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Resident files petition to move Leesburg town elections to November

Monday, Fe b. 28 by Laura Pe te rs | 0 com m e nts | Em ail this story

On Feb. 28, Leesburg resident Barbara Bayles Roberts gave Loudoun County Circuit Court Clerk
Gary Clemens more than 2,400 signatures of people who want to see a referendum on the ballot
for Leesburg Town Council elections to be moved.

The referendum would ask residents if they would like to change voting from May of even years
to November of even years. The big debate is that residents show little interest in voting in May,
with less voting traffic compared to November voting.

The next step of the process is for Clemens to get a court order to place it on the ballot November
2011 for town residents to vote on.

“I kept hearing from people ‘why are we voting in May, why aren’t we doing this in
November?’” Roberts said. “I did the research and saw how low the voter turnout was in May.
We need to get more voter turnout, and we need to find a way to save money and make it more
accessible.”

Roberts says that with having town elections on a separate day from other elections, it’s costing
the town more money. Last May’s elections cost the town about $34,000. That was with a very
low voter turnout. Roberts says if town elections are merged with federal elections in November,
the town will incur less cost since elections are happening anyway.
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Roberts said the big issue she has with voting in May is when she moved into town limits from Tue sday, Fe b. 22 | 5575 vie ws
the county, she wasn’t even aware that there was an election in May. She says that older Pedestrian struck and killed early
residents of Leesburg are aware but the younger people moving in are unaware. Feb. 20 on Route 7
Council member Ken Reid plans to bring the issue to council one last time at the March 8 Frida y, Fe b. 25 | 5095 vie ws
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Last year, the majority of council tabled a motion that would have brought the issue to a public Tue sday, Fe b. 22 | 2878 vie ws
hearing and a vote. Town Council could have changed the election date on its own, but since it UPDAT E: Ashburn wom an
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