New London Near the end of the City Council’s Finance Committee meeting on Monday, after members were presented with an update on the city’s unspent federal pandemic relief funding, Mayor Michael Pa.
New London – Municipal candidate slates for the November election are being finalized this week by Democratic, Republican and Green Party town committees expected to field nominees for mayoral, City C.
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New London Discussion on expanding the number of voting districts has resurfaced as the result of a disappointing voter turnout in the presidential election here.
New London’s 55% voter turnout was sharply below the state’s record 79%. Surrounding towns saw even higher numbers than the state average, buoyed in part by the fact that absentee ballots were made available to all voters because of the COVID-19 pandemic. There were 16,996 registered voters in the city during the last election.
City Councilor James Burke broached the subject of expansion of voting districts during an hourlong election debriefing with officials from the Registrar of Voters Office on Monday.