Town Clerk Reviews Info

For Budget Vote

According to Town Clerk Debbie A. Aurelia, this year’s budget referendum will contain a single question: Shall the sum of $107,406,523 be appropriated as the annual town budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year?

[The town’s legal notice for the referendum appears this week on pages B8-9.]

The referendum will take place on Tuesday, April 24, from 6 am to 8 pm at the Newtown Middle School Gymnasium.

Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes Sec. 7-6, any person who is a registered voter in the Town of Newtown or who is a US citizen who is assessed at least $1,000 for real estate or motor vehicles on the 2011 Grand List for the Town of Newtown is qualified to vote in the referendum. Absentee ballots are available for the vote Monday through Friday, from 8 am to 4:30 pm.

The town clerk’s office will have special hours on Saturday, April 21, from 9 am to noon for the sole purpose of absentee ballot voting on the above question.

Any qualified person who meets any of the following criteria may vote by absentee ballot:

1) active service in the Armed Forces

2) absence from the town during all the hours of voting

3) illness

4) physical disability

5) religious tenets which forbid secular activity on the day of the referendum or

6) duties as a referendum official at a polling place other than your own during all the hours of voting

Under provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes, voters may obtain an absentee ballot by applying at the town clerk’s office in person or designating one of the following to be your designee:

1) a person caring for you because of your illness, including but not limited to a licensed physician or a registered practical nurse,

2) a member of your family,

3) a police officer in the municipality in which you reside or

4) a registrar of voters or deputy registrar of voters in the municipality in which you reside. Absentee ballots can be returned in person to the town clerk by 4:30 pm Monday, April 23, or by mail or designee before the closing of the polls on referendum day 8 pm, April 24.

Anyone with questions may contact the town clerk’s office at 203-270-4210.