Connecticut
Cheshire 2024 Primary Election: What To Know
CHESHIRE, CT — The main election event is set for November, but there is a preliminary bout Cheshire residents will weigh in on this month.
Winners of Connecticut’s Aug. 13 primary races will advance to become their party’s banner bearer in the general election.
In Cheshire, residents who are registered Republicans can vote for one of two candidates to challenge incumbent Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Gerry Smith, the first selectman of Beacon Falls, is running against Manchester native, businessman and Navy veteran Matthew Corey.
Absentee ballots are available online here.
Aug. 2 is the earliest deadline, and affects unaffiliated voters seeking to vote during the early voting period before the primary — Aug. 5 to Aug. 11 — to file party enrollment application.
Aug. 12 is the deadline for issuing absentee ballots, outside of special exceptions for those overseas or ill.
There is more information on the absentee ballot process at the Secretary of the State website here.
Polls will be open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Aug. 13.
BURLINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman is dead after police said she was involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Friday in Burlington.
According to Connecticut State Police, a Toyota RAV4 and Peterbuilt 386 tractor-trailer collided head-on on Route 4 near Punch Brook Road at around 4:49 p.m. on Friday.
The driver of the Toyota, identified as 64-year-old Mary Christine Ferland of Burlington, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, according to state police. No one else was in either vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash is still under investigation by state police, anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Brew at 860-626-7900.
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