Elections 2000

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Where and When May I Register to Vote?

You may register to vote as soon as you move into a residence: there is no waiting period to be eligible. However, there are deadlines to enable election officials to prepare voter lists. You may complete a voter registration card at any town/city hall in Connecticut or pick one up at libraries, the Dept. of Motor Vehicles, other state agency offices, and on the Internet: www.sots.ct.gov .

Mail your card to Registrar of Voters, your town of residence. Election: Your application must be postmarked or received by a voter registration agency by the 14th day before an election. You may register in person at your own town/city hall with your registrar of voters until 7 days before an election.

Primary: Your application must be postmarked or received by your registrar of voters, or by a voter registration agency, by the 5th day before a primary. You may apply in person to your registrar until 12 noon on the last business day before a primary. If you are temporarily or permanently disabled, you may have a voter registration form mailed to you or may request your registrar of voters to come to your residence.

VOTER REGISTRATIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY 2008 puts Democrats up by 7 voters as of the end of the week Feb. 1; now Majority Party in Weston!

W E S T O N , C O N N E C T I C U T R E C E N T V O T I N G H I S T O R Y :
Apples and Oranges Department: hard to compare data when it comes from differing sources, not all the same years, etc.
For link to Office of Legislative Research in Hartford http://www.cga.ct.gov/olr/ (report on voter registration and actual voting in primaries) 1994, 1998, 2002, 2004 - includes data from three sources, one of which is F.E.C. Weston LWV study of Town Meeting involvement and position HERE. CT Secretary of the State's office keeps theofficial voting records

Local Elections: note--these are not all official numbers!

Municipal Election 1997 - 17% - (uncontested)
Municipal Election 1999 - 48% - (contested, Democrat win; Republican majority on the Board)
Municipal Election 2001 - 30% - (uncontested)
Municipal Election 2003 - (contested - Republican wins - we don't have numbers for registration, but there were @2536 votes cast for First Selectman [986 Democrats])
Municipal Election 2005 - 21% - (uncontested)
Municipal Election 2007 - 44% - (contested, Republican wins; Republican majority on the Board - 2656 votes cast for First Selectman [1212 Democrats])

Town Meeting Participation:

April 10, 2001 - ATBM - 10%
April 24, 2001 - Referendum - 34%
May 24, 2001 - Special Town Meeting - 3%
June 21, 2001 - Special Town Meeting - 3%
June 28, 2001 - Referendum - 30%
October 18, 2001 - Special Town Meeting - passed (% not available)
November 7, 2001 - Special Town Meeting - adjourned to Referendum
November 15, 2001 - Referendum - 65%
April 16, 2002 - ATBM - 3%
May 30, 2002 - Special Town Meeting - 2%
January 9, 2003 - Special Town Meeting - 4%
April 9, 2003 - ATBM - 3%
April 22, 2003 - Referendum - (est. 58%)

State Election:

1998 - 58%
2002 - 57%

Presidential Election 2004 cycle in Weston:

Turnout: 90.27% this Presidential Election cycle--as of revised returns on turnout, Weston was not #1...we were #5 (previously #8, before three small towns elsewhere in CT were "eliminated" by "pilot error (our word)" in reporting: Roxbury 99.94% (still being reviewed), Washington 93.08%, Wethersfield 90.83%, Darien 90.47%, then Weston 90.27%!

100% Turnout Turns Out False
November 10, 2004 Hartford Courant
Staff Report

Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz fretted last week about how she would properly recognize three towns that reported 100 percent voter turnout in the presidential election.

She needn't worry.

The 100 percent figures for Hartland, Madison and Warren were the results of imperfect paperwork by local officials, not perfect attendance by voters, Larry Perosino, a spokesman for Bysiewicz, said Tuesday.

Unofficial statistics posted Tuesday afternoon on the secretary of the state's website corrected the turnouts as 79.39 percent for Hartland, 82.53 percent for Madison and 87.13 percent for Warren.

The site still lists Roxbury as having a turnout of 99.94 percent, with only one of the town's 1,727 registered voters failing to cast a ballot, but local officials could not be reached for confirmation.

Bysiewicz awards the "Democracy Cup" to communities with the best voter turnout. The cup is given to communities in three categories, based on population.

The unofficial statewide voter turnout was 78.69 percent, according to the latest unofficial figures. The election statistics are certified on Nov. 24.

Presidential Election 2000 cycle in Weston:

Primaries...

Although the dates were a couple of weeks off--the Primary was March 7 and the date of the numbers below is two weeks later--a comparison, courtesy of the Registrars of Voters, was made available to the League. These numbers measure VOTER INTEREST. In addition, the data showed Democrat registration up by one percent from the end of 1999 through the Primary; Republican registration was up by 1% as well. Unaffiliated voter registrations thus may have gone down...or new voters registered as a result of the Primary.

Of the 5,805 registered voters in Weston on March 21, 2000, 27% are Democrats, 41% are Republicans and 32% are inaffiliated; we estimate that approximately 20% of registered Democrats voted in their Presidential Preference Primary and almost 25% of Republicans voted in their's...
Presidential Preference Primary Results in Weston: An excellent turnout of affiliated voters...

Democrat
Gore - 285
Bradley - 328
Uncommitted - 7

Republican
Bush - 463
Keyes - 18
McCain - 653
Forbes - 5
Uncommitted - 2

The Presidential Election itself 2000 drew an 87% turnout of Weston voters.