ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION LINK
SPECIAL SATURDAY HOURS TO ISSUE ABSENTEE BALLOTS
WHERE: TOWN CLERKS OFFICE
DATE: SATURDAY, MAY 11TH
TIME: 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM
The Referendum will be held on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 from 6:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the Newtown Middle School
Gymnasium. Pursuant to Conn. General Statutes Sec. 7-6, any person who is a registered voter
in the Town of Newtown or who is a U.S. citizen who is assessed at least $1,000 for the Real Estate or Motor
Vehicles on the 2012 Grand List for the Town of Newtown is qualified to vote at the Referendum. Absentee
ballots are available for the Referendum during office hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:30
P.M. and the Town Clerk’s office will have special hours on Saturday, May 11th from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
for the sole purpose of absentee ballot voting on the above questions. 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. As per Connecticut General Statutes Sec. 9-140 and 9-369c, for a Referendum held
with less than 3 weeks notice, you 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, May 13th
or by mail or designee before the closing of the polls on Referendum day, i. e. 8 p.m., May 14, 2013. If you have any
questions at all, please feel free to contact Town Clerk’s Office at 270-4210.
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