Volunteers from the KDTC are available to provide rides to the polls for fellow Killingworth residents on Tuesday, November 8.
Email us at KillingworthDTC@gmail or call 860-452-6447 and leave a voicemail with your contact information. Someone will get in touch.
Wondering what your ballot will look like on November 8? Sample ballots by town are now available online.
In Killingworth, the Early Voting question box will be on the front of the ballot!
A great way of showing your support for Democrats is to display yard signs for our candidates during campaign season.
The signs are free and a friendly volunteer will be glad to deliver them to your door.
Let us know which signs you would like and where you live. You can email KillingworthDTC@gmail.com or fill out our short form: https://killingworthdemocrats.org/elections-and-voting/request-a-yard-sign/
This November, there will be an important question on your ballot.
Connecticut voters will be asked to approve a ballot question to support amending the state Constitution to provide for early voting.
When you are asked: “Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to permit the General Assembly to provide for early voting?” Vote: YES!
Want to know more? Go to https://ctvotesearly.com
YES!
If you wish to vote by absentee ballot, please complete an application and submit it to the Town Clerk’s Office either in person, by mail, or by dropping your application into the secure ballot box installed in the grassy area outside of Town Hall’s main entrance.
Town of Killingworth
Town Clerk
323 Route 81, Killingworth, CT 06419
With the death of Elizabeth “Betty” Dennis this past week, the town of Killingworth and the Killingworth Democratic Town Committee have lost a devoted supporter, volunteer, organizer, and friend. A longtime member of the KDTC, Betty served as Democratic Registrar of Voters from 2005 to 2017, continuing to serve at the polls after her retirement from that elected position. The Democratic Town Committee’s annual May Bake Sale fundraiser was organized well in advance by Betty. She would be the first there and the last to leave, rain, shine, and occasionally freezing temperatures. Her creamy homemade fudge was a much sought after item at the table.
Betty also served on the Killingworth Public Health Agency from 2013 to the present and was a member of the Killingworth Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). In this position she helped staff our emergency shelters when they were opened and was part of the team that went to Middletown to help after the 2010 power plant explosion.
Active at St. Lawrence Church, she was a proud member of their Columbiettes, and always a busy presence during church fairs, rummage sales, and the renowned Strawberry Festival. She also helped organize and run the Shawl Ministry at the church, a group of women who knit shawls for the sick.
Betty leaves behind four sons and their families, including two much loved grandchildren. Calling hours at Swan Funeral Home in Clinton will be Wednesday, August 3 from 5 until 8. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday morning, August 4th at 10 a.m. in St. Lawrence Church.
Elizabeth “Betty” Dennis will be remembered fondly by all of us who worked beside her in one cause or another over decades. She will be missed. Our condolences to her family.
Thank you to all who came out to support the bake sale this weekend.
Thanks to your generosity, we were able to donate $375 to Save Deer Lake!
This year, the Killingworth Democratic Town Committee will hold its annual bake sale on Saturday, June 18, at Recycle Way, and half of the proceeds will be donated to the Save Deer Lake campaign.
Sweet and savory treats will include muffins, sourdough bread, sticky buns, cookies, fudge, jams, and more.
We invite everyone to stop by, grab a goodie (and maybe something for Dad), and say hi. We will be there from 8:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.
On January 6, 2022, the KDTC held a caucus at the Killingworth Library to elect members of the committee.
We were pleased to welcome seven new members to the committee, in addition to a number of returning members.
The following letter was published October 28, 2021 in Haddam-Killingworth News
Whether a Killingworth selectman may legally hold another office is currently in dispute. The Killingworth Town Charter clearly says, “No member of the Board of Selectmen shall, during his/her term in office, hold or be appointed to any other office, board, commission, or position of employment in the government of Killingworth. . . .” The Town Attorney has given his legal opinion that membership on the RSD17 Board of Education is, in fact, holding an office in the government of Killingworth.
Lately, some are arguing that we should “let the voters decide.” The fact is, we have a Town Charter that was adopted by the voters. It is Killingworth’s “constitution.” A vote in a particular election does not allow you to violate that constitution.
Indeed, the passage I just quoted was not only in the current charter; it was in the preceding charters since the first one, adopted in 1981. I know; I was on the commission that drafted Killingworth’s first charter. Killingworth voters have adopted this language three times. The voters have decided already.
There is a procedure in place, under state law, to change that decision. It is called Charter Revision, and ironically, it was this procedure that brought the disputed provision of our current charter to light. Unless and until a revised charter is approved by town vote, the current charter is the law.
Joan Gay
Killingworth
Killingworth Democratic Town Committee 