June 14, 2008
At about 8:20 pm, Town Clerk Ron Adams announced the results of the balloting. With 5553 votes cast, representing 38% of eligible voters, the tally was YES=2024, NO=3529. It is enlightening to look back at the four operational over-rides considered since 2004:
July 30, 2004: $2.2M -- Yes=1933, No=4030
June 16, 2007: $2.9M -- Yes=3504, No=3893
Sept. 8, 2007: $2.2M -- Yes=3303, No=3553
June 14, 2008: $1.3M -- Yes=2024, No=3529
Some things can be estimated from the results: (a) The dollar amount does not effect YES votes; (b) The NO votes consistently turn out with 3500+ votes, or 25% of registered voters; (c) For a YES result to occur, proponents will need to convince 4000 registered voters to vote YES.
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