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SEPTEMBER 25, 1982
RECOUNT OF VOTES CAST FOR SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT-4th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
AT THE DEMOCRATIC STATE PRIMARY HELD SEPTEMBER 14, 1982
Pursuant to petitions filed with the Secretary of State, a recount of the
votes cast for Senator in General Court-4th Middlesex District at the Democratic
State Primary held September 14, 1982 was held on Saturday, September 25, 1982
starting at 9 A.M. and completed at 3:30 P.M.
The check of the voting machine figures started at 9 A.M. at Harrington
School (Pr. 1) and proceeded on as follows: Bowman School ( Pr. 2); Clarke
Junior High School (Pr. 3); Senior High School (Pr. 4); Central Fire Station
(Pr. 8); Diamond Junior High School (Pr. 6); Estabrook School (Pr. 7); Maria
Hastings School (Pr. 9); Cary Memorial Hall (Pr. 5).
The following election officers were present:
Checking the machine figures at the various precincts and counting
absentee ballots:
D Marjorie Modoono
R Norma B. Jervis
Counting absentee ballots only:
D Gulli I. Kula
R Virginia M. Warner
Runner at the absentee ballot counting procedure:
D Mary F. Williams
The following were also present:
Board of Registrars: R Reed Kingston Taylor, Chairman
D Mary C. Abegg
R William B. Simmons
D Mary R. McDonough, Clerk
Candidates and
Representatives: Richard A. Kraus, Candidate
Counsel, Haskell Kassler
Agents: Stephen Blacklocks, Harry Katz,
Bernice Jones, William Maytum
James J. Lyons, Jr., Candidate
Counsel, Kevin Feeley
Agents: Joseph Tortelli, Bernadette Lyons
At the conclusion of the verification of the voting machine figures, the
counting of the absentee ballots commenced at approximately 1 P.M. in Estabrook Hall.
James J. Lyons , Jr. challenged the vote on one absentee ballot and, after
the Board of Registrars unanimously made the decision that the vote should be
given to Richard A. Kraus, Mr. Lyons protested the vote.
At the conclusion of the absentee ballot count and the final tallying, Reed
Kingston Taylor, Chairman of the Board of Registrars, read the final results of
the recount as follows: (Mr. Taylor did not read the precint totals)
SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT - 4th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
Pr.l Pr.2 Pr.3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Pr.7 Pr.8 Pr.9 Totals -.-
Gerard P. Donahoe 55 60 77 62 59 51 72 37 85 558
Edward A. Flaherty 66 60 55 63 92 45 48 51 77 557
Richard A. Kraus 321 461 346 436 391 488 487 333 383 3,646
James J. Lyons, Jr. 242 217 112 73 74 45 43 84 68 958
William Mahoney 130 97 138 133 145 143 164 111 162 1,223
Helen Metros 56 37 42 40 48 36 38 35 60 392
Charles Porter 10 12 4 12 11 4 6 5 11 75
Blanks 122 133 148 171 152 139 165 128 136 1,294
Totals 1,002 1,077 922 990 972 951 1,023 784 982 8,703
(Recount - September 25, 1982.) '?
As a result of the recount, William Mahoney lost one vote and Helen Metros
gained one vote. This change occurred in Precinct 8 absentee ballot count.
After the final result was announced Counsels Haskell Kessler and Kevin
Feeley remained to check the absentee ballot applications and envelopes and
the rejected absentee ballots (6 rejected).
The Board of Registrars, a majority thereof, approved the rejection of the
six ballots. At this time, Mr. Kassler protested the rejection of two of the
ballots.
Kevin Feeley challenged the validity of all absentee ballots and was asked
by the Board of Registrars to put this in writing. Mr. Feeley presented the
following letter:
9/25/82
Registrars of Voters
Town of Lexington
Lexington, MA
Please be advised that I, on behalf of James J. Lyons, Jr., challenge
the validity of and the counting of the absentee ballots, including the
applications for, the affidavits and notarizations of said, same, in the
Primary held September 14, 1982.
Kevin P. Feeley /signed/
Kevin P. Feeley
Attorney for James J. Lyons, Jr.
As there was nothing on which the Board of Registrars could rule in regards
to the above challenge, the recount was declared completed.
A true copy.
Attest:
lAY enc .
Mary R. McDonough, Town Clerk
Joan N. L. Collins, 8 Oxbow Road, resigned as a Town Meeting Member
from Precinct 9 effective October 12, 1982.
James E. Cosgrove, 307 Wood Street, received the next highest number of
votes as a defeated candidate for Town Meeting Member from Precinct 9 at
the Annual Town Election held March 1, 1982. As of October 28, 1982,
Mr. Cosgrove filed his acceptance of the position of Town Meeting Member
from Precinct 9 to fill the vacancyau 7d by the resignation of Mrs. Collins.
This term will expire in March 1983. —