Shelton residents and members of Shelton's business community:
The most important election of our lifetime and probably in the history of our country is less than 20 days away. If you have not already registered to vote, I encourage you to do so.
Please note: the deadline to register to vote in Connecticut was by 8 p.m. on Friday, October 18. For those whose qualification as to age, citizenship or residence was attained since October 18, 2024, a limited in-person voter registration session will be held Monday, November 4, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (per Conn. State Statute 9-17) for the purposes of admitting the above who are seeking to vote on November 5 .
Election Day Voter registration: If the deadline for registering to vote is missed, a person meeting all the voter qualifications may register and vote in person on Election Day at the Richard O. Belden Cultural Center, Second Floor, 54 Grove Street, from 6 a.m. – 8 p.m.
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ADDITIONAL VOTER INFORMATION,
HOW TO SEE A BALLOT SAMPLE AND
INFORMATION ABOUT THE THREE QUESTIONS ON THIS YEAR'S BALLOT
I cannot stress enough how the core values of our nation are on the line in this November’s election.
The United States has been converted into an almost a totalitarian society by Democrats building a bureaucratic juggernaut in the federal and state governments. They are holding us hostage and stifling our educational, financial, and religious potential by keeping a thumb on our creativity and a foot on capitalism and our rights to worship freely.
They have removed everyone's ability to choose the life of freedom our forefathers had promised us. Government has invaded every segment of our lives. And under a democratic regime it will only get worse. Trump has proposed to remove regulations at even a greater rate than he did in 2016 which made our economy and lives were more stable and inflation did not stifle our ability to thrive.
Harris has already stated she wants government to be able to enter your homes to see what guns and ammo you may have, and where and whether or not you store your guns properly -- an unlawful act under the Second and Fourth Amendments. Only the sky is the limit on how far they will go to disrupt our lives and maybe even prosecute you and I. This is ONLY the tip -- but a very serious one -- of the iceberg of regulations coming down the pike to control our lives.
The simple solution is to get your family, friends and your community to support all the endorsed Republican candidates by voting for all the candidates on Row B and by:
1. Making a donation to these endorsed Republican candidates to help with the expense of getting their message to voters --
* President Donald J. Trump: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/
* U.S. Senate candidate Matt Corey:
website: https://coreyforsenate.com/
donations: https://secure.anedot.com/cose/c7e3f83058f0f61d1c2a9
* U.S. House of Representatives District 3 candidate Michael Massey:
website: https://www.masseyforcongress.com/
* U.S. House of Representative District 4 candidate Dr. Michael Goldstein:
website: https://goldsteinforcongress.com/
2. Displaying candidate signs on your lawn.
3. Calling, texting, emailing and using social media to confirm that your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and business
associates are registered to vote, know where to vote and when they can vote.
4. Volunteering to provide rides and assist with providing absentee ballots as needed.
5. Volunteering to campaign outside a polling location on November 5.
Make a plan today to help return REPUBLICAN candidates to office to bring common sense and less government back to our lives.
For further information about lawn signs, absentee ballots, your voting location, working at the polls, please contact the Shelton Republican Town Committee at sheltonrtc@gmail.com.
Thank you,
Anthony F. Simonetti, Chairman
Shelton Republican Town Committee
VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION
A person registering to vote in Shelton must:
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be a United States citizen.
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be a Shelton resident.
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be at least 17 years old and must turn 18 before Election Day.
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have completed confinement and parole of a felony if previously convicted
There are four ways to REGISTER to vote:
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online
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by mail
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in person
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on Election Day
Online Voter registration: To register online, you must have a valid driver’s license, learner’s permit or non-driver photo identification card issued by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and a signature on file with the DMV. Please use this link for online registration:
https://voterregistration.ct.gov/OLVR/welcome.do
If you need to change your name and/or address, the online registration system can also be used to change your name and/or address on your current registration record (especially if you have moved into OR to a different Shelton address) OR to enroll in a political party OR to change your party enrollment.
By mail Voter registration: A voter registration form in English is available online at:
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/2024/ed-671-non-coded-english-5-24.pdf
A voter registration form in Spanish is available online at:
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/2024/ed-671-non-coded-spanish-5-24.pdf
Print out the form, follow all the instructions to complete and return it to the Registrar of Voters office at 54 Grove Street, Second Floor, Shelton, CT 06484.
In person Voter registration: The Registrar of Voters office is located in the Richard O. Belden Center, 54 Grove Street, Second Floor. Office hours are 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday – Friday, until Friday, November 1. On Monday, November 4, office will be 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
A special in-person voter registration session will be held Friday, October 18 from 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
On Monday, November 4, a limited in-person voter registration session will be held from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (per Conn. State Statute 9-17) for the purposes of admitting those seeking to vote on November 5 whose qualification as to age, citizenship or residence was attained since October 18, 2024.
Election Day Voter registration: If the deadline for registering to vote is missed, a person meeting all the voter qualifications may register and vote in person on Election Day at the Richard O. Belden Cultural Center, Second Floor, 54 Grove Street from 6 a.m. – 8 p.m.
If you have a question, please call the Registrar of Voters office at 203-924-2533. Office hours are 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday – Friday, until Friday, November 1. On Monday, November 4, office hours will be 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
VOTING INFORMATION
Voting in this year’s Federal election can be done as follows:
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by early voting
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by mail with an Absentee Ballot
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in person
Early Voting: Early voting in Connecticut is October 21 to November 3 and is at Shelton City Hall, 54 Hill Street in Room 104.
The dates and hours for early voting in Shelton are as follows:
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Monday, October 21 through Monday, October 28: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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Tuesday, October 29: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
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Wednesday, October 30: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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Thursday, October 31: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
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Friday, November 1 through Sunday, November 3: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Absentee Ballot voting: To complete an online application for an Absentee Ballot, please use this link:
When using the above link, there is no need to print out a form to submit to the Shelton Town Clerk as the information submitted is sent directly to the Shelton Town Clerk every 24 hours. Once the information for an Absentee Ballot is received by the Shelton Town Clerk, an Absentee Ballot is mailed within 24 hours.
For a blank Absentee Ballot form that can be completed and returned to the Shelton Town Clerk's Office in person or by mail, please use this link:
http://cityofshelton.org/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=36e28048-b400-4b28-b85f-ba2e41261b72
A voter can receive an Absentee Ballot in person by stopping at the Shelton Town Clerk's office to complete the application form. A voter returning a completed Absentee Ballot application in person will receive an Absentee Ballot from the Town Clerk's office at the time the Absentee Ballot application is handed in. A voter returning a completed Absentee Ballot application to the Town Clerk's office by mail will receive an Absentee Ballot by mail.
A completed Absentee Ballot can be returned by mail, in person at the Town Clerk's office or deposited in the Absentee Ballot drop box in front of City Hall.
In-person Voting on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5: The in-person voting locations on November 5 are:
District 1: Elizabeth Shelton School
138 Willoughby Road
District 2: Shelton Intermediate School
675 Constitution Boulevard
District 3: Long Hill School
565 Long Hill Avenue
District 4: Mohegan School
47 Mohegan Road
Voting locations are open from 6 a.m. – 8 p.m. All voters in line at a voting location when polls close at 8 p.m. are eligible to cast a ballot.
To find your voting location for the November 5, 2024 election, please use this link:
https://portaldir.ct.gov/sots/LookUp.aspx
Each voting household will receive a card from the Registrar of Voters office to confirm the specific voting location for all voters in that household.
SAMPLE BALLOT
Once your voting location has been identified, please use these links to see a sample of the ballot at your location:
District 1: Elizabeth Shelton School
http://cityofshelton.org/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=c5a23eca-e58a-413d-a0bf-c9c3c184cfe0
District 2: Shelton Intermediate School
http://cityofshelton.org/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=cbe0a6ec-c9a0-49cc-b226-e294ea3eb57f
District 3: Long Hill School
http://cityofshelton.org/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=85b0272f-a27f-40c4-ba1e-25c13e125a25
District 4: Mohegan School
http://cityofshelton.org/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=5d4dabb8-7902-4268-93e0-1626b632052c
To view the back side of the ballot, which is the same for each voting district in Shelton, please use this link:
http://cityofshelton.org/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=6919dd91-c723-4f26-958e-5a482c0c9cd8
The question at the top of the ballot from the State of Connecticut to change the State Constitution to allow absentee voting by each voter. The question does not explain any reasons why and/or how the application for an absentee ballot will change.
In reality the passage of this question will not require an applicant to state the reason for needing an absentee ballot, unlike the current application where an applicant has to indicate which of the following requires the need for an absentee ballot:
1. Active service in the Armed Forces of the United States.
2. Absence from my town of residence.
3. Sickness.
4. Religious tenets forbid secular activity on the day of the election, primary or referendum.
5. Duties as a primary, election or referendum official at a polling place other than my own during all of the hours of voting.
6. Physical disability.
The question regarding a change to the State Constitution would essentially create an "excuse free" absentee ballot. The existing laws cover all absentee requirements. This form of voting does not create early voting. Please vote NO on this question.
City of Shelton Charter Question 1 is on the right side of the ballot and is for the following: adding a preamble; correcting grammatical errors, requiring City ordinances to be posted to the City’s website; eliminating an outdated provision for election of Planning & Zoning Commission members; changing the title of one of the Mayor’s administrative assistants to Chief of Staff; establishing a permanent Veterans Memorial Committee to manage existing and future memorials and a permanent Technology Committee to guide the City and Board of Education in determining the best allocation of our tax dollars; requiring that all Fire Commissioners be City electors (meaning residents); modifying bid requirements to reflect the rate of inflation since the last Charter change in 2012; and changing the supervisor of the Parks & Recreation Director (now it is the Mayor; it would be the Mayor’s Administrative Asst./Chief of Staff). Please vote YES on this question.
City of Shelton Charter Question 2 is on the right side of the ballot and is for the following: to change the majority/minority makeup of the Board of Education from 5-4 to 6-3. This is to reflect the vote count that the majority party (Republican) has been getting in several elections, starting as early as 2013. We strongly feel that it is wrong that candidates that Shelton voters are casting their ballots for are not being seated.
Right now the 5-4 majority/minority rule means the sixth place Republican candidate cannot take a seat even if he/she might have received more votes than the fourth place Democrat candidate.
In 2021, the Republican party had nine candidates and the Democratic party had five candidates. The Republican candidate with the sixth highest vote had more votes than the second through fifth Democratic candidates, but could not be seated due to the majority/minority rule.
In 2019, the Republican party had nine candidates and the Democratic party had six candidates. Again, due to the minority rule, the Republican candidate with the sixth highest vote could not be seated, even though he received more votes than any of the five Democratic party candidates.
When reviewing election results from Board of Education races in 2017 and 2013, each party only had five candidates for the Board of Education, so the 6-3 split, if it had been in place, would not have applied. However, in both elections, the Republican candidate with the lowest vote count still had more votes than the highest Democrat candidate.
In 2015, the Republican party had eight candidates and the Democratic party had five candidates. Again, due to the minority rule, the Republican candidate with the sixth highest vote could not be seated, even though she received more votes than any of the five Democratic party candidates. Please vote YES on this question.
