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Norwalk council approves three charter questions for Nov. 4 ballot, finalizes language
Summary
After discussion about question grouping and voter clarity, the council approved a three-question ballot format and adopted specific language to describe the charter revisions that will appear on the Nov. 4, 2025 referendum.
The Norwalk Common Council voted to place three separate charter referendum questions on the Nov. 4, 2025 ballot and approved the language to accompany them.
Attorney Mednick and council members discussed whether to present the charter changes as a single omnibus question, multiple questions or up to four questions. Concerns centered on ballot "real estate" (space available on a physical ballot), voter clarity, and the risk that bundling a contested item with broadly supported technical changes could cause voters to…
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