This WindsorCTVotes entry was written by Marcia Hinckley (member). It appears also on our website and FaceBook page.
Being a registered voter is not enough!
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Is YOUR opinion on the budget reflected in the past three referenda on our town’s budget? Your vote, or your lack of a vote, affects all residents of Windsor.
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While those who voted are commendable, it is a shame that a mere 14 ½ % of our total number of voters went to the polls on June 25th to vote in the third referendum. The budget failed by only 135 votes. In a town of 20,242 registered voters, this is a very small number – less than 1%! Is this the result YOU wanted? If so, VOTE. If not, VOTE. In either case, VOTE on July 16th!
If we look at the data on the town’s website, we can see how many people in each district voted and the voting results in that district.
Here is a brief look: Nearly a quarter of the registered voters in the Rainbow district voted; this, while still low, was the highest percentage turnout in town. The budget failed in the Rainbow area. The budget passed in the three districts south of the center, but their combined voter turn-out was the lowest in town, where of 9,077 registered voters, only 9% voted.
Let’s all get out there and vote. Let’s be sure that the results of the July 16th referendum are based on the majority of registered voters, not on the majority of a small percentage of people! PLEASE VOTE on JULY 16th. Being a registered voter means nothing, if we do not exercise our right, and VOTE.
For more information on the budget and on polling places, please see the town’s website at www.townofwindsorct.com. To suggest ideas for getting out the vote, please contact WindsorCTVotes, a non-partisan organization dedicated to increasing civic engagement, at www.windsorctvotes.org.
