NEW LONDON, Conn. — Connecticut voters will rubber-stamp the presidential nominees and decide a number of down-ballot races Tuesday, but the result everyone will be watching for is how the primary itself comes off. Local election officials will have to count an unusually large number of absentee ballots, and coronavirus safety measures will be taken at polling places, making Tuesday a dress rehearsal for the November general election.

Cities and towns have already received 10 times more requests for absentee ballots than they’ve ever received for any Connecticut election, about 300,000. It’s due largely to an executive order that expanded eligibility for absentee ballots.