HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-11-05-SE-Results (WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION - SEE WARRANT BOOK)
STATE ELECTION
NOVEMBER 5, 1974
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the Town of Lexington
met in their respective voting places in said Town of Lexington on Tuesday,
November 5, 1974 at 7:00 in the forenoon.
The following places were designated as the voting places for the various
precincts: Precinct One, Harrington School; Precinct Two, Bowman School;
Precinct Three, Bridge School; Precinct Four, Senior High School; Precinct Five,
Cary Memorial Hall; Precinct Six, Diamond Junior High School; Precinct Seven,
Estabrook School; Precinct Eight, Central Fire Station; Precinct Nine, Maria
Hastings School.
The election officers and Wardens of the various precincts were assigned for
duty as follows:
Precinct One Precinct Two
D Eileen J. Fradette Warden R Ilda J. Field
R Marjorie E. Wirpio Clerk R Agnes Heimlich
R Virginia D. Tobler Inspector R Alice G. Marshall
D Anna M. Bushard Inspector D L. Francis Murphy
D Margaret K. Nelson Inspector D Lorraine C. Baron
R Barbara M. Collins Inspector D Margaret M. Potter
Precinct Three Precinct Four
D Marjorie Modoono Warden D Edna F. Marshall
R Mildred M. Cronin Clerk R Rose J. Grant
D Mary H. Coyle Inspector D Helen C. Rooney
R Carol A. Goldthwait Inspector R Mary G. McCauley
D Marie T. Walton Inspector D Mary G. Oliver
R Dorothea J. Russo Inspector R Dorothy F. LeBert
Precinct Five Precinct Six
R Dolores M. Swan Warden D Mary C. Casey
D Joan H. McDonough Clerk R Caroline P. Johnston
R Elinor M. Vassallo Inspector D Helen G. Garten
D Anne C. Williamson Inspector R Ruth M. Mitchell
R Winifred E. Ivester Inspector D Evelyn T. Lawson
D Gloria J. Bresnihan Inspector R Gloria D. Colbert
Precinct Seven Precinct Eight
R Mary F. Irwin Warden D Joseph O. Rooney
D Ann M. Baum Clerk R Helen L. Perry
R Irene Norcross Inspector D Henry P. Meade
D Dorothy A. Shine Inspector R Margaret S. Wilson
R Norma E. Ebbs Inspector R Ida M. Fisk
D Marguerite A. Cronin Inspector D Helen M. Hoyle
Precinct Nine
D Mary J. Ferry Warden
D Elizabeth F. Downey Clerk
D Mary C. Joseph Inspector
R Sally S. Hooper Inspector
R Florence M. Downe Inspector
R Harold W. Josephson Inspector
The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties.
The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven o'clock A. M. and
remained open until eight o'clock P. M., at which time, after due notice, they
were declared closed.
The total number of registered voters in each precinct eligible to vote as of
October 8, 1974 as follows:
Precinct Independents Republicans Democrats Totals
One 678 397 966 2,041
Two 666 426 1,026 2,118
Three 685 319 755 1,759
Four 786 623 895 2,304
Five 767 387 885 2,039
Six 630 640 792 2,062
Seven 691 522 876 2,089
Eight 663 494 729 1,886
Nine 845 482 805 2,132
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Totals 6,411 4,290 7,729 18,430 '
Recap sheets were delivered to the Town Clerk at her office as follows:
Precinct One 9:30 P. M.
Precinct Two 9:38 P. M.
Precinct Three 9:25 P. M.
Precinct Four 9:25 P. M.
Precinct Five 8:45 P. M.
Precinct Six 9:30 P. M.
Precinct Seven 10:17 P. M.
Precinct Eight 9:10 P. M.
Precinct Nine 9:30 P. M.
The Town Clerk and the members of the Board of Registrars canvassed the results
as follows:
Precinct One 1,402 voters cast their vote
Precinct Two 1,484 voters cast their vote
Precinct Three 1,208 voters cast their vote
Precinct Four 1,550 voters cast their vote
Precinct Five 1,356 voters cast their vote
Precinct Six 1,497 voters cast their vote
Precinct Seven 1,504 voters cast their vote
Precinct Eight 1,344 voters cast their vote
Precinct Nine 1,503 voters cast their vote
Total 12,848 voters cast their vote
69.7% of the eligible 18,430 registered voters cast their vote.
ABSENTEE BALLOT BREAKDOWN
APPLICATIONS BALLOTS UNUSED RETURNED RETURNED
PRECINCT PROCESSED RETURNED BALLOTS TOO LATE UNUSED
IN PERSON
One 4 4 0 0 0
Two 4 4 0 0 0
Three 5 5 0 0 0
Four 13 13 0 0 0
Five 9 9 0 0 0
Six 9 9 0 0 0
Seven 13 13 0 0 0
Eight 11 10 1 0 0 '
Nine 1212 0 0 0
Totals 80 79 1 0 0
ABSENTEE BALLOT BREAKDOWN (CONT.)
SERVICEMAN - VOTER
APPLICATIONS BALLOTS UNUSED RETURNED RETURNED
PRECINCT PROCESSED RETURNED BALLOTS TOO LATE UNUSED
One 0 0 0 0 0
Two 1 1 0 0 0
Three 0 0 0 0 0
Four 0 0 0 0 0
Five 0 0 0 0 0
Six 1 1 0 0 0
„. Seven 0 0 0 0 0
Eight 2 2 0 0 0
Nine 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 4 4 0 0 0
REGULAR BALLOTS MAILED
One 58 46 11 0 1
Two 36 34 2 0 0
Three 25 18 6 0 1
Four 47 35 11 1 0
Five 25 16 9 0 0
Six 38 23 13 2 0
Seven 46 21 20 3 2
Eight 25 18 6 1 0
Nine 35 20 13 0 2
Totals 335 231 91 7 6
Final Totals 419 314 92 7 6
BALLOTS REJECTED
Precinct One 1
Precinct Two 4
Precinct Three 2
Precinct Four 2
Precinct Five 3
Precinct Six 2
Precinct Seven 0
Precinct Eight 1
Precinct Nine 1
Total Ballots Rejected 16
Pr.1 Pr.2 Pr.3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Pr.7 Pr.B Pr.9 Totals
GOVERNOR and LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Sargent & Dwight 743 835 617 981 740 975 918 767 845 7,421
Dukakis & O'Neill 606 584 525 504 564 465 538 522 601 4,909
Gurewitz & Bivins 10 15 10 13 4 10 10 11 10 93
Kahian & Greco 21 26 33 26 29 21 19 20 28 223
Blanks 22 24 23 26 19 26 19 24 19 202
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Francis X. Belotti 428 379 319 275 351 216 255 332 359 2,914
Josiah A. Spaulding 918 1,047 846 1,218 958 1,233 1,196 962 1,100 9,478
Jeanne Lafferty 20 20 24 20 9 26 24 20 19 182
Blanks 36 38 19 37 38 22 29 30 25 274
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
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Pr.1 Pr.2 Pr.3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Pr.7 Pr.8 Pr.9 Totals
SECRETARY OF STATE
Paul H. Guzzi 881 943 812 846 884 757 833 760 885 7,601
John M. Quinlan 458 445 348 607 409 652 585 513 550 4,567
Blanks 63 96 48 97 63 88 86 71 68 680
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
STATE TREASURER
Robert Q. Crane 894 893 725 882 845 804 822 803 914 7,582
Blanks 508 591 483 668 511 693 682 541 589 5,266
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
STATE AUDITOR
Thaddeus Buczko 881 869 686 868 805 793 815 781 920 7,418
Blanks 521 615 522 682 551 704 689 563 583 5,430
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
CONGRESSMAN - 5th District
Paul W. Cronin 479 412 359 626 444 634 554 540 575 4,623
Paul E. Tsongas 879 1,015 811 872 872 824 913 769 890 7,845
Blanks 44 57 38 52 40 39 37 35 38 380
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
COUNCILLOR - 6th District (Precincts 1, 2, 3 & 5)
Vincent A. LoPresti 735 641 535 649 2,560
Blanks 667 843 673 707 2,890
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,356 5,450
COUNCILLOR - 3rd District (Precincts 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9)
Herbert L. Connolly 726 654 646 673 797 3,496
Blanks 824 843 858 671 706 3,902
Totals 1,550 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 7,398
SENATOR - 4th Middlesex District (Precincts 1, 2, 3 & 5)
John W. Bullock 678 635 475 552 2,340
Helen T. Metros 135 167 162 182 646
Arthur B. Spector 335 347 246 324 1,252
Blanks 254 335 325 298 1,212
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,356 5,450
SENATOR - 5th Middlesex District (Precincts 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9)
Ronald C. MacKenzie 1,195 1,179 1,156 1,000 1,147 5,677
Parker Weaver 80 64 68 80 103 395
Blanks 275 254 280 264 253 1,326
Totals 1,550 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 7,398
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT - 35th Middlesex District '
(Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6)
Lincoln P. Cole, Jr.1,008 997 844 1,140 968 1,133 6,090
Allan F. Kenney 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Blanks 394 487 364 410 388 363 2,406
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 8,497
Pr.l Pr.2 Pr.3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Pr.7 Pr.8 Pr.9 Totals
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT - 37th Middlesex District
(Precincts 7 & 8)
Carol C. Amick 810 727 1,537
Marietta P. Ellis 530 423 953
Robert W. Rimbach 65 42 107
Blanks 99 152 251
Totals 1,504 1 ,344 2,848
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT - 38th Middlesex District (Precinct 9)
Edward M. Dickson 877 877
Blanks 626 626
Totals 1,503 1,503
DISTRICT ATTORNEY - Northern District
John J. Droney 839 808 646 766 759 727 721 718 835 6,819
Robert W. Rimbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Blanks 563 676 562 784 597 770 783 625 668 6,028
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
COUNTY COMMISSIONER - Middlesex County
John L. Danehy 745 708 542 709 654 635 616 639 752 6,000
Blanks 657 776 666 841 702 862 888 705 751 6,848
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
SHERIFF - Middlesex County
John J. Buckley 831 955 826 1,120 889 1,123 1,110 883 1,018 8,755
Walter J. Sullivan 489 422 309 337 375 283 293 374 402 3,284
Blanks 82 107 73 93 92 91 101 87 83 809
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
QUESTION NO. 1 (Legislator recess - 30 days)
Yes 801 919 760 986 805 970 937 778 942 7,898
No 282 268 231 273 262 282 285 264 287 2,434
Blanks 319 297 217 291 289 245 282 302 274 2,516
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
QUESTION NO. 2 (Reduce House of Representatives)
Yes 917 1,041 861 1,145 932 1,125 1,072 897 1,080 9,070
No 172 159 124 145 147 138 154 155 150 1,344
Blanks 313 284 223 260 277 234 278 292 273 2,434
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
QUESTION NO. 3 (Tax money for private education)
Yes 615 750 582 777 614 775 711 575 690 6,089
No 468 460 396 507 466 490 520 481 543 4,331
Blanks 319 274 230 266 276 232 273 288 270 2,428
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
QUESTION NO. 4 (Tax money for mass transportation)
Yes 768 920 706 983 802 980 922 736 886 7,703
No 323 286 273 304 281 285 308 319 359 2,738
Blanks 311 278 229 263 273 232 274 289 258 2,407
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
Pril Pr.2 Pr.3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Pr.7 Pr.8 Pr.9 Totals
QUESTION NO. 5 - Commission -(Political campaign funds)
Yes 709 772 639 840 696 779 778 677 786 6,676
No 338 365 273 391 342 421 397 312 385 3,224
Blanks 355 347 296 319 318 297 329 355 332 2,948
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
QUESTION NO. 6 (State department to run medicaid)
Yes 810 907 717 895 787 893 890 773 899 7,571
No 238 249 227 309 255 289 283 233 279 2,362
Blanks 354 328 264 346 314 315 331 338 325 2,915
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
QUESTION NO. 7 (Alcoholic beverages - Restaurants 99 persons plus)
Yes 814 861 746 924 789 911 923 738 884 7,590
No 348 414 302 401 37.1 415 390 387 405 3,433
Blanks 240 209 160 225 196 171 191 219 214 1,825
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
QUESTION NO. 8 (Amnesty - Vietnam War)
Yes 607 708 592 729 597 654 688 539 591 5,705
No 531 541 437 580 536 638 587 554 680 5,084
Blanks 264 235 179 241 223 205 229 251 232 2,059
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
A true copy. •
Attest:
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Mary R. McDonough, Town Clerk
Nancy F. Earsy, 32 Parker Street, resigned as a Town Meeting Member in
Precinct 4 on February 6, 1975.
Paul J. Nicholson, 2006 Massachusetts Avenue, having received the highest
number of votes as a defeated candidate for Town Meeting Member in Precinct 4 at
the March 4, 1974 election, accepted a position as Town Meeting Member from Precinct
4 on February 19, 1975. Mr. Nicholson will fill the vacancy caused by Mrs. Earsy's
resignation and his term will expire on March 3, 1975 (the next Annual Town
Election.)
Bernice Manning, 66 Hillcrest Avenue, resigned as a Town Meeting Member from
Precinct 1 on February 18, 1975.
This vacancy will be filled at the March 3, 1975 election by the defeated
candidate that receives the highest vote.