New Fairfield voters assigned new polling places

NEW FAIRFIELD — Two new locations will serve as the town’s polling places for the next 10 years.

Instead of Meeting House Hill School and the Company A firehouse, New Fairfield voters will now cast ballots at either New Fairfield Middle School or the New Fairfield Senior Center.

The town’s new polling places — which will depend upon state Senate districts rather than state House districts — are the result of the recent redrawing of Connecticut’s voting district lines, which go into effect 2023.

Because of the redistricting, New Fairfield will soon have two Senate districts — the 24th and 30th — instead of one, with the town’s southwestern corner remaining part of the 24th.

The 138th House District — which currently covers a large part of Danbury, as well as southwestern New Fairfield and northern Ridgefield — will become a Danbury-only district.

With the 138th no longer including New Fairfield’s southwestern corner, that part of town will join the 108th House District.

New Fairfielders in the new 24th Senate District will cast ballots at the New Fairfield Middle School cafeteria, while residents of the new 30th Senate District will go to the New Fairfield Senior Center.

First Selectman Pat Del Monaco said the new polling places were certified by New Fairfield’s registrars of voters following analysis of municipal locations in each district.

“These are the locations that have been determined to meet the needs and requirements,” she said, noting that 24th Senate District voters will report to the middle school gymnasium for the August primary due to HVAC installation work in the school’s cafeteria.

Republican Registrar of Voters Dan McDermott said a map with a list of streets by district has been posted on the door of the registrars’ office at Town Hall.

“If anyone wants to swing in at any time, they can do that,” he said, adding that people can also use the town’s GIS Mapping system to find out their voting district.

“If you go down to ‘additional layers,’ you can see an overlay of the district map as well.”