 Phoebe Jordan Cast Historic Vote 104 Years AgoPhoebe Jordan awoke in the wee hours 104 years ago, lit a lantern and set out on the 2 1/2-mile walk down the dirt road from her farm to the school house to vote.  Dedication Set for Jordan, First Woman to VotePhoebe Jordan made history in 1920 as the first woman to cast a ballot in a presidential election after the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.  Dalton Traffic Commission Advises on Senior Center VotingThe Traffic Commission will be sending the Select Board a letter with recommendations on ways to improve voting at the Senior Center.  Dalton Traffic Commission Urges Need For Traffic StudyThe Traffic Commission wrote a letter to the Select Board urging for a traffic study to ensure safe traffic control during elections now that the polling station is at the Senior Center. North Adams Council OKs Zoning, Earlier VotingThe council approved to start voting in the city election two hours earlier, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dalton Select Board Votes to Move Polling Station to Senior CenterFollowing a lengthy and at times heated discussion, the Select Board voted in favor of relocating the town's polling station to the Senior Center as of March 5, 2024. Williamstown Charter Review Committee Discusses Australian BallotThe committee last week took no votes on whether to include a recommendation on the Australian ballot question in its final report to the Select Board, which formed the Charter Review Committee last summer.  Williamstown on Track to Try Electronic Voting at Town MeetingThe meeting began with a presentation from Peter Babel of Meridia Interactive Solutions, who explained how the company's interactive "clickers" could be used to expedite the voting process at town meeting. Dalton Select Board Votes to Hold Off on Certain Voting Options for Local ElectionThe Select Board voted to hold off on offering early voting by mail or in person for for the local election on May 8. |
