Voters in Porter County voted against membership in a Regional Transportation District by a 4:1 ratio.  Now, some county officials are blaming robocalls for fueling confusion among voters.

An unusually high number of voters confused about where to go to vote on the referendum Tuesday caused concern among election workers.

The county voter registration office responded to several hundred voters who either called or came in puzzled about their polling place, said Kathy Kozuszek, co-director of the Porter County Voter Registration office.

“There were just too many that came here or called because of the confusion,” she said. “That threw a flag up for me.”

It wasn’t until later in the afternoon that election workers learned that some voters received an automated phone message with inaccurate instructions on how to vote “yes” for the regional transportation district. — Post-Trib

Turnout was a paltry 15% in Porter County for this election, and the referendum to join the RTD and increase income taxes failed 79%-21%.  A fraction of Tuesday’s voters might have been momentarily confused about their polling place, but the vast majority understood very clearly that now is not the time to raise income taxes so public transportation can be further subsidized by those who have no plans to ever use it.