City Election Day on Tuesday in Voting That Could Be Bellwether on Support or Opposition to Trump

Early voting continues until Sunday

In an election year that could be seen as a bellwether on support or opposition to President Donald Trump (R), voters are choosing in city elections between the candidates on the slate of Trump’s Republican Party, lead by mayoral candidate Sharon Beloin-Saavedra, or the Democratic candidates on the slate of Bobby Sanchez, who is the Democratic candidate for mayor of New Britain.

With national elections for members of Congress now only a year away, local elections are often seen as an early sign on the support or opposition to the sitting president’s party.

With early voting continuing until November 2nd, as well as votes cast by absentee ballot, Tuesday, November 4th is the last day of voting in the 2025 election for people who have not yet voted. Voting on Tuesday will be from 6:00am to 8:00pm at polling places throughout the city.

Those polling places are:

• Voting District 1, Gaffney School, 322 Slater Road
• Voting District 2, St Maurice Church Hall, 100 Wightman Road
• Voting District 3, Vance Village School, 183 Vance Street
• Voting District 4, VFW, 41 Veterans Drive
• Voting District 5, Roosevelt Middle School, 40 Goodwin Street
• Voting District 6, Chamberlain Elementary School, 120 Newington Avenue
• Voting District 7, School Apartments, 50 Bassett Street
• Voting District 8, Graham Apartments, 107 Martin Luther King Drive
• Voting District 9, New Britain Senior Center, 55 Pearl Street
• Voting District 10, General Ameglio Society, 13 Beaver Street
• Voting District 11, International Church, 40 Acorn Strett
• Voting District 12, St Francis Of Assisi Church Hall, 1755 Stanley Street
• Voting District 13, St Francis Of Assisi, Church Hall, 1755 Stanley Street
• Voting District 14, Pulaski Middle School, 757 Farmington Avenue
• Voting District 15, Crystal Ball Room, 211 Farmington Avenue
• Voting District 16, St John Paul II, School, 221 Farmington Avenue
• Voting District 17, St Jerome Church Hall, 1010 Slater Road

The city says that, “Voting District 13 for … the November 4, 2025 general election will be moved to St. Francis Church Hall (Voting District 12) located at 1755 Stanley St between the hours of 6:00 am — 8:00 pm.”

Voters are able to look up where they vote on the Office of the Secretary of the State’s Voter Registration Lookup website.

People eligible to vote in New Britain, but who are not yet registered to vote, are able to register and vote on election day. “Same day registration” in New Britain is at City Hall, 27 West Main Street, Room 108, from 6:00am to 8:00pm on Tuesday, November 4th.

The Secretary of the State’s office says that,

Same-Day Registration permits anyone who meets the eligibility requirements for voting in this state and is not already registered or is registered in one town but has moved to another town, to register and vote in person. By law, a person is eligible to register and vote if he or she is (1) a US citizen, (2) age 18 or older, (3) a bona fide resident of the town in which he or she applies for admission, and (4) has completed confinement if previously convicted of a disfranchising felony.

Same-Day Registration (SDR) is not available at your polling place but is available at a designated SDR location in each town, beginning at 6 am and ending at 8 pm on Election Day. SDR is available during the hours of Early Voting as well. You will register and vote at the designated SDR location in your town. Please plan to arrive early in the day as there may be long lines. If you are in line at the Same-Day Registration site by the close of polls, you can remain in line to complete your registration and vote. For example, on Election Day you would need to be in line by 8 pm. You will need to provide proof of identity and residency.

In addition to the election for mayor and other citywide offices, voters in each of the city’s five City Council districts, commonly known as “wards” will each elect three Council members. In the Council elections, the voters vote for up to two Council candidates, with the top three winning. The Council has a total of fifteen seats.

In addition, voters will elect five members of the ten member Board of Education. Voters vote for up to three candidates and the top five win. Half of the Board is elected every two years.

Voters also vote for up to two candidates for Board of Assessment Appeals, and the top three candidates are elected. Voters may also vote for up to five candidates of Constable, and ten are elected.

Democrats on are Row A of the ballot, Republicans are on Row B, Working Family Party candidates are on Row C and petitioning candidates are on rows D and E.