WARNING FOR ALDER SPECIAL ELECTION — 19th WARD
The electors of the 19th Ward in the Town of New Haven are hereby warned to meet at their respective polling places in said town on Thursday, August 7, 2014, for the purpose of casting their votes for Alder to Fill Vacancy for the 19th Ward.
Notice is hereby given that the location of the polling places is as follows:
Voting District Location of Polling Place
19 Celentano School
400 Canner St
New Haven, Ct 06511
Absentee Ballots will be counted at the following central location: Kennedy Mitchell Hall of Records, Ground Floor, 200 Orange St., New Haven, Ct
Voting machines will be used. The polls will be opened at 6:00 a.m. and will remain open until 8:00 p.m.
Dated at New Haven, Connecticut, this 24th day of June, 2014.
Michael B. Smart
Town Clerk
Yikes! What is all this language about a "warning," couched in stilted prose? (Great way to entice people to come out to vote. Some legal eagle please explain to me; I'd be most grateful.)
"The electors of the 19th Ward in the Town of New Haven are hereby warned to meet at their respective polling places in said town on Thursday, August 7, 2014, for the purpose of casting their votes for Alder to Fill Vacancy for the 19th Ward.
"Notice is hereby given that the location of the polling places is as follows:
"Voting District Location of Polling Place
"19 Celentano School
"400 Canner St"
Translation: A vacancy has occurred for the office of Alder in the 19th ward of the Town [or should it be City?] of New Haven. A special election will be held Thursday, August 7, 2014, to fill the vacancy. The polling place will be at the Celentano School, 400 Canner St.
Sheesh! No wonder people hate government.