Voting

Launched by the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) in October of 2006, "VOTE411.org is a "one-stop-shop" for election related information. It provides nonpartisan information to the public with both general and state-specific information..."

Provides state-specific guides to help students understand their rights and how to register and cast a ballot in their school or home community.

Voter Registration Deadlines by State

Rhode Island's Secretary of State is Nellie Gorbea. The Secretary of State's website contains information on voter registration, polling sites, upcoming elections, candidates and voting by mail/ absentee ballot.

Direct link to download a voter registration form, or a form to change address/ update registration.

Enter your address to find out where to cast your vote.

Download data from Rhode Island elections going back as far as 1950.

Statistics from the R.I. Department of Labor and Training's Labor Market Information Data Center.

Health statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Frequently requested data from the U.S. Census.

Massachusetts's Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is William Francis Galvin. This site contains voter information including: registration, polling places, election information, town committees, ballot tracker, historical ballot measures, services for voters with disabilities and more.

Massachusetts allows voters to vote by absentee ballot if they: will be absent from your city or town on election day, and/or have a physical disability that prevents your voting at the polling place, and/or cannot vote at the polls due to religious beliefs.

You may have an absentee ballot mailed to you or you may vote at your city or town hall by making arrangements with your local election official.
To be counted, a completed ballot must be received by the time the polls close on Election Day to be counted.

Connecticut's Secretary of State is Denise W. Merrill. This site contains voter information including: Election information and statistics, candidate information, party and committee information, Connecticut General Statutes and more.

Can I vote absentee?
Are you an active member of the armed forces of the United States?
*Will you be out of town during all the hours of voting on Election Day?*
Does illness prevent you from voting in person on Election Day?
Do your religious beliefs prevent you from performing secular activities like voting on Election Day?
Will you be performing duties as an election official at a polling place other than your own during all the hours of voting on Election Day?
Do you have a physical disability that prevents you from voting in person on Election Day?

*If you answered YES to ANY of the above questions, you are eligible to vote absentee.*