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I would think that there would have to be a postponement of the referendum vote at this juncture because I do not believe there is any possibility of printing and distributing the promised informational brochure at this late date. Unless of course they are already printed and ready to be mailed after the Thanksgiving Day holiday.
Even if the literature exists in waiting, it will be one-sided and probably mailed to a conveniently selective sample of the eligible electorate who will be led to believe that a tax funded REMS is the only option...if in fact it ever gets to a post office. |
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I am still waiting for my pro REMS sign .... hopefully it will be up in the next few days.
You want one? I have one and was going to throw it in the garbage, but I'll deliver it to you if you want it. It appears that the people were ILLEGALLY putting up signs on businesses properties and did not ask permission. I will continue, with the businesses permission, taking down signs that are put up illegally. |
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After watching the Town Board meeting on channel 18 last night, it is apparent that the REMS and paramedics are not doing their job. I watched for an hour straight, and FDG didn't move. He was comatose! Why didn't a paramedic go up there and take a pulse on that guy? And to think he represents Rotterdam. WOW! |
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November 17, 2010, 3:05pm |
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After watching the Town Board meeting on channel 18 last night, it is apparent that the REMS and paramedics are not doing their job. I watched for an hour straight, and FDG didn't move. He was comatose! Why didn't a paramedic go up there and take a pulse on that guy? And to think he represents Rotterdam. WOW!
Doesn'y say much for Steve Tomassone! And to think Steve got beat by a "comatose." WOW!!! |
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Doesn'y say much for Steve Tomassone! And to think Steve got beat by a "comatose." WOW!!!
Agreed. When Gerard questioned FDG's literacy, little did he know, that FDG's literacy level is the average literacy in the Town of Rotterdam. Hence, the results of the election. |
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November 17, 2010, 3:27pm |
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OMG You are Bill Osta reincarnated. He wrote a letter to the Gazette calling the Rotterdam voters "morons" for putting Joe Signore in office. ROTFLMAO You sound just like him and in a strange twist Wild Bill might have told Nikki to keep her mouth shut too. I know he would have punched out Gerard for the way he dissed his sister Eunice. |
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non-for profit? really? I think we just subsidised someone/thing that us 'morons' weren't aware of........ |
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At least four people have filed complaints with the AG....others are expected to do the same.
This issue should certainly be investigated by the AG's office. If left to the locals, nothing will ever be done. Just brushed under the rug at the taxpayers expense. |
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OMG You are Bill Osta reincarnated. He wrote a letter to the Gazette calling the Rotterdam voters "morons" for putting Joe Signore in office. ROTFLMAO You sound just like him and in a strange twist Wild Bill might have told Nikki to keep her mouth shut too. I know he would have punched out Gerard for the way he dissed his sister Eunice.
One thing I can proudly say when I watch a Town Board Meeting - I DIDN'T VOTE FOR A F'EN ONE UV-UM. NNTP - 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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DemocraticVoiceOfReason |
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Why would you assume that? The same rules of a general election don't apply to this goofy referendum. There are no absentee ballots, only one polling location, and it is limited to property owners.
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I was speaking about the laws/ordinances regarding signs. The other issues -- limiting it to property owners - is a matter of state law, the one polling place - personally, I don't like the idea of one polling place but that is what the board decided, and as for the absentee ballots -- I have discussed my view on that issue before -- there is no legal impediment to having absentee ballots but the process would require property owners to come down to Town Hall and sign up for absentee ballots (that is how the state law addresses that issue) ..personally, I think it would be well worth the "extra work" to allow absentee ballots. |
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November 17, 2010, 8:23pm |
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I was speaking about the laws/ordinances regarding signs. The other issues -- limiting it to property owners - is a matter of state law, the one polling place - personally, I don't like the idea of one polling place but that is what the board decided, and as for the absentee ballots -- I have discussed my view on that issue before -- there is no legal impediment to having absentee ballots but the process would require property owners to come down to Town Hall and sign up for absentee ballots (that is how the state law addresses that issue) ..personally, I think it would be well worth the "extra work" to allow absentee ballots.
NY does not require property owners to "come to Town Hall and sign up for absentee ballots", that's just wrong information. http://www.elections.state.ny.us/VotingAbsentee.html
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Qualifications to Vote by Absentee Ballot
* Unavoidably absent from your county or, if a resident of New York City absent from said city, on Election Day because of duties, occupation, business, vacation or studies; or accompanying a spouse, parent or child engaged in the above. * Unable to appear at the polls due to temporary or permanent illness or disability; or because you are the primary care giver of one or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled. * A patient or inmate in a Veterans' Administration Hospital. * Detained in jail awaiting Grand Jury action or confined in prison after conviction for an offense other than a felony.
How to Vote by Absentee Ballot
* Applications for Absentee Ballots are available at your county board of elections. * You may also download a PDF version of the New York State Absentee Ballot Application Form. (pdf 261KB) * Upon completion, applications must be mailed to your county board no later than the seventh day before the election or delivered in person no later than the day before the election. * You may also request an Absentee Ballot by sending a letter to your county board of elections. The letter must be received by your county board no earlier than 30 days and no later than seven days before the election. The letter must contain the following information: o the address where you are registered o an address where the ballot is to be sent o the reason for the request, and o the signature of the voter
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If you are permanently ill or disabled, you have the right to receive an Absentee Ballot for each subsequent election without further application. Simply file an application with your board of elections containing a statement which describes the particulars of your illness or disability. The Board will review the facts stated, and if satisfied, will mark your registration record. You will then automatically receive an absentee ballot for every election until your registration is canceled.
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remember FDG has troubles with some of his R's
the past 11 months have shown us
reading
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i hear he is getting a new tutor
two didn't work and one has left ! |
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Absentee ballots for municipal referendums are not handled by the County Board of Elections.
The rules that you are citing are regarding absentee ballots for primary and general elections.
For a municipal referendum, the property owner would have to go to the municipal office -- in this case -- to Town Hall to apply for an absentee ballot.
My point all along has been -- that there is a procedure for allowing absentee ballots for municipal referendums. Unfortunately the Town Board would have had to included wording allowing absentee ballots in the resolution calling for the referendum vote. I questioned the absence of such language last spring --- and was initially told absentee ballots were not allowed for referendums -- when I cited the state law that allowed it .. then I was told that absentee ballots would be "too much work".
I have always contended that the rules for conducting the referendum on the ambulance district should be interpreted and executed in such a way as to INCLUDE as many potential voters as possible. It is always best to make the argument for MORE democracy than it is to stubbornly insist on constraining or limiting democracy. |
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November 17, 2010, 11:53pm |
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It makes NO SENSE that residents requesting absentee ballots would need to go to Town Hall to get them. If they're too sick or disabled to vote, they're too sick or disabled to go get a ballot. If they're military and out of the area, there's no way they can go to town hall.
"too much work" doesn't cut it.
The point is moot - the announcement of the vote cancellation will be made shortly. |
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It makes NO SENSE that residents requesting absentee ballots would need to go to Town Hall to get them. If they're too sick or disabled to vote, they're too sick or disabled to go get a ballot. If they're military and out of the area, there's no way they can go to town hall.
"too much work" doesn't cut it.
The point is moot - the announcement of the vote cancellation will be made shortly.
I didn't say that the rules made sense -- but in the case of municipal referendums -- the application for absentee ballots are taken care of at Town Hall. That is the state law. |
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