How Did Avon's Voter Turnout Compare to Post-October Snowstorm Election, Recount Year?

Thirty four percent of registered voters, or 4,089 people, went to the polls and voted on Nov. 5, 2013. 

“That’s not bad," Registrar of Voters Ann Clark (D) said Wednesday. 

This election also was a historical year for Connecticut, which allowed Election Day voter registration for the first time. Twenty-three people took advantage of it. 

Local election years without a presidential or gubernatorial race to boost numbers are typically lower.

In 2011, the October snowstorm power outages yielded low voter turnout at 26.5. 

Four years ago, there was a recount for Town Council when there was a three vote difference between David Peña (D) and William Hooper (R), Clark said. When moderators discovered that the two candidates were indeed tied, the town held an "adjourned election" for just Peña and Hooper the Tuesday before Thanksgiving that year. Peña won the council seat in the run-off. Voter turnout in 2009 reached 36.9, nearly 3 percent more than this year. 

However the three turnout percentages cannot be compared apples to apples, Clark said, because it doesn't account for the voting redistricting that happened in Avon's first and second districts effective 2013. Voters in the second district also go to the Avon Volunteer Fire Department Company 1 fire station now instead of Town Hall. 

Did you go out and vote? Why or why not? Tell us in the comments!