HappilyhiketheHump t1_j8o9p8w wrote
Ahhhh, town meeting day floor votes.
Where the white haired landed gentry make the spending decisions for the town without having to see or hear from the working poor, the house bound, the sick, the traveling, the shy or the rest of the undesirables.
The town meeting day tradition of discrimination by floor vote needs to end.
HomeOnTheMountain_ t1_j8polmg wrote
wait, don't all those folks have the ability to vote as well?
HappilyhiketheHump t1_j8rmgcs wrote
Not on a town meeting floor vote. You have to be there in person, usually at an unknown time to vote on earned articles. (There is no schedule as to when votes are held)
If you are working, housebound, sick, caring for someone who is sick, traveling or deployed, or infirm, you don’t get to vote on your towns budget or school district budgets.
Absolutely a travesty.
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HappilyhiketheHump t1_j8rvvf4 wrote
Yep. It’s a rigged system to keep those in charge in charge.
I’m not sure how it is even legal in todays world. Our old Secretary of State supported town meeting floor votes and our new Secretary does as well.
No-Ganache7168 t1_j9yhwjk wrote
No. Essential workers, those who can’t take off and those who are too sick or old to attend cannot. That’s why only 6 percent of my town’s voters come out vs 40 percent for ballots
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