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Polling location change considered in Danbury

The proposal to move voting in Ward 6 of Danbury to the Moose Lodge for the November election has been discussed.  The Republican Registrar of Voters made the proposal so voting is more centrally located in the re-districted Ward.  The Democratic Registrar withdrew her support for the change. 

 

More than a dozen residents spoke during the Tuesday City Council meeting saying they can't figure out why the proposal was suggested because Park Avenue has worked for decades.  Those in favor of not moving the polling location cited issues such as better parking and a larger voting room.

 

Those speaking against the move said the roads to the Moose Lodge don't have sidewalks, the street is a narrow lane and the lines aren't painted in the parking lot.

 

Some City residents said they don't want Danbury seen as suppressing votes or gerrymandering.  But an assistant registrar at Park Avenue School, who is a Republican Town Committee member, was the only one to speak in favor of the move agreeing that the Moose Lodge is more centrally located to the added streets on the west side now included in the ward.  Maggie Curran also cited low voter turn out in the ward. 

 

The Council will consider the move later this month.

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