Town of Monroe Budget Referendum - Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Absentee Ballots
ANNOUNCEMENT
ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
Beginning Friday, April 24, 2026, Absentee Ballot voting in-person becomes available in the Town Clerk’s Office. This option is only for those that qualify and will continue through Monday, May 4, 2026.
Regular Office Hours are:
Monday through Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
I will be offering extended office hours for in-person absentee ballot voting for the upcoming May 5, 2026 Budget Referendum. The extended office hours are listed below. Please have the absentee ballot application (link below) filled out when you arrive or you may fill one out in our office.
Absentee Ballots cannot be mailed out due to the less than 3-week notice.
Thursday April 30, 2026 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Saturday May 2, 2026 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Reasons that qualify you for absentee voting:
1. My active service in the armed forces of the United States of America
2. My absence from the town of residence
3. Sickness
4. Physical Disability
5. My religious tenants which forbid secular activity on the day of the referendum
6. My duties as a referendum official at a polling place other than my own during all of the hours of voting
Click on the following link to download the LESS THAN 3 WEEKS NOTICE APPLICATION:
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/ab-application/ed-3r-5-2022-english.pdf
Please feel free to call my office or email me directly should you have any questions.
Thank you.
Vida Stone, CCTC
Monroe Town Clerk
vstone@monroect.gov
203-452-2811
TOWN OF MONROE
BUDGET REFERENDUM
TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2026
NOTICE is hereby given to all electors of the Town of Monroe and any U.S. Citizen of the age of 18 years or more who jointly or severally is liable to the Town for taxes assessed against him or her on an assessment of not less than One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars on the last completed Grand List of such Town, that a BUDGET REFERENDUM will be held on TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2026, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. for the purpose of voting on the Annual Town of Monroe Budget for Fiscal Year July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. Voting will take place ONLY at the following location:
COMMUNITY CENTER SITE (formerly ST. JUDE SCHOOL)
709 MONROE TURNPIKE, MONROE, CT
Persons who are not registered voters, who will be voting as property owners on the Grand List, may vote at Monroe Town Hall between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
The question will be “Shall the Annual Town of Monroe Budget consisting of the Revenue Budget and Expenditure Budget of $113,643,817 for Fiscal Year July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, inclusive, be approved?”
A vote of YES will be counted as a vote of approval and a vote of NO will be counted as a vote of disapproval.
Absentee ballots will be available for those that qualify at the Office of the Town Clerk and will be centrally counted at Monroe Town Hall during the hours of voting.
This Referendum is being held pursuant to the provisions of Chapter VIII, Sec. 6 of the Monroe Town Charter.
Dated at Monroe this 28th day of April 2026.
Vida V. Stone, CCTC Katherine Briggs Debra Dutches
Monroe Town Clerk Registrar of Voters Registrar of Voters