Midday Turnout Up in Region 14 Budget Vote

Update: 1 p.m. Tuesday

As of noon Tuesday, just over 9 percent of Woodbury voters had cast a ballot on the 2013-14 Region 14 Education Budget, with 607 of the 6,697 registered voters checking in by midday.

Turnout for this year’s first budget referendum is outpacing last year, which saw 508 Woodbury residents vote by 12 p.m., 7 percent of the 6,586 registered voters at that time.

“There have been a few little flurries” of heightened foot traffic, Woodbury poll moderator Jane Sandulli said Tuesday afternoon, “But, in general, it’s been pretty even all day,” with voters coming through in twos and threes throughout the morning.

In Bethlehem, 196 of 2,785 registered voters had cast a ballot by noon, or about 7 percent.

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Original Story:

Bethlehem and Woodbury voters are asked to cast their ballots Tuesday, May 7, on the proposed $32,055,781 Region 14 Education Budget for the 2013-14 academic year. The Woodbury Senior Community Center on Main Street South will be open for polling form 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Bethlehem residents can vote during the same window at Bethlehem Town Hall.

The proposed budget is a 4.9 percent increase in spending over 2012-13, due in large part to school security upgrades, School Resource Officers (SROs) for each school building and implementation of the new Common Core Standards.