#MIDDLEBURY #SPECIALELECTION
By MARJORIE NEEDHAM
Voters in the 32nd Senatorial District (Middlebury District 1) – Bethlehem, Roxbury, Washington, Bridgewater, Woodbury, Watertown, Southbury, Oxford and parts of Middlebury and Seymour – will go to the polls Tuesday, Feb. 28, to choose a senator for the seat vacated by Sen. Robert J. Kane’s Jan. 4, 2017, resignation.
Kane resigned his senate seat to take the state auditor position formerly held by Robert M. Ward, who retired. Kane is a long-time resident of Watertown who was first elected to represent the 32nd Senatorial District in a special election on Jan. 15, 2008.
Voters will see three names on the ballot: Democrat Greg Cava (also listed as the Working Families Party candidate), whose name was on the ballot when he ran against Kane last November; Republican Eric C. Berthel; and unaffiliated candidate Daniel M. Lynch.
Cava is an attorney from Roxbury and Bethel is a state representative in the 68th District, which covers Watertown and Woodbury. Lynch is from Middlebury.
Middlebury polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center at 1172 Whittemore Road. All voting will be downstairs.
Absentee ballots for the special election are available in the Middlebury Town Clerk’s office. Electors in the 32nd District are eligible to vote.
An application must be filled out before a ballot can be issued. The applications are available at the Town Clerk’s office or can be downloaded from the Secretary of the State’s website, www.sots.ct.gov under Elections & Voting.
The Middlebury Town Clerk’s office at 1212 Whittemore Road is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Additional information may be obtained by calling the office at 203-758-2557.
