Susan Bysiewicz 

Secretary of the State 
Connecticut 
For Immediate Release: For more information:
August 20, 2010 Av Harris (860) 509-6255
Cell: (860) 463-5939

-PRESS RELEASE -

BYSIEWICZ RELEASES FINAL VOTER

TURNOUT FIGURES FOR AUGUST 10TH
STATEWIDE PRIMARY
SECRETARY OF THE STATE REPORTS THAT NEARLY 25% OF REGISTERED
DEMOCRATS AND NEARLY 30% OF REGISTERED REPUBLICANS CAST BALLOTS
IN THE PRIMARY; CALLS FOR REFORMS TO BOOST VOTER TURNOUT

HARTFORD: Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz today released the final voter
turnout figures for the statewide primaries that took place on Tuesday August 10, 2010,
in which 24.88% of registered Democrats and 29.59% participated. Secretary Bysiewicz
is re-issuing the call for several election reforms that will boost voter turnout for future
primary elections, including placing the primaries in June rather than August, enacting
Election Day Registration and Absentee Ballot reform that will result in early voting.

“Obviously, turning voters out to a primary in the middle of the summer when many
people are on vacation is a challenge,” said Secretary Bysiewicz, Connecticut’s chief
elections official. “I believe there is much more we can do to make our elections easier
and more accessible for Connecticut voters. One step we could take is move the primary
date from August to June, a time when more voters are likely to pay attention.”

Bysiewicz added, “We should also make the simple reform of enacting Election Day
Registration, which would allow any interested and eligible voters to register and vote at
the same time. Other states that have taken this step have seen their voter turnout rise by
close to 10% and judging from the thousands of voters who use the Presidential ballot
every four years, there is definitely a demand for this reform. In addition, enacting ‘No
Excuse’ absentee ballot voting would allow thousands of Connecticut residents to vote
early and a time when it is convenient for them.”
Though the voter turnout figures for the two major parties are considerably lower than the
figures for the August 2006 Democratic Primary turnout of 43% or the February 2008
Presidential Preference Primary turnout of 53%, the 2010 primary turnout was very
similar to other mid-term primaries where open seats for Governor or U.S. Senate are on
the ballot. For instance, in 1994, the last time both Democrats and Republicans held
primaries for Governor in the same year, Democratic turnout was 26% while Republican
turnout was 25%.

A complete listing of voter turnout figures for each town in Connecticut on August 10,
2010 follows:
Eligible Democrats Eligible Republicans
TOWN Democrats Voted Turnout Republican Voted Turnout
Andover 710 212 29.86% 511 159 31.12%
Ansonia 3305 826 24.99% 1279 312 24.39%
Ashford 981 362 36.90% 505 170 33.66%
Avon 3399 1066 31.36% 3857 1445 37.46%
Barkhamsted 687 202 29.40% 719 260 36.16%
Beacon Falls 1045 280 26.79% 834 239 28.66%
Berlin 5206 1474 28.31% 2958 936 31.64%
Bethany 1024 338 33.01% 1006 265 26.34%
Bethel 2902 705 24.29% 3008 1097 36.47%
Bethlehem 679 213 31.37% 809 299 36.96%
Bloomfield 8594 3123 36.34% 6117 1864 30.47%
Bolton 1064 415 39.00% 927 313 33.76%
Bozrah 624 137 21.96% 329 121 36.78%
Branford 6200 1916 30.90% 2826 794 28.10%
Bridgeport 42803 6231 14.56% 4747 1044 21.99%
Bridgewater 421 132 31.35% 416 184 44.23%
Bristol 13753 3242 23.57% 5460 1348 24.69%
Brookfield 2104 508 24.14% 2958 936 31.64%
Brooklyn 1394 347 24.89% 923 263 28.49%
Burlington 1729 465 26.89% 1586 484 30.52%
Canaan 250 66 26.40% 206 57 27.67%
Canterbury 795 227 28.55% 959 322 33.58%
Canton 2121 575 27.11% 1974 647 32.78%
Chaplin 410 157 38.29% 400 134 33.50%
Cheshire 4369 1605 36.74% 4672 1397 29.90%
Chester 922 316 34.27% 491 149 30.35%
Clinton 2552 750 29.39% 2281 648 28.41%
Colchester 2997 934 31.16% 2046 620 30.30%
Colebrook 320 78 24.38% 256 80 31.25%
Columbia 1236 432 34.95% 787 270 34.31%
Cornwall 406 147 36.21% 209 71 33.97%
Coventry 2242 665 29.66% 1465 466 31.81%
Cromwell 3231 883 27.33% 1933 693 35.85%
Danbury 10821 2268 20.96% 6400 2064 32.25%
Darien 2395 535 22.34% 6117 1864 30.47%
Deep River 1058 373 35.26% 601 230 38.27%
Derby 1239 239 19.29% 375 83 22.13%
Durham 1224 414 33.82% 1316 436 33.13%
East Granby 952 285 29.94% 947 339 35.80%
East Haddam 1836 583 31.75% 1203 441 36.66%
East
Hampton 2556 821 32.12% 1680 588 35.00%
East Hartford 13080 2700 20.64% 2772 780 28.14%
East Haven 5784 1018 17.60% 2446 451 18.44%
East Lyme 3541 1041 29.40% 2706 942 34.81%
East Windsor 2406 562 23.36% 1373 370 26.95%
Eastford 286 105 36.71% 390 162 41.54%
Easton 1143 265 23.18% 1700 428 25.18%
Ellington 2310 502 21.73% 2068 557 26.93%
Enfield 9338 2266 24.27% 4725 1090 23.07%
Essex 1448 614 42.40% 1309 554 42.32%
Fairfield 10128 2462 24.31% 10477 2763 26.37%
Farmington 5329 1533 28.77% 4326 1596 36.89%
Franklin 349 94 26.93% 309 96 31.07%
Glastonbury 7148 2041 28.55% 5671 1624 28.64%
Goshen 523 193 36.90% 740 274 37.03%
Granby 1922 589 30.65% 2225 776 34.88%
Greenwich 8734 2251 25.77% 12986 3621 27.88%
Griswold 2666 632 23.71% 1231 371 30.14%
Groton 5743 1334 23.23% 3768 1181 31.34%
Guilford 5083 1445 28.43% 3522 958 27.20%
Haddam 1266 419 33.10% 1275 445 34.90%
Hamden 15561 4367 28.06% 4094 1059 25.87%
Hampton 453 183 40.40% 323 103 31.89%
Hartford 33829 7484 22.12% 1719 404 23.50%
Hartland 342 90 26.32% 576 175 30.38%
Harwinton 998 277 27.76% 1075 377 35.07%
Hebron 1776 587 33.05% 1553 493 31.75%
Kent 727 237 32.60% 479 161 33.61%
Killingly 2524 587 23.26% 1357 344 25.35%
Killingworth 1080 365 33.80% 1193 491 41.16%
Lebanon 1256 402 32.01% 1171 343 29.29%
Ledyard 2341 501 21.40% 2431 773 31.80%
Lisbon 884 245 27.71% 483 204 42.24%
Litchfield 1639 455 27.76% 565 225 39.82%
Lyme 500 180 36.00% 565 225 39.82%
Madison 3532 952 26.95% 4160 1165 28.00%
Manchester 12247 3498 28.56% 5529 1777 32.14%
Mansfield 4555 1436 31.53% 1357 321 23.66%
Marlborough 1329 437 32.88% 1007 307 30.49%
Meriden 11311 2172 19.20% 4181 1025 24.52%
Middlebury 1062 337 31.73% 2376 832 35.02%
Middlefield 988 339 34.31% 585 173 29.57%
Middletown 10707 2723 25.43% 3314 984 29.69%
Milford 6984 1547 22.15% 9091 2226 24.49%
Monroe 2645 595 22.50% 3327 941 28.28%
Montville 2865 659 23.00% 1625 512 31.51%
Morris 379 137 36.15% 669 176 26.31%
Naugatuck 5904 1122 19.00% 3185 751 23.58%
New Britain 16926 3345 19.76% 3191 946 29.65%
New Canaan 2591 660 25.47% 6067 1802 29.70%
New
Fairfield 3864 616 15.94% 5604 1416 25.27%
New
Hartford 1247 370 29.67% 1269 449 35.38%
New Haven 43400 9082 20.93% 2495 497 19.92%
New London 5295 1271 24.00% 1192 338 28.36%
New Milford 4199 934 22.24% 4790 1515 31.63%
Newington 7110 2019 28.40% 2829 853 30.15%
Newtown 4221 1005 23.81% 4928 1548 31.41%
Norfolk 405 123 30.37% 210 81 38.57%
North
Branford 2142 509 23.76% 1698 434 25.56%
North
Canaan 465 105 22.58% 483 117 24.22%
North Haven 3818 1130 29.60% 3754 999 26.61%
North
Stonington 910 251 27.58% 973 319 32.79%
Norwalk 12889 3045 23.62% 8308 2154 25.93%
Norwich 10279 2189 21.30% 10279 2189 21.30%
Old Lyme 1680 477 28.39% 1746 651 37.29%
Old
Saybrook 2112 721 34.14% 2415 824 34.12%
Orange 2427 591 24.35% 2494 546 21.89%
Oxford 1479 302 20.42% 2484 660 26.57%
Plainfield 3226 633 19.62% 1475 365 24.75%
Plainville 3887 886 22.79% 2052 570 27.78%
Plymouth 1426 326 22.86% 2000 370 18.50%
Pomfret 773 287 37.13% 688 235 34.16%
Portland 2209 698 31.60% 1211 417 34.43%
Preston 834 187 22.42% 880 226 25.68%
Prospect 1316 342 25.99% 1774 506 28.52%
Putnam 1005 311 30.95% 1817 536 29.50%
Redding 1982 498 25.13% 2192 673 30.70%
Ridgefield 871 243 27.90% 5968 1846 30.93%
Rocky Hill 4552 1342 29.48% 2280 645 28.29%
Roxbury 479 139 29.02% 505 181 35.84%
Salem 871 243 27.90% 611 202 33.06%
Salisbury 1153 380 32.96% 667 172 25.79%
Scotland 331 109 32.93% 251 65 25.90%
Seymour 2152 472 21.93% 1989 498 25.04%
Sharon 615 198 32.20% 505 181 35.84%
Shelton 5252 1216 23.15% 5871 1983 33.78%
Sherman 620 170 27.42% 868 322 37.10%
Simsbury 4848 1666 34.36% 5257 1926 36.64%
Somers 1434 403 28.10% 1572 435 27.67%
South
Windsor 3385 852 25.17% 3386 952 28.12%
Southbury 3176 852 26.83% 4659 1535 32.95%
Southington 8551 2110 24.68% 5956 1826 30.66%
Sprague 672 200 29.76% 336 136 40.48%
Stafford 2921 824 28.21% 1200 315 26.25%
Stamford 23490 7577 32.26% 11875 4048 34.09%
Sterling 413 84 20.34% 392 90 22.96%
Stonington 3908 1146 29.32% 2625 1048 39.92%
Stratford 9941 1714 17.24% 5848 1542 26.37%
Suffield 2190 542 24.75% 2385 713 29.90%
Thomaston 1299 281 21.63% 1145 284 24.80%
Thompson 1843 549 29.79% 971 316 32.54%
Tolland 2631 818 31.09% 2154 646 29.99%
Torrington 2929 618 21.10% 4502 1136 25.23%
Trumbull 11568 3552 30.71% 5995 2026 33.79%
Union 147 51 34.69% 228 101 44.30%
Vernon 4867 1275 26.20% 2830 980 34.63%
Voluntown 429 118 27.51% 327 84 25.69%
Wallingford 7312 1785 24.41% 4381 1226 27.98%
Warren 208 70 33.65% 325 126 38.77%
Washington 710 234 32.96% 684 232 33.92%
Waterbury 26604 4410 16.58% 7166 1645 22.96%
Waterford 3946 975 24.71% 2558 787 30.77%
Watertown 3564 734 20.59% 3689 1304 35.35%
West
Hartford 17978 6425 35.74% 6991 2412 34.50%
West Haven 16292 3934 24.15% 2780 508 18.27%
Westbrook 1017 339 33.33% 1098 404 36.79%
Weston 2189 491 22.43% 1887 499 26.44%
Westport 6322 1680 26.57% 4921 1580 32.11%
Wethersfield 6933 2366 34.13% 3490 1278 36.62%
Willington 1020 311 30.49% 761 232 30.49%
Wilton 2989 773 25.86% 4216 1305 30.95%
Winchester 1891 365 19.30% 1421 325 22.87%
Windham 5741 742 12.92% 1699 371 21.84%
Windsor 9295 2884 31.03% 2833 893 31.52%
Windsor
Locks 2689 907 33.73% 1351 363 26.87%
Wolcott 2640 718 27.20% 2674 821 30.70%
Woodbridge 2229 699 31.36% 1335 339 25.39%
Woodbury 1594 496 31.12% 2396 909 37.94%
Woodstock 1396 453 32.45% 1612 541 33.56%
Statewide
Totals 735,415 182,975 24.88% 426,826 126,308 29.59%
Total Eligible Voters D&R 1,162,241
Total Voting D&R 309,283

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