[RP TownTalk] Election Results

[Bruce Embrey]

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I seem to recall that when i registered to vote in the late 70's I  
was told that if I didn't vote in 3 successive town elections then I  
would need to re-register. Aren't the election rolls still maintained  
in similar fashion?

Bruce Embrey

On May 11, 2007, at 10:49 AM, Regina M. Kreger wrote:

> My point was that if there are 6,600 residents, then 2,447 registered
> voters doesn't seem so low (Lou says "only" 2,447).  But as you point
> out, that number is inflated by people no longer resident here. I  
> wonder
> how many eligible voters we actually have who are not registered.
> Registered voters who didn't vote, that's another question.  
> Honestly, I
> was very surprised at how many people bothered to vote in  
> uncontested wards.
>
> Alan Thompson and Sarah Wayland wrote:
>
>> Lou did refer to the number of registered voters in his message  
>> (which is
>> certainly lower than the number of residents.)
>>
>> I'd like to point out that many of the people in the registry no  
>> longer
>> live here. On my block, for example, a couple that hasn't lived  
>> here for
>> nearly 4 years is still registered!
>>
>> We really need to clean up the registry, but to be honest, I'm not  
>> sure
>> what the procedure is for doing so.
>>
>> -Sarah
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