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View Poll Results: Should non resident tax payers get to vote in the March Town Elections? | |||
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444 | 66.97% |
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219 | 33.03% |
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It just wouldn't work because the non-resident is always going to vote down town expenses that he does not utilize. The biggest being the school system. It is typically the largest budget item and one that the non-resident doesn't use in any way, so he will vote against any expenditure for it.
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Maybe I'm being too idealistic, but I think it's in everyone's interest to have well-educated citizens, no matter where that education is obtained. If I was allowed to vote in local elections as a non-resident, I would absolutely support local education, even if my family didn't "utilize" it. |
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NH HB 1161 was introduced on January 4th, 2012 for an act establishing a committee to study permitting nonresident property owners to vote in local elections. The bill was sponsored by House Representative Mark Warden (r) Hillsborough.
Status: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE Status Date: 2/8/2012 Current Committee: ELECTION LAW Committee of Referral: ELECTION LAW Date Introduced: 1/4/2012 Due out of Committee: 2/23/2012 Floor Date: 2/8/2012 http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_sta...nyear=2012&q=1
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As I mentioned earlier, perhaps I'm too idealistic, but I like to think that voting for or against stuff that takes taxpayer dollars isn't always about the individual taxpayer's immediate bottom line; it's also about what you get, as a citizen, and not directly, for the money spent. Good schools and well-educated kids are a good thing for everyone, not just the parents and families of the school kids. If you're not homeless, do you automatically vote against spending tax dollars on homeless shelters and other assistance? If you don't ever use the town parks and recreation facilities, do you always vote to defund those programs? I hope not, because otherwise, why live in a community? |
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I was recently talking to a family member of mine who has owned waterfront in Wolfeboro since the late 60s. They attended a town meeting and was insulted by the fact whoever it was from the town that was speaking referred to the water front owners as "cash cows". Sure you can sell and move on, but that's not the point.
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Wolfeboro gets @70% of it operating revenue from "water front" property owners. I would say that the term "Cash Cows" that was used by someone at the "town meeting" was/is pretty accurate.
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