Where Do You Vote and What Do You Vote For in This Election?

Do you know where to vote on Election Day?

The Town of West Hartford has redistricted into nine new voting districts and the chances are you have a new polling place for the upcoming election on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.

New Polling Locations:
District #1 - King Philip Middle School, 100 King Philip Drive
District #2 - Bristow Middle School, 34 Highland Street
District #3 - West Hartford Town Hall, 50 South Main Street
District #4 - Elmwood Community Center, 1106 New Britain Avenue
District #5 - Wolcott School, 71 Wolcott Road
District #6 - Conard High School, 110 Beechwood Road
District #7 - Sedgwick Middle School, 128 Sedgwick Road
District #8 - Braeburn School, 45 Braeburn Road
District #9 - Hall High School, 975 North Main Street

Voters can find out if they are registered to vote and their new polling place at the Secretary of State's "Look Up" site at: www.dir.ct.gov/sots/lookup.aspx. You must be registered to vote in West Hartford in order to vote in the upcoming November election.

If you have moved into West Hartford from another community, you must register to vote in West Hartford. If you have moved within town, you must change your address with the Registrar of Voters office by completing a new registration card.

Registration cards are available on the Town of West Hartford website or by visiting the Registrars' office at Town Hall, Room 209, 50 South Main St. West Hartford, CT, Monday through Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Remaining key dates are:

October 23, 2012 – Mail-In Voter Registration Deadline. All mail-in voter registration applications must be received or post-marked by this date.

October 30, 2012 – Last day to register In-person. Office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

If you are unable to vote in person on Election Day, you may use an absentee ballot. Absentee ballot applications are available at the Town Clerk's office at 860-561-7430 and on the town's website.

Referendum Question on the Ballot for MDC's Clean Water Project

The following question regarding the Metropolitan District Commission's (MDC) Clean Water Project will appear on the November 6, 2012, ballot for the MDC member towns of Bloomfield, East Hartford, Hartford, Newington, Rocky Hill, West Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor. The following explanatory text has been prepared pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes Section 9-369b.

The Question reads as follows:

Shall the appropriation of an additional $800,000,000, to be financed, in part, by the issuance of bonds and Clean Water Fund grants and loans, for Phase II of the Metropolitan District's combined sewer overflow, sanitary sewer overflow and nitrogen removal programs to decrease levels of pollution in Metropolitan District member towns, the Connecticut River and its tributaries, and Long Island Sound to comply with a consent decree of the United States District Court of the District of Connecticut and a consent order of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, be approved?

The purpose of the question is to appropriate funds toward the Clean Water Project, which will address approximately 1 billion gallons of combined wastewater and storm water currently released each year to area waterways. This wastewater is discharged by 38 combined sewer overflow (CSO) and eight sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) locations, at which diluted sewage is discharged into the Connecticut River and its tributaries. To learn more, go to http://www.themdc.com/pr10132012.pdf.

This information has been provided by the Town of West Hartford.