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11.07.2006

 

10:20 p.m., Waiting for Essex, S.Burlington

No word yet from South Burlington or Essex Town. Both places have hotly debated local issues on the ballot.

Essex Junction and Essex Town voters are being asked whether to merge their two government. Now that's a debate that's been going on longer than Bernie Sanders has been a Vermont politician. In the Junction, voters decisively approved the idea, 2,922-1085. The outcome could be very different in Essex Town, where a yes vote from skeptical residents may be harder to come by.

In South Burlington, voters must decide whether to change the charter to allow them to vote on the school budget. They'll also decide whether to give the City Council authority to impose a local option tax.

-- Candace Page

Comments:
Just got off the phone w/ the S.B. City Clerk's office. The reason the ballot counting is taking so long is because the ballots were printed before the charter change language was approved by the City Council, so each voter got two physical ballots, essentially doubling the counting time. That, and S.B. had a large turnout, about 8,000 out of the 14,000 registered. Of that 14,000, the city believes that 10,500 are active voters.
--SB
 
What is the turnout in the other constitutional races
 
Marty's out.
 
Impressive turnout. Gotta say that people came out in droves and that's a very encouraging thing.
 
Where are the results for South Burlington?
 
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