The Current (August 2011) Polling Place for both Enfield Districts 1 (South of Mecklenburg Road) and District 2 (North of Mecklenburg Road) is the Enfield Volunteer Fire Co. - 172 Enfield Main Road. (See Map for districts below - pdf file).
District lines for both Houses of NY State Legislative and U.S. House of Representatives were redrawn after the 1980 U.S. government census showed considerable growth in Tompkins County. Enfield became U.S. Congressional District 24. For state purposes Tompkins County became part of the 125th Assembly District and the 53th State Senate District. Enfield is represented by two members of the Tompkins County Board of Representatives - District 15 and District 8. [Tompkins County Charters states that "the Board of Representatives shall be the legislative appropriating, governing, and policy-determining body of the County..." (Sec. 2.05)]
Some of the Board's specific powers and duties are: to make appropriations, levy taxes, incur indebtedness, and adopt the county budget; enact, amend or repeal local laws, charter laws, ordinances. Before November 1985 the town was represented by one district representative - Newfield (District 8). This representation changed because of the 1980 census showing growth in District 8 and a decrease in Ulysses (District 15). To create equal population districts the town was divided along the south of State Route 79 - Mecklenburg road.
The Town Board designates the Polling Places of the town. These places are always located in public. The Harvey Hotel in Enfield Center rented for town business was used as a polling place along with Wortman Hall (currently located at Enfield Center - Enfield Main road). Costs of building polling booths for elections at Wortman Hall and Harvey Hall were noted during in the budget submitted by the town to the Tompkins County Board of Supervisors during the 1800's.
