Record low turnout at Chesterfield town election
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CHESTERFIELD Monday’s annual town election had the lowest number of votes cast in decades.
In the election, which featured no contested races on the ballot, 54 out of the town’s 972 registered voters voted, a 5.6% turnout.
“It’s sad, when you think about it,” said Sandy Wickland, Chesterfield’s town clerk.
Wickland said she looked back at annual town elections from 1988 to the present, and the 54 votes this year were the fewest in any of them, although she did find some elections that had vote totals in the high 50s. She also said that some candidates on the ballot did not vote.
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Goshen Fire Chief Susan Labrie gets her turnout gear in preparation for an operations drill Tuesday. Behind her is her daughter Hannah Labrie, also a member of the Fire Department. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Goshen Fire Chief Susan Labrie works with members of her crew during a pump operations drill Tuesday night, April 6, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Middle, Goshen Fire Chief Susan Labrie works with, left, Dillon Neveu and right, Nate Godden, during a pump operations drill Tuesday night, April 6, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Goshen Fire Chief Susn Labrie operates the engine during a pump operations training on Tuesday night, April 6, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS