Quoted from AVON

            I would think that there would have to be a postponement of the referendum vote at this juncture because I do not believe there is any possibility of printing and distributing the promised informational brochure at this late date.  Unless of course they are already printed and ready to be mailed after the Thanksgiving Day holiday.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

I am still waiting for my pro REMS sign ....  hopefully it will be up in the next few days.

Quoted from CICERO

After watching the Town Board meeting on channel 18 last night, it is apparent that the REMS and paramedics are not doing their job.  I watched for an hour straight, and FDG didn't move.  He was comatose!  Why didn't a paramedic go up there and take a pulse on that guy?  And to think he represents Rotterdam.  WOW!

Quoted from 487

Doesn'y say much for Steve Tomassone!  And to think Steve got beat by a "comatose."   WOW!!!

Quoted from gadfly

At least four people have filed complaints with the AG....others are expected to do the same.

Quoted from 487

OMG You are Bill Osta reincarnated.  He wrote a letter to the Gazette calling the Rotterdam voters "morons" for putting Joe Signore in office.  ROTFLMAO  You sound just like him and in a strange twist Wild Bill might have told Nikki to keep her mouth shut too.  I know he would have punched out Gerard for the way he dissed his sister Eunice.

Quoted from CICERO

Why would you assume that?  The same rules of a general election don't apply to this goofy referendum.  There are no absentee ballots, only one polling location, and it is limited to property owners.  

Banana Republic!

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

I was speaking about the laws/ordinances regarding signs.    The other issues -- limiting it to property
owners - is a matter of state law,  the one polling place -  personally, I don't like the idea of one polling place but that is what the board decided, and as for the absentee ballots -- I have discussed my view on that
issue before  -- there is no legal impediment to having absentee ballots but the process would require
property owners to come down to Town Hall and sign up for absentee ballots (that is how the state law
addresses that issue) ..personally, I think it would be well worth the "extra work" to allow absentee ballots.

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Qualifications to Vote by Absentee Ballot

    * Unavoidably absent from your county or, if a resident of New York City absent from said city, on Election Day because of duties, occupation, business, vacation or studies; or accompanying a spouse, parent or child engaged in the above.
    * Unable to appear at the polls due to temporary or permanent illness or disability; or because you are the primary care giver of one or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled.
    * A patient or inmate in a Veterans' Administration Hospital.
    * Detained in jail awaiting Grand Jury action or confined in prison after conviction for an offense other than a felony.




How to Vote by Absentee Ballot

    * Applications for Absentee Ballots are available at your county board of elections.
    * You may also download a PDF version of the New York State Absentee Ballot Application Form. (pdf 261KB)
    * Upon completion, applications must be mailed to your county board no later than the seventh day before the election or delivered in person no later than the day before the election.
    * You may also request an Absentee Ballot by sending a letter to your county board of elections. The letter must be received by your county board no earlier than 30 days and no later than seven days before the election. The letter must contain the following information:
          o the address where you are registered
          o an address where the ballot is to be sent
          o the reason for the request, and
          o the signature of the voter

      An application form will be mailed with your ballot. The application form must be completed and returned with your ballot.

      If you cannot pick up your ballot, or will not be able to receive it through the mail, you have the right to designate someone to pick it up for you. Only that person designated on your application may pick up and deliver your ballot.

      If you are permanently ill or disabled, you have the right to receive an Absentee Ballot for each subsequent election without further application. Simply file an application with your board of elections containing a statement which describes the particulars of your illness or disability. The Board will review the facts stated, and if satisfied, will mark your registration record. You will then automatically receive an absentee ballot for every election until your registration is canceled.

Quoted from 147

It makes NO SENSE that residents requesting absentee ballots would need to go to Town Hall to get them.  If they're too sick or disabled to vote, they're too sick or disabled to go get a ballot. If they're military and out of the area, there's no way they can go to town hall.

"too much work" doesn't cut it.

The point is moot - the announcement of the vote cancellation will be made shortly.