Jonathan Ellis


President of the United States            Raymond Sizemore

Vice Pres. of the United States           Vicki Tomalin


President of the United States            Jill Stein

Vice Pres. of the United States          Cheri Honkala


President of the United States            Gerald Warner

Vice Pres. of the United States           Ricky A. Hood
 

                                U.S. Senate            Michael D. Adams

                               U.S. Senate             Matthew Coleman

                               U.S. Senate             Rajat Hodja

                               U.S. Senate             Peter Rumbin

                               U.S. Senate             Jeff Russell

                               U.S. Senate             John Traceski

                               U.S. Senate             Michael Vasile

     3rd Congressional District               Hector W. Concepcion, Jr.
 
     3rd Congressional District               Stephen “Steve” Packard
     

      5th Congressional District              Russ Jaeger

      5th Congressional District               John Pistone
        

         State Senate - District #7             Elizabeth Traceski

      State Senate – District #21             John M. Dempsey

       State Senate – District #26             Remy Chevalier
 

State Representative – District #24             Ruslan Vasyliv

State Representative – District #34             William “Bill” Devine

State Representative – District #43             William B. Cutler
 

Registrar of Voters – Bridgeport            David N. Moore