Lessons from Westwood

Westwood, MA voted to approve their Prop 2 1/2 override Tuesday, April 24th with 3002 votes for and 2207 votes against.

Highlights from the Boston Globe Override Central reveal

• 56% voter turnout (let's hope for something similar)
• they had 15 months to prepare for the vote (not that much time here)
• multiple presentations to explain the numbers (the Franklin school officials have made an effort to get out and talk about the numbers)

Read the full article here