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mark2 -
Fri, May 24, 2013, 5:49 A
Voting today Email alerts from the town would be easy, when you register to vote give your email. When you pay your taxes you can provide your email, you could go online and enter your email. Just about everyone these days has email, or a robo text. People get f...
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Voting today Rob -
The internet isn't free, either (or do you pay nothing for your connection)? If you subscribe to The Recorder, you can read the entire paper online, and I expect you could tell them to take your paper copy and donate it to a school.
As fo...
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Rob -
Thu, May 23, 2013, 10:09 P
Voting today A) the paper isn't free
B) It is not emailed
C) it is not broken down very well into Catagories especially the front page
D) There is a lot more you have to scan through to get to the information you want
E) E mail doesn't pile up in the recyclin...
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Voting today "We also know it's poorly designed and has broken links and outdated information all over the place, so it's not really worth going to."
Can you provide examples of broken links and outdated information? I've recently volunteered to look into the ...
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Rob -
Thu, May 23, 2013, 5:39 P
Voting today I did not notice anyone saying anything that warrants an apology to the town clerk. Nobody said the town or the town clerk did anything wrong. What I saw was suggestions that would make elections more noticeable to a very busy population.
Maybe to ...
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mark2 -
Thu, May 23, 2013, 4:31 P
Voting today "Even those of us who are too dumb to vote know that the town web site is montague.net. We also know it's poorly designed and has broken links and outdated information all over the place, so it's not really worth going to."
Sounds like a great sou...
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patrick -
Thu, May 23, 2013, 4:13 P
Voting today Even those of us who are too dumb to vote know that the town web site is montague.net. We also know it's poorly designed and has broken links and outdated information all over the place, so it's not really worth going to.
mark2 -
Thu, May 23, 2013, 3:58 P
Voting today Is it just me or does that town website that you posted doesn't work.
jhanold -
Thu, May 23, 2013, 2:27 P
Voting today This seems to be a very popular thread, and I hope this discussion results in more Corkboard "posters" voting in the future. Here is what a phone call to Town Hall and a brief website look-up yielded:
* Municipal elections are always on the third M...
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mark2 -
Thu, May 23, 2013, 7:06 A
Voting today If the town were to come into the 21 st century I'm sure they could find better ways to get the word out. Otherwise 9% voter turnout will be the norm. Maybe the town doesn't want too many people voting. in this electronic age better ways are there
Rob -
Wed, May 22, 2013, 9:08 P
Voting today State law:
Chapter 63 Section 51. In towns using official ballots the town clerk, at least four days before an election therein, shall cause to be posted in one or more public places the names, residences and designations of all candidates duly nomi...
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Voting today patrick - I was ranting, and I may have exaggerated a bit, but basically, yes, I'd prefer that people who don't know what they're voting for not vote. I don't know that I "complained" about low turnout; if anything, I think I "lamented" it, but that'...
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mark2 -
Wed, May 22, 2013, 7:39 P
Voting today Signs are costly? the way the town pisses money away over the years I'm sure a few signs won't break the bank. Just don't put a lawn sign on the old Monty center school, the grass is getting too high to see it. Looking like a slum lord owns the joint
patrick -
Wed, May 22, 2013, 10:27 A
Voting today Signs work, but they're costly, you have to pay people to put them up and take them down, and they get vandalized or stolen. I'd be satisfied with posts on this site (far more trivial things than elections get posted here regularly) and an opt-in ema...
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Voting today I strongly agree with the last post - and raised the issue at town hall yesterday. The town should shell out for at least 100 signs that can be put up the week before the election. Maybe this should not be necessary in the best of all possible worlds...
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Mark1 -
Wed, May 22, 2013, 8:29 A
Voting today And to add to the confusion, there is ANOTHER selectboard seat up for election in next month's special election. What's up with that?
Mark1
Rob -
Wed, May 22, 2013, 7:31 A
Voting today I think many people found out about the election from the vote here signs on election day so I think the town only needs to put up a preelection sign a week early. I do not think it is the town's responsiblity to post it at stores or gas stations. I ...
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patrick -
Wed, May 22, 2013, 7:28 A
Voting today "the lack of effort of candidates to get the word out about themselves seemed fairly evident"
Good point. If I was running for office, I'd make sure people who didn't read the Recorder and couldn't get cable knew I was running and when to go vote ...
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patrick -
Wed, May 22, 2013, 7:01 A
Voting today "As long as those idiots still keep paying taxes to the town, it all works out"
I would never call Mike an idiot, far from it. Which is why this reaction surprises me.
I don't think the civic duty to vote necessarily includes scouring the news...
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mark2 -
Wed, May 22, 2013, 2:54 A
Voting today "Seriously? Even though several people have now stated they had no clue there was an election, you'd rather see none of us vote because we're all uninformed idiots who put random Xes on the ballot? But you also want to complain about low turnout. Am ...
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mark2 -
Wed, May 22, 2013, 2:50 A
Voting today "I wonder how much the cost would be to post a sign a week before at the local stores, gas stations , watering holes , package stores and the 3 post offices. That would kind of cover almost all of the folks. Just an non Montagueite offering a suggest...
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patrick -
Tue, May 21, 2013, 11:54 P
Voting today "I don't care if people read newspapers or not, and I'd prefer that people who need to see signs on their way to work end up not voting because they didn't see a sign -- I'd rather have that than have to count the votes of a bunch of people who rando...
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newbie -
Tue, May 21, 2013, 10:46 P
Voting today I wonder how much the cost would be to post a sign a week before at the local stores, gas stations , watering holes , package stores and the 3 post offices. That would kind of cover almost all of the folks. Just an non Montagueite offering a suggest...
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Rob -
Tue, May 21, 2013, 9:29 P
Voting today having signs up on the day of the voting seems to be how several people on this site found out about the election, so there for signs work. There is legitimate concern about people voting who have no clue about the candidates. The easiest solution wo...
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mark2 -
Tue, May 21, 2013, 9:22 P
Voting today If turn out was only 9% , either people did not know or did not care. I'm quite sure a little more effort could have been made to notify town residents. Not all of us are sitting around all day watching the weather channel and local access.
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