RFH 2010, Cover Stories, Town of Hamilton Election

46% of Town's Voters Went to Polls Tuesday

Fri, Nov 11, 2011

Forty-six percent of registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday's Town of Hamilton election. The Madison County Board of Elections reports that 1,128 votes were cast on machines at three polling places; this does not include absentee ballots and affidavits. The board said there are 2,462 registered voters in the town.

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  1. Friday, November 11, 2011 Sharon

    As a citizen who firmly believes in the power of the vote, I want to commend all who took the time to go to the polls on Tuesday to do their part to select our local leaders. From my (somewhat limited) understanding of turnout percentages, 46% is a turnout to be proud of, especially in an election that didn't involve any state or federal level seats. A democracy is only as good as it's citizens-stay involved!

  2. You are right, Sharon!

    Friday, November 11, 2011 Wanda Warren

    Yes, 46% turn-out is excellent, especially in this "off-year" election. If you looked at the reports in the newspapers on other towns, where usually the races were uncontested, you saw that often officials go forward into another term on the basis of only a handful of votes. Some of you might want to notice that even with all of the interest in last Spring's Village of Hamilton election, there was only a 40% turn-out. I was pleased when at the Rotary Forum before the village election, Anne Clauss quoted the last line of my article on "Do Political Parties Have a Role in Local Elections?" I believe that line also could apply to the campaign leading to Tuesday's election. You can find it in RFH's archives. Democracy thrives on real elections with real contests. Then it requires us to go forward together, working with our elected representatives to find solutions to the problems we need to face together.