Date Set For 2-Candidate Vernon Town Council Runoff

VERNON, CT — The Vernon Registrars of the Voters Monday announced that a special election will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 28, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the town’s regular voting locations — Northeast School, Rockville High School, Vernon Center Middle School and Skinner Road School.

School will not be in session that day, officials said.

The election is being staged because a recount produced a tie vote between Republican Bill Campbell and Democrat Bill Dauphin for the 12th and final Town Council seat. Campbell, an incumbent, and Dauphin both wound up with 2,693 votes after the recount. The recount added six votes to Dauphin's total and added four to Campbell's, wiping out Campbell's original two-vote win.

The two candidates will be the only ones on the ballot.

Because it is a special election, no same-day voter registration will be available. Anyone interested in voting must register by Nov. 20, officials said.

Absentee ballots for the special election are available at the Vernon Town Clerk's Office, 14 Park Place.

Voters can call the Town Clerk's Office at 860-870-3662 to request an absentee ballot application. Voters may also go in-person to the Town Clerk’s Office to fill out an absentee ballot application and complete an actual absentee ballot. Only the Town Clerk may issue and process absentee ballot requests.