Torrington council keeps District 6 at Armory for Nov. 4 after heated public hearing on accessibility and notice

The Torrington City Council voted unanimously on Sept. 15 to keep the city’s Sixth District polling place at the Armory for the Nov. 4, 2025 municipal election after lengthy public testimony and internal debate over accessibility and voter notification.

The council’s decision followed a long public‑comment period in which residents, party officials and poll workers described last year’s long lines at the Armory and urged either retaining the site or assuring broad, timely notice if a change were made. Tom Scoville, a longtime poll observer, said he had “witnessed one lady with a walker falling” in the queue and argued the Armory lacked adequate handicap access and parking. Other speakers, including poll workers, countered that the Armory has served as a polling place for decades and…