While a majority of people speaking before the Danbury City Council last week about moving polling locations talked about the 6th ward, there is also a proposal on the table to move the Ward 3 polling place.  That suggestion has garnered mixed reaction. 

Danbury Democratic Town Committee chairman Joe DaSilva spoke in favor of the Ward 3 move.  He said unlike Ward 6, the people right across from Broadview Middle School no longer vote there.  He says Stadley Rough would be more central in the district.  DaSilva says he knows members of the City Council and understands that they are not looking to make voting harder.

DaSilva likened the move to when Morris Street School no longer worked for a different ward because there was no parking and it was hard to get in and out of.  At that time, voting was moved to Mill Ridge Elementary School because it was more centrally located and had more parking. 

City resident Gladys Cooper was not in favor of the change because Stadley Rough School was just as hard to get out of as other poor location choices.

The Council as a whole will decide on the issue within a month.