Absentee Ballots are Available at Monroe Town Hall

This year's municipal election features a race at the top of the ticket between incumbent First Selectman Steve Vavrek and challenger Dan Hunsberger, as well as contested races for tax collector, Town Council, the Board of Education and the Planning & Zoning Commission. 

Voters who won't be able to make it to the polls on Nov. 5 can still make their voices heard by voting by absentee ballot. Town Clerk Marsha Beno announced ballots are available in Room 201 of Monroe Town Hall.

Business hours are Monday to Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Those who believe that they will be unable to vote in person on Nov. 5 may apply for an absentee ballot. Acceptable reasons for voting in this manner are limited to the following:

• Absence from Town during all the hours of voting (6 a.m.- 8 p.m.)
• Service in the Armed Forces (including the Service Academies)
• Illness
• Physical Disability.
• Religious tenets which forbid such activity on Election Day.