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Home My WebLink About1976-11-02-SE-Results (WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION - SEE WARRANT FILE.) STATE ELECTION November 2, 1976 In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the Town of Lex- ington met in their respective voting places in said Town of Lexington on Tuesday, November 2, 1976 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 Agnes Heimlich R Marjorie E. Wirpio Clerk D Lorraine C. Baron R Virginia M. Warner Inspector D Catherine F. Hooper D Margaret M. Potter Inspector R Caroline F. Deloury R Winifred F. Hubbard Inspector D L. Francis Murphy D Marguerite A. Cronin Inspector R A. Estelle Szalajeski Precinct Three Precinct Four D Marjorie Modoono Warden D Edna F. Marshall R Mildred M. Cronin Clerk R Rose J. Grant D Gloria J. Bresnihan Inspector D Helen C. Rooney R Carol A. Goldthwait Inspector R Mary G. McCauley D Hilda D. Glaubman Inspector D Mary G. Oliver R Barbara M. Collins 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 R Gloria D. Colbert D Anne C. Williamson Inspector D Helen M. Hoyle R Winifred C. Ivester Inspector R Harold W. Josephson D Ann M. Pace Inspector D Joan Melcher 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 Evelyn T. Lawson Inspector R Margaret S. Wilson R Shirley E. Bullock Inspector D Mary N. Ayvazian D Dorothy A. Shine Inspector R Sidney G. Lindsley Precinct Nine D Elizabeth F. Downey Warden R Sally S. Hooper Clerk D Mary C. Joseph Inspector R Letitia E. Cunha Inspector D Helen G. Garten Inspector R Norma E. Ebbs 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. (State Election - November 2, 1976) The total number of registered voters in each precinct eligible to vote as of October 5, 1976 as follows: PRECINCT REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS INDEPENDENTS AMERICAN TOTALS One 392 1,050 747 0 2,189 Two 380 1,184 707 3 2,274 Three 327 870 727 0 1,924 Four 592 1,004 841 0 2,437 Five 402 1,018 795 2 2,217 Six 649 868 692 2 2,211 Seven 505 964 776 0 2,245 Eight 486 843 678 0 2,007 Nine 470 924 873 0 2,267 Totals 4,203 8,725 6,836 7 19,771 Recap sheets were delivered to the Town Clerk at her office as follows: Precinct One 10:20 P. M. Precinct Two 10:35 P. M. Precinct Three 9:35 P. M. Precinct Four 10:40 P. M. Precinct Five 9:55 P. M. Precinct Six 10:25 P. M. Precinct Seven 11 P. M. Precinct Eight 9:15 P. M. Precinct Nine 10:30 P. M. The Town Clerk and the members of the Board of Registrars canvassed the results as follows: Precinct One 1,855 voters cast their vote Precinct Two 1,961 voters cast their vote Precinct Three 1,682 voters cast their vote Precinct Four 2,082 voters cast their vote Precinct Five 1,914 voters cast their vote Precinct Six 1,953 voters cast their vote Precinct Seven 1,939 voters cast their vote Precinct Eight 1,753 voters cast their vote Precinct Nine 1,992 voters cast their vote Totals 17,131 voters cast their vote 86.6% of the 19,771 registered voters cast their vote. ABSENTEE BALLOT BREAKDOWN APPLICATIONS BALLOTS BALLOTS RETURNED RETURNED PRECINCT PROCESSED RETURNED UNUSED TOO LATE UNUSED IN PERSON One 15 15 0 Two 15 13 2 Three 17 17 0 Four 29 28 1 Five 27 26 1 Six 23 23 0 Seven 19 15 4 Eight 10 10 0 Nine 14 14 0 Totals 169 161 8 ' 'r (State Election - November 2, 1976) ABSENTEE BALLOT BREAKDOWN (CONT.) APPLICATIONS BALLOTS BALLOTS RETURNED RETURNED PRECINCT PROCESSED RETURNED UNUSED TOO LATE UNUSED REGULAR BALLOTS MAILED One 123 108 10 4 1 Two 107 87 14 2 4 Three 104 92 10 1 1 Four 194 157 28 8 1 Five 127 106 16 4 1 Six 148 117 25 6 0 Seven 132 108 19 2 3 Eight 90 77 12 0 1 Nine 90 80 10 0 0 Totals 1,115 932 144 27 12 FEDERAL PERSONNEL - VOTER One 3 1 0 2 0 Two 3 1 0 2 0 Three 0 0 0 0 0 Four 2 2 0 0 0 Five 4 2 0 2 0 Six 3 3 0 0 0 Seven 6 4 1 1 0 Eight 2 1 1 0 0 Nine 22 0 0 0 Totals 25 16 2 7 0 FEDERAL PERSONNEL - NON-VOTER One 0 0 0 0 0 Two 6 3 3 0 0 Three 0 0 0 0 0 Four 1 0 1 0 0 Five 7 5 2 0 0 Six 4 2 1 1 0 Seven 1 1 0 0 0 Eight 3 3 0 0 0 Nine 63 3 0 0 Totals 28 17 10 1 0 TOTALS 1,337 1,126 164 35 12 BALLOTS REJECTED Precinct One 4 Precinct Two 4 Precinct Three 2 Precinct Four 7 Precinct Five 5 Precinct Six 2 • Precinct Seven 2 Precinct Eight 2 Precinct Nine 2 ---- Total Rejected 30 (State Election - November 2, 1976) ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Pr.l Pr.2 Pr.3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Pr.7 Pr.8 Pr.9 Totals Anderson and Shackelford 3 4 5 8 3 3 5 4 5 40 Camejo and Reid 6 10 6 7 8 5 7 3 6 58 Carter and Mondale 961 1117 887 996 956 874 959 827 917 8,494 Ford and Dole 803 747 711 964 866 1008 896 835 984 7,814 LaRouche Jr. and Evans 1 8 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 17 McCarthy and Stouffer 53 56 49 72 51 44 46 59 56 486 Bubar and Dodge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Levin and Blomen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MacBride and Bergland 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Wright and Spook 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All others 0 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 13 Blanks 26 17 20 31 28 18 24 21 21 206 Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 1939 1753 1992 17,131 SENATOR IN CONGRESS Edward M. Kennedy 1230 1348 1134 1311 1239 1121 1200 1074 1207 10,864 Michael S. Robertson 534 538 468 , 662 569 728 654 602 687 5,442 Carol Henderson Evans 14 16 25 30 19 26 26 11 26 193 H. Graham Lowry 13 6 8 7 8 8 6 8 12 76 All others 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Blanks 64 53 47 72 78 70 53 58 60 555 " Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 1939 1753 1992 17,131 CONGRESSMAN - (Fifth District) Paul E. Tsongas 1226 1363 1144 1355 1306 1193 1279 1113 1283 11,262 Roger P. Durkin 490 459 427 570 486 650 552 501 589 4,724 Blanks 139 139 111 157 122 110 108 139 120 1,145 Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 1939 1753 1992 17,131 COUNCILLOR - (Third District) (Prec. 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9) Herbert L. Connolly 1022 933 924 914 1015 4,808 All others 0 0 0 1 0 1 Blanks 1060 1020 1015 838 977 4,910 Totals 2082 1953 1939 1753 1992 9,719 COUNCILLOR - (Sixth District) (Prec. 1, 2, 3 & 5) Joseph A. Langone III 1018 984 893 976 3,871 Blanks 837 977 789 938 3,541 Totals 1855 1961 1682 1914 7,412 SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT - FOURTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Prec. 1, 2, 3 & 5) Samuel Rotondi 1087 1103 961 1048 4,199 Helen T. Metros 413 432 360 441 1,646 Blanks 355 426 361 425 1,567 Totals 1855 1961 1682 1914 7,412 SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT - FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Prec. 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9) Ronald C. MacKenzie 876 944 818 768 849 4,255 John J. Leary 886 757 876 765 900 4,184 Blanks 320 252 245 220 243 1,280 Totals 2,082 1,953 1,939 1,753 1,992 9,719 C (State Election - November 2, 1976) REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT - (Thirty-fifth Middlesex District) (Prec. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6) Pr.l Pr.2 Pr.3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Pr.7 Pr.8 Pr.9 Totals Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. 1335 1302 1144 1478 1368 1455 8,082 All others 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Blanks 520 659 538 604 546 497 3,364 Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 11,447 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT - (Thirty-seventh Middlesex District) (Prec. 7 & 8) Carol C. Amick 1333 1138 2,471 All others 0 1 1 Blanks 606 614 1,220 Totals 1939 1753 3,692 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT - (Thirty-eighth Middlesex District) (Prec. 9 Only) Edward M. Dickson 1136 1136 Blanks 856 856 Totals 1992 1,992 CLERK OF COURTS - (Middlesex County Edward J. Sullivan 914 863 750 765 745 635 666 666 818 6,822 Joan R. Needleman 628 736 598 881 797 969 893 762 855 7,119 All others 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Blanks 312 362 334 436 372 349 380 324 319 3,188 Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 1939 1753 1992 17,131 REGISTER OF DEEDS - (Middlesex Southern District) John F. Zamparelli 883 822 720 746 786 622 696 675 791 6,741 Lester W. Bowen 565 609 511 807 626 865 738 666 762 6,149 All others 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Blanks 406 530 451 529 502 466 505 412 439 4,240 Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 1939 1753 1992 17,131 COUNTY COMMISSIONER - (Middlesex County) S. Lester Ralph 921 1086 842 1045 975 947 972 841 967 8,596 Carl J. Cincotta 636 647 595 835 678 850 794 698 797 6,530 Michael E. McLaughlin 656 594 510 617 618 510 566 548 667 5,286 Blanks 1497 1595 1417 1667 1557 1599 1546 1419 1553 13,850 Totals 3710 3922 3364 4164 3828 3906 3878 3506 3984 34,262 QUESTION NO. 1 - (EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT) Yes 1107 1318 1067 1410 1251 1347 1306 1099 1247 11,152 No 652 553 534 575 566 537 566 567 668 5,218 Blanks 96 90 81 97 97 69 67 87 77 761 Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 1939 1753 1992 17,131 QUESTION NO. 2 - (GRADUATED INCOME TAX RATES AMENDMENT) Yes 532 656 491 604 489 545 556 473 491 4,837 No 1207 1201 1093 1351 1316 1317 1308 1183 1400 11,376 Blanks 116 104 98 127 109 91 75 97 101 918 Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 1939 1753 1992 17,131 (State Election - November 2, 1976) QUESTION NO. 3 - (ABSENTEE VOTING FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS AMENDMENT) Pr.l Pr.2 Pr.3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Pr.7 Pr.8 Pr.9 Totals Yes 1075 1251 1002 1376 1181 1290 1247 1074 1184 10,680 No 659 588 564 578 606 560 588 569 702 5,414 Blanks 121 122 116 128 127 103 104 110 106 1,037 Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 1939 1753 1992 17,131 QUESTION NO. 4 - (ESTABLISH A MASSACHUSETTS POWER AUTHORITY) Yes 294 399 320 397 317 301 335 278 331 2,972 No 1392 1396 1216 1.506 1428 1501 1469 1128 1532 12,568 Blanks 169 166 146 179 169 151 135 347 129 1,591 Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 1939 1753 1992 17,131 QUESTION NO. 5 - (BANNING PRIVATE HANDGUNS) Yes 781 1032 807 1053 938 997 979 792 860 8,239 No 946 822 791 915 872 867 872 881 1059 8,025 Blanks 128 107 84 114 104 89 88 80 73 867 Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 1939 1753 1992 17,131 QUESTION NO. 6 - (CONTROLS ON BOTTLES AND CANS) Yes 1105 1333 1037 1449 1228 1353 1358 1147 1260 11,270 No 639 506 547 523 575 510 502 518 645 4,965 Blanks 111 122 98 110 111 90 79 88 87 896 Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 1939 1753 1992 17,131 QUESTION NO. 7 - (UNIFORM ELECTRIC RATES) Yes 498 651 491 554 548 514 564 492 513 4,825 No 1228 1202 1074 1382 1221 1320 1271 1157 1375 11,230 Blanks 129 108 117 146 145 119 104 104 104 1,076 Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 1939 1753 1992 17,131 QUESTION NO. 8 - (OIL REFINERY AND DEEP WATER PORT) Yes 1103 1131 994 1229 1133 1194 1169 1071 1281 10,305 No 595 665 518 637 598 593 630 541 552 5,329 Blanks 157 165 170 216 183 166 140 141 159 1,497 Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 1939 1753 1992 17,131 QUESTION NO. 9 - (SUNDAY CLOSING LAWS) Yes 927 1034 882 1013 980 916 1022 883 1077 8,734 No 805 817 701 944 820 946 823 777 837 7,470 Blanks 123 110 99 125 114 91 94 93 78 927 Totals 1855 1961 1682 2082 1914 1953 1939 1753 1992 17,131 A true copy. Attest: Mary R. McDonough, Town Clerk Daniel I. Small, 33 Wachusett Drive, resigned as a Town Meeting Member from Precinct 4 on January 11, 1977. Paul J. Nicholson, 2006 Massachusetts Avenue, having received the next highest number of votes as a defeated candidate for Town Meeting Member in Precinct 4 at the March 1, 1976 election, accepted a position as Town Meeting Member from Precinct 4 on January 18, 1977. Mr. Nicholson will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel I. Small for a term expiring in March 1977. Fredric S. Cohen, 27 Saddle Club Road, resigned as a Town Meeting Member from Precinct 5 effective January 13, 1977. Thomas L. Preziosi, 12 Lockwood Road, having received the next highest number of votes as a defeated candidate for Town Meeting Member in Precinct 5 at the March 1, 1976 election, accepted a position as Town Meeting Member from Precinct 5 effective January 18, 1977. Mr. Preziosi will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Fredric S. Cohen for a term expiring in March 1977. Diane Lund, 23 Nickerson Road, resigned as a Town Meeting Member from Precinct 9 effective January 18, 1977. Clifford B. Porter, 393 Lincoln Street, having received the next highest number of votes as a defeated candidate for Town Meeting Member in Precinct 9 at the March 1, 1976 election, accepted a position as Town Meeting Member from Precinct 9 effective January 18, 1977. Mr. Porter will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Diane Lund for a term expiring in March 1977, Erik Lund, 23 Nickerson Road, resigned as a Town Meeting Member from Precinct 9 effective February 10, 1977. This vacancy will be filled at the March 7, 1977 Annual Town Election by the defeated candidate that receives the highest vote. Ephraim Weiss, 462 Lowell Street, resigned as a Town Meeting Member from Precinct Five effective February 24, 1977. This vacancy will be filled at the March 7, 1977 Annual Town Election by the defeated candidate that receives the highest vote. Elizabeth. M. Flynn, 310 Concord Avenue, resigned as a Town Meeting Member from Precinct Three effective March 2, 1977. This vacancy will be filled at the March 7, 1977 Annual Town Election by the defeated candidate that receives the highest vote.