Town Meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. on May 4 the Wayland High School Field House. You can use any check-in station; waiting in one line based on the first letter of your last name is no longer required. As you’re checking in, you’ll be issued a handset for your exclusive use during that session.
Your vote is displayed on your handset’s screen and wirelessly transmitted to a computer that counts votes and displays results for the moderator to announce. Nothing but these totals is permanently recorded, so your vote will remain private.
If you accidentally push the wrong button, you can change your vote by pushing the correct button while the “voting light” is illuminated. If you don’t want to participate in a particular vote, don’t push any buttons while the “voting light” is illuminated; if you don’t want to participate but accidentally push the 1 or 2 button, you can clear your unintentional vote by pushing the 3 button while the “voting light” is illuminated. Voting with a handset issued to anyone else is strictly forbidden. If you temporarily leave your seat during the meeting, please keep your handset with you. If you’re visiting the restroom, you can leave your handset with the Exit Desk staff. When you leave the Field House, either during a session or at the close of a session, place your handset in one of the bins at the Exit Desks.
If you’re physically unable to use a handset to vote, tell the person who checks you in, and you’ll be seated in an area where your votes will be manually counted by help desk personnel.
