Politics & Government

Absentee Ballots Available For Newtown's 2022-23 Budget Referendum

The referendum for the 2022-23 budget is scheduled for April 26.

Absentee ballots for the Newtown's latest budget referendum are available, according to officials.
Absentee ballots for the Newtown's latest budget referendum are available, according to officials. (Alfred Branch/Patch)

NEWTOWN, CT — Absentee ballots are available for the 2022-23 Newtown budget referendum, which this year is scheduled for April 26, according to officials.

To receive an absentee ballot, a registered Newtown voter (or a "U.S. citizen assessed for at least $1,000 for Real Estate or Motor Vehicles on the 2021 Grand List" in Newtown) must meet one of the following criteria:

  • My active service in the Armed Forces of the United States
  • My absence from the town
  • Sickness
  • My religious tenets which forbid secular activity on the day of the election, primary or referendum
  • My duties as a primary, election or referendum official at a polling place other than my own during all of the hours of voting
  • Physical disability

Filled out absentee ballots must be received by the town by 8 p.m. on the 26th. For more information, click here.

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