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There is a lot of tradition tied up in having town meetings. Tradition is hard to change. While the traditionally Town meeting was a good idea 100 years ago. The Practicality of it is greatly diminished in this day and age. Where do they hold the Moultonborough Town meeting? Is the Venue even big enough to hold a large quantity of the voting population?

I have only lived in on place where I felt the Town Meeting was still a good idea. The town had a registered Voter Population of less then 1000 and a gymnasium to hold the town meeting in where the entire Voter Population could show up. But in Most places this is not practical.

As for absentee voting, as GBgirl brought up. I don't think that is a reason to break the tradition of town meetings. Absentee voting has always been the easy way out for a lot of people so they don't have to show up on voting day. Please don't take that personally, if you are legitimately out of the area, obviously this is a advantageous thing, that I wouldn't deny you.

However having a place large enough to hold a true town meeting is a reason to over turn tradition. If I was a full time resident, that is the question I would be asking, in trying to get the town to move away from the town meeting style.