Having manned the polls for 14 hours, a few facts and observations. Not meant as contentious. Just meant to relay what voters thought and saw:
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Scott's Ridge Middle School Voting District: NO = 715 63% YES = 421 37%
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East Ridge Middle School Voting District: NO=958 74% YES = 344 26%
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Yanity Voting District: NO = 590 77% YES = 178 23%
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Absentee Ballots: NO = 127 87% YES = 13 23%
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TOTAL NO = 2,390 71% TOTAL YES = 962 29%
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22.5% of the eligible voters came to the polls. To put that in perspective, only 18% of the eligible voters showed up for the last May's budget vote. (There are 15,530 eligible voters in Ridgefield.)
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3,352 voted in the 2nd referendum. 2,800 voted in the 1st referendum on May 15th, 2007 with final results:
TOTAL NO = 1,448 52% TOTAL YES = 1,352 48%
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Informally, people at the polls said their concerns were:
- The tax increase
- The environmental impact
- The sense of entitlement from sports groups
- The referendum being held in February making it more difficult for Senior Citizens to vote
- The questionable facts in the sports groups communications
- The loophole in the town's new Charter allowing this referendum to be brought up a second time as well as the cost of this second referendum.
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