| I’ve said this before and I will say it again: if there is an issue that anyone believes should go to a town-wide ballot and for whatever reason it is before town meeting, all that needs to happen is this: someone should get up to the microphone at Town Meeting and say “I move that the Town Meeting decide that this issue shall not be decided by the Town Meeting, but rather submitted to a town wide ballot.” Someone should then immediately second the motion. By Robert’s Rules of Order, the next speakers at the meeting may ONLY address the motion (whether there should be a town wide ballot) until a vote on that motion is held. If the discussion gets too long, or if anyone wants to cut it short for whatever reason, the next speaker should say “I call the question”. At that point a vote MUST be had on the underlying motion re the town wide ballot.
While the non-representative town meeting may be outmoded for today’s busy world, if you know how it works and you are able to coordinate, you can make things happen efficiently.
I learned these things while a Selectman of the Town of Belmont, and they work.
Anne Warner - Sent from iPhone. Typed by thumb. Excuse misspellings! On Dec 11, 2023, at 8:33 PM, Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com> wrote:
Most towns do NOT do this. Laws which govern Open Town Meeting towns are the determining factors. Perhaps all who want to come up with some new concepts should get together, like LRHA, and research and propose to the town. That would be really instructive and constructive.
March will have a ballot, in addition to the TM vote -to approve the $$ for the Community Center. One could skip TM and simply vote at the ballot box the following Monday.
Again, I urge all who are interested in this issue to form a study group and see what options are available.
On Dec 11, 2023, at 8:09 PM, Garrick Niemiec <garrickniemiec...@gmail.com> wrote:
I couldn't disagree more...we need to make voting accessable...time for change Sara.. time for change now. Let us vote electronically...all of us remotely. C'mon most towns do it now.
New comers including my family all recognize this!
The system is sooo antiquated.
Join us now before the march town meeting fails us again! Again and again and again!
As a good friend said at STM we are not spending our money wisely! You know that...a school project for 30M turns into 100 M. Driven by current Lincoln politics including selects. Yikes!
Now RLF is bankrupt? What's going on here. We're in a tailspin. Any ideas? Garrick, Town Meeting is open to all who care enough to attend. It not a drive-by! When people make noise about wanting a secret ballot at a ballot box, there is no evidence that indicates a huge leap in participation! I don’t like the way thing unfolded or the (predictable) outcome, but it was not because voting was not available tall.
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