Town Meeting: December 2009 Archives

The Town will be holding a "sense of the meeting" vote at the March town meeting to determine the view of the voters as to whether a May town meeting would be desirable. It’s a non-binding vote, but why conduct it at the March town meeting? The people that would prefer a May town meeting won't be present in March. That’s the basic problem that moving to May would potentially solve. Here is a better idea: have a “non-binding" ballot question on ballot day so that many more votes can be counted (including absentees) that are traditionally disenfranchised at town meeting. Afterall, more than 1700 voted on ballot day last year vs. less than 300 at town meeting 4 days later. That would be a true “sense” of the town.