Good morning Dale.

A public question is any article that is not a budget article or an article to elect officers.
If a municpality or school district wants to do all of the articles on the warning by
Australian ballot, the article "Shall the District vote all public questions by Australian
ballot" is used to cover all of the remaining articles that are not changed by voting to do
the budget or election of officers by Australian ballot.

It appears that L & G will now do its budget by Australian ballot but that all of the other
articles on the warning for the next meeting will be done by voting from the floor at the
meeting.

Best Wishes, Kathy



On 5 Feb 2003 at 6:44, Dale Thiel wrote:

> Good Mornng,
> Last evening in Townshend, at the Leland and Gray Union High School
> Annual Budget Meeting, there were several questions pertaining to
> Australian ballot which had been presented to the school by petition.
>
> The first article  to adopt the budget vote by australian ballot, was
> approved by the voters by paper ballot.
> The second article for co-mingling was defeated.
> The third article was confusing to the voters and the moderator said he
> did not understand it also. As follows: "Shall the Leland and Gray Union
> High School District #34 vote on all public questions by Australian ballot?"
> Does anybody know exactly what the definition of "public questions" is?
> The article was passed over....the statute seems to be broad and that
> caused some confusion....
> Any thoughts and comments will help answer questions today I am sure.
> Thank you everyone-
> Dale Thiel
> Admin. Assist.-Townshend
>

Kathy DeWolfe
Director of Elections and Campaign Finance
Office of the Vermont Secretary of State
(802) 828-2304