HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-12-07-STE-Referendum - Results WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION - (SEE WARRANT FILE)
SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION—MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1998
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 Monday December 7, 1998, at 7 a.m.
The following places were designated as the voting places for the various precincts: Precinct
One, Harrington School; Precinct Two, Bowman School; Precinct Three, Jonas Clarke Middle
School; Precinct Four, Lexington Senior High School; Precinct Five, Cary Memorial Building;
Precinct Six, William Diamond Middle School;Precinct Seven, Joseph Estabrook School;Precinct
Eight, Central Fire Station; Precinct Nine, Maria Hastings School.
The Election Officers of the various precincts were assigned for duty as follows:
Precinct One Precinct Two
Warden: Eileen Fradette Robert Edwards
Clerk: Judith Marcus Donna Alexson
Inspectors: Robert Blouin Dorothy Bond
Margaret Blouin Rita Casey
Marjorie McNicholas Owen Lafley
Martha Shurtleff Kenneth MacWilliams
Robert Taggart Clifford Pehrson
Bernice Weiss Roselyn Torci
Precinct Three Precinct Four
Warden: Marjorie Modoono Gulli Kula
Clerk: Alice G. Hopkins Richard Crawford
Inspectors: Mary Devoe Elizabeth Adam
Helen Euart Beverly Aker
Marcia Flint Raymond Flynn
Duncan A. MacQueen Dana Regillo
Elizabeth Patrician Eleanor Smith
Phillip Pullen Gladys Snyder
Precinct Five Precinct Six
Warden: Eric Kula Dorothy Boggia
Clerk: Grace Ayers Mary Casey
Inspectors: Hazel Allison Alla Fedus
Ronald Byrne Katherine Geanacopulos
Burton Smith Harriet Morrison
Priscilla Winter Barbara Simmons
Martha Zani William Simmons
Precinct Seven Precinct Eight
Warden: Estelle Szalajeski Joseph Campbell
Clerk: Bernice Gerrig Phyllis Richardson
Inspectors: Mildred Collentro Claire Abernathy
Robert Greenway Eleanor Allen
Nicholas Hay Elinor Bettencourt
Mary A. Hefron Audrey Hosford
Edna Holloran Donald Macbeth
Elizabeth McDonough Paul Shaughnessy
Precinct Nine
Warden: John Taylor
Clerk: Carol Scalise
Inspectors: Janet Lowther
Edith Paster Judith Schuler
Clark S. Schuler Anne Taylor
SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION—MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1998
The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties.
The polls were declared open in each precinct at 7 a.m. and remained open until 8 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
November 17, 1998 is as follows:
REGISTERED
PRECINCT VOTERS DEM REP UNENROLL LIBERTARIAN
1 1953 829 293 827 1
2 2382 1125 294 958 3
3 2510 958 421 1127 2
4 2458 1057 342 1057 1
5 2354 918 415 1015 4
6 2486 1042 441 998 3
7 2255 923 339 987 1
8 2390 934 431 1020 3
9 2193 815 335 1038 5
TOTALS 20981 8601 3311 8653 23
Totals include the following:
Green Party: Pr. 8 — 1 Prohibition: Pr. 5 - 1
Inter. 3rd Party: Pr. 1 - 3 Socialist: Pr. 3 - 1
Pr. 2 - 3 Pr. 6 - 1
Pr. 3 — 1 Reform: Pr. 7 - 1
Pr. 4 — 1 Rainbow Coalition: Pr. 5 - 1
Pr. 6 — 1 Pr. 7 - 2
Pr. 7 - 2
Pr. 8 - 1
Recap sheets were delivered to the Board of Registrars in the Comptroller's Office.
45.5% of the registered voters voted.
Of the total 485 absentee ballots requested, 382 absentee ballots were cast.
The Town Clerk and members of the Board of Registrars Mary Abegg, Connie Foster and Luanna
Devenis canvassed the results as follows:
QUESTION#1:
Shall the Town of Lexington be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two
and one-half, so-called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds to be issued for planning,
constructing, originally equipping and furnishing additions to and remodeling, reconstructing
and making extraordinary repairs to Lexington High School, Clarke Middle School and
Diamond Middle School?
TOTALS PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 PR9
QUESTION#1
Totals 9544 799 1106 1012 1171 1033 1235 1108 1206 874
Yes 6327 442 775 668 852 611 859 755 845 520
No 3191 353 327 344 316 410 376 352 361 352
Blanks 26 4 4 3 12 1 2
A true copy.
Attest:
Donna M. Hooper, Town Clerk