Voting rules for Ct Primary?

[Jersey Devil]

I know that in Connecticut you do not have an "open primary, that there is no crossover voting in the primary and that Republicans cannot vote in the Democratic Primary unless they changed their registrations to Democratic I think 60 days before the election. NJ has the same rules.

But, in NJ if you are not registered either as a Democrat or a Republican and your registration is listed as "undeclared" or "unaffiliated", you can show up on primary day and ask for either a Democratic or Republican primary ballot and declare your party affiliation at the polls.

Can anyone tell me if that is also the rule in Ct?

[DODI]

1. Undeclareds had until noon yesterday to register as dems

so they could vote. Since May about 30,000 undeclareds have switched to Dem. They are expecting a 45% turnout -- huge for an August primary. Members of other parties had to change affiliation by May 20th I believe.

[Jersey Devil]

2. Thanks, wonder which ones changed

It could be Lamont voters, Lieberman voters or a combination of the two. I guess we'll find out this evening. According to the radio report I just heard there are about 800,000 eligible to vote in the Democratic primary in Ct so a 45% turnout would be 360,000. Of that, the 30,000 new Dem registrants I would imagine would be among the most motivated to vote, so they could make up almost 10% of the primary electorate.

[DODI]

3. Someone pointed out on another thread the the indies are

largely anti-war and the 3 indies and the Green I know who registered Dem are voting for Lamont. Our local "pundits" really don't know what to make of all the new registrations.

[calico1]

4. According to Zogby:

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/08/07/iraq_will_undermine_a_lieberman_indie_bid.html

Hope he is right!