Absentee Ballots For Southbury Budget Referendum Are Available: Town Clerk

Press release from the Town of Southbury:

SOUTHBURY, CT — Absentee ballot applications are available at the Town Clerk’s Office for the Town of Southbury 2022-2023 budget and the Pomperaug Regional School District #15 2022-2023 budget for the referendum being held on May 4, 2022. Registered electors of the Town or United States Citizens, who are eighteen years or older and own taxable property assessed at $1000.00 or more on the October 1, 2021 Grand List, can vote in this referendum. Ballots cannot be mailed from the Town Clerk’s office for a referendum.

To obtain an absentee ballot, voters must complete an application. Once the completed application is received and verified by the Town Clerk’s office, a ballot will be issued. Absentee ballots must be given to the applicant in person or to the applicant’s designee. Ballots must be returned to this office before the close of polls, 8:00 P.M. on the day of the referendum. The Absentee Ballot Drop Box will be open to receive ballots located at the Town Hall upper parking lot entrance.

Absentee ballot applications for a referendum are available at the Town Clerk’s office or from the Town of Southbury website at www.southbury-ct.org/absenteeballots or the Secretary of State’s website at https://portal.ct.gov/SOTS.

This referendum has two questions. The first question will be the municipal budget only: the second question will be the Pomperaug Regional School District #15 Budget. The questions are:

QUESTION #1

“Shall the Town of Southbury appropriate $ 21,917,427 for the municipal budget and approve the Special Revenue Fund appropriations for the fiscal year July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023?”

QUESTION #2

“Shall the proposed 2022-2023 budget of the Pomperaug Regional School District #15 in the amount of $ 80,338,014 be adopted?”

The Town Clerk’s Office is located at Southbury Town Hall, 501 Main Street South and is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Those seeking additional information or an application may call the office at 203-262-0657.

This press release was produced by the Town of Southbury. The views expressed here are the author’s own.