Information for the election on March 13, 2012 is posted here.

Documents

Warrants, budgets, minutes and election-specific documents will be posted here as they become available.

• TOWN & SCHOOL
  • List of Candidates Filed for Town & School Positions
  • 2011 Annual Report (8MB)
• TOWN
  • Deliberative Session Minutes for February 11, 2012
  • Deliberative Session Mailer
  • Warrant
  • Budget: MS-7
  • Default Budget
• SCHOOL
  • Warrant (as it was amended at the Deliberative Session February 4th, 2012)
  • Deliberative Session Minutes for February 4, 2012
  • Deliberative Session Booklet (6MB)
  • Budget: MS-27 (2.3MB)
  • Default Budget (1MB)
  • Frequently Asked Questions

Explanation of SB2

Both the Town of Candia and the Candia School District follow the Senate Bill 2 (SB2) procedures for their annual meetings. The first step, or session, of the SB2 process will consists of a Deliberative Session (see the meeting dates in the above announcement) held in the Moore School Auditorium.  The  second step, or session, of the SB2 process consists of Election Day which will be held on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 from 6 am to 7 pm in the Moore School Auditorium.

At the deliberative sessions, all warrant articles will be considered.   There will be opportunities for explanation, discussion, and amendment of each article.  The conclusion of each article will result in voting to either:

• add the article to the ballot for voting on March 13th in its original form, or
• add the article to the ballot for voting as amended at this session.

When the deliberative session is adjourned, you will know the final language of each article, but will not have decided whether or not it passed.

On March 13th, Election Day, voters will mark “yes” or “no” on each warrant article in the voting booths with the final outcome of each article being decided. 

Further Details:

• Articles can be amended at the Deliberative Session.  For example, the dollar amount of an article can be amended.
• Zoning amendments are not amendable at the deliberative session.
• Any wordings of articles prescribed by statute are not amendable at the Deliberative Session.
• The town will be printing a sample ballot in the town report which will provide voters an outline of what you will be voting on.  You are welcome to mark the sample ballot and bring it with you to the polls to make your final vote on the official ballot on March 13th.
• There will not be an opportunity to ask questions about the articles and amendments on Election Day.
• Voters who cannot cast their ballots in person due to schedule conflicts may request an absentee ballot.  Please contact the Town Clerk to coordinate this process at 483-5573.