Voters' Rights Upheld!

Voters' Rights Upheld!

Through the course of the summer, NYSAOTSOH has followed four Town referendums which would have made the Town Highway Superintendent position appointed by the Board rather than elected. For the most part, the initial information given to voters suggested that this change was important and might even save the taxpayers money.

In each case, NYSAOTSOH sent a letter to the local newspapers as well as to local Association contacts in that county for distribution. The letter simply clarified that no monetary savings would result from such a change and that the voters would lose their voice with respect to highway services.

All four referendums were defeated!

The margin of success varied in each town. The measures failed by a small margin in the Towns of Danby (Tompkins County) and Sharon (Schoharie County). The vote was about 2 to 1 in the Town of Duanesburg (Schenectady County). And the Town of Ticonderoga (Essex County) defeated the measure by 976 to 280!

Congratulations and thank you to the many members who helped defeat these misguided referendums!