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SAMPLE BALLOT- November 5th General Election
Click on link below to view Sample Ballot. Copies also available at the Town Clerks Office.
SAMPLE BALLOTLEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING ON OCTOBER 8 @ 7 PM
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
TOWN OF SOMERS
All electors and persons eligible to vote in town meetings of the Town of Somers, Connecticut (the “Town”) are hereby warned that a Special Town Meeting of the Town is to be held at the Somers Town Hall Auditorium, 600 Main Street, Somers, Connecticut on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at 7 p.m., for the following purposes:
1. To elect a moderator.
2. To consider and discuss (but not vote on) the following resolution:
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF $2,000,000 FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND THE FINANCING OF SAID APPROPRIATION BY THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,000,000
The full text of the foregoing authorizing resolution is on file and open to inspection at the office of the Town Clerk, Town Hall, Somers, Connecticut for the use or inspection of any interested person.
All electors and persons eligible to vote in town meetings of the Town are hereby further notified that pursuant to Section 7-7 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, the Board of Selectmen by resolution adopted at its meeting on July 25, 2024, removed the foregoing resolution from the agenda of this Special Town Meeting for submission to the voters for vote by voting machine to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, subject to the conduct of early voting from October 21 through November 3, 2024, at the times and at the polling places to be noticed.
3. To adjourn the meeting
Dated at Somers, Connecticut this 26th day of September, 2024.
TOWN OF SOMERS, BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Tim Keeney, First Selectman
William Meier, Selectman
Robert Schmidt, Selectman
To be published on September 28th
Absentee Voting Information
Absentee Voting Information
Connecticut law allows you to receive an absentee ballot if, in your judgment, an absence from your town on Election Day prevents you from appearing at your polling place, or you are preventing from appearing at your assigned polling place on Election Day because of sickness or physical disability (not necessarily your sickness or disability), active service in the Military, religious tenets forbid secular activity on the day of the election, duties as an election official at a polling place other than your own during all of the hours of voting. To receive your absentee ballot please complete and sign an application and return it to your Town Clerk.
Can I vote absentee?
Connecticut has strict laws regarding who can vote absentee.
- Are you an active member of the armed forces of the United States?
- Will you be out of town on Election Day?
- Does sickness prevent you from voting in person on Election Day?
- Do your religious beliefs prevent you from performing secular activities like voting on Election Day?
- Will you be performing duties as an election official at a polling place other than your own on Election Day?
- Does a physical disability prevent you from voting in person on election day?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you are eligible to vote absentee.
Absentee Ballot Eligibility Updates
Who can download an application for absentee ballot?
An application for absentee ballot may be downloaded by an individual for:
- The individual’s own use
- The use of a member of the individual’s immediate family
- The use of a designee of the applicant
OR: Request an Absentee Ballot Online
NOTE: Any person who will distribute five (5) or more absentee ballot applications to persons other than the individual’s immediate family must register with and obtain forms from the Town Clerk of the municipality where such forms will be distributed before distributing such forms. Any person who distributes absentee ballot applications shall maintain a list of the names and addresses of prospective absentee ballot applicants who receive such applications and shall file such list with the town clerk prior to the date of the primary, election or referendum for which the applications were so distributed. Any person who distributes absentee ballot applications and receives an executed application shall forthwith file the application with the town clerk.
How do I vote absentee?
What happens after I send in my application?
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- Your Town Clerk will process your application.
- The process and procedures for those who need accommodations for print disabilities are as follows:
- The absentee ballot application has been updated to make it accessible by screen readers and includes a check box to indicate that the voter requires a ballot emailed to them because of a print disability.
- Once the town clerk receives this application with the specified box checked off, they will send out a ballot packet – containing the outer envelope and inner envelope – WITHOUT a paper ballot, directly to the voter.
- The town clerk will notify the Office of the Secretary of the State that the voter needs an accessible ballot and will provide the voter’s email address.
- The Office of the Secretary of the State will email an accessible ballot directly to the voter.
- The voter will be able to read and fill out the ballot using their screen reader, print it out, and return it in the ballot packet that was sent to by the town clerk.
- The voter MUST sign the inner envelope, and local election officials have been instructed to approve the inner envelopes that are signed, even if the signature is not in the correct spot.
- Those ballots will be hand counted, as they will be printed on normal paper with normal ink and cannot be fed into the tabulator.
- An absentee ballot will be mailed to you beginning:
- 31 days before a general election
- 21 days before a primary
- 19 days before a referendum
- Or if your application is received after the above dates, your ballot will be mailed to you as soon as your application is processed.
- Complete the ballot, carefully following the instructions that are included and return it by mail or in person.
- Only complete absentee ballots received before the close of polls on the day of the election will be counted.
Registrars of Voters Corrections Session Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Registrars of Voters Corrections Session
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
The Registrars of Voters will hold a Corrections Session on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM at the Registrars’ Office at the Somers Town Hall for the purpose of completing the Preliminary Registry List of Electors eligible to vote in the Presidential Election to be held Tuesday November 5, 2024.
Justice of the Peace – How to Apply
An applicant for the office of Justice of the Peace must be a registered Somers voter. If an applicant moves out of Somers, they are no longer a Justice of the Peace for Somers and must seek appointment in their new town of residence.
The current Justice of the Peace terms expire January 6, 2025.
Registered with a Party
If the applicant is affiliated with a party, they should contact the Town Committee Chairman of that party and request to be nominated as a Justice of the Peace.
- If there are vacancies at that time, the appointment may be made immediately.
- If there is no vacancy, the applicant will have to wait for a vacancy to become available, or for party nominations to be made by the Town Committee, which occur every four years in May during a Presidential Election year.
The chairman of the applicant’s party makes his/her nomination by forwarding a letter to the local Town Clerk advising the clerk of the appointment. The nominee has ten days from the date of the appointment to appear in the Town Clerk’s office to receive the oath of office.
Not Registered with a Major Party
If the applicant is not registered with a major party, they may apply to the Town Clerk in their town of residence for appointment. This sort of appointment takes place every four years during Presidential Election years. Interested parties may only apply between August 1 and November 1 of that year. Download Application
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact me at any time:
David Marti
Town Clerk
email: [email protected]
Ph: 860-763-8207
Town of Somers 5-Year Road Resurfacing Plan
Click here to review the Town of Somers Approved 5-Year Road Resurfacing Plan. Any questions about the plan can be directed to Brian Wissinger, CFO and/or Todd Rolland, Director of Public Works and Land Use.
Town-Wide Tag Sale returns Saturday, October 5th
Rain or Shine
The first Saturday in May and October are designated as Town Wide Tag Sale days. On these two days each year the $5 per day tag sale permit fee will be waived. The Fall event will take place on October 5th.
A link the the Town Wide Tag Sale Application is available HERE. Be sure to read the guidelines and send in your application.
Submit the completed application to the Town Clerk’s Office by email ([email protected]), Drop Box outside entry to Town Hall, USPS or bring into Town Clerk’s Office.
A confirmation email will be sent acknowledging the receipt of your application for participation in the Somers Town-Wide ‘Spring’ Tag Sale. Deadline for entry is Wednesday October 2. Listing of all locations will be posted on the towns website on Thursday October 3 rd.
If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Town Clerk, David Marti at 860.763.8207(8206) or by email: [email protected]