A “suspicious” envelope intended to be sent to Connecticut election officials was intercepted Tuesday at a postal facility in West Hartford, officials said.

Connecticut election officials are partnering with colleges and universities across the state to get out the vote and train students to be poll workers during the upcoming election.

The new machines will still use paper ballots, but will allow for better security and faster tabulation of votes, Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas said.

When the Nov. 5 election arrives, Connecticut residents who haven’t voted here in the past or have moved still have an opportunity to cast a ballot: through same-day voter registration.

Managing election-related matters is a year-round job — that's according to election workers, from registrars to town clerks, who do the work.

In the 2020 presidential election, nearly 50 percent of college students across the nation had a polling place on their campus, according to research from Duke University. But Connecticut has yet to implement voting on campus.

Some Democrats watched the debate in Danbury at the local party headquarters. Many attendees had high expectations and they say they’re seeing excitement in Connecticut even with voters who they previously thought of as supportive of the former president.

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