HomeMy WebLinkAbout1949-04-26-STE-Referendum-Results SPECIAL ELECTION, REFERENDUM FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL HELD APRIL 26, 1949
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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 Tuesday, April the twenty-sixth in the year of our
Lord nineteen hundred and forty-nine at seven-thirty o 'clock in the
forenoon.
The following places were designated as the voting places for
the various precincts: Precinct One , Adams School; Precinct Two ,
Three and Four , Cary Memorial Hall.
The following election officers having been duly appointed by
the Selectmen , and Wardens of the various precincts were assigned
for duty as follows:
PRECINCT ONE PRECINCT TWO
Charles J. Dailey Warden Helen K. Fitzgerald
George E. Foster Inspector Randall Richards
Mary E. Stankard Inspector Edward McGrory
Mary A. Roland Clerk John H. Dacey
Annie H. MacDonell Teller Elizabeth R. Nourse
Helga M. Carlson Teller Eleanor T. Husted
PRECINCT THREE PRECINCT FOUR
Charles F. Vaughan Warden Lester L. Andrews
Henry P. Meade Inspector Helen M. Kirk
Gladys T. Watson Inspector Mary A. Spellman
Emma Zitso Clerk _ Mary J. Ferry
Edna D. Anderson Teller Catherine M. Ferry
Rosalie MacDonald Teller Agnes G. Hall
The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven-
thirty o'clock A.M. and remained open until eight o'clock P.M. ,
after which time , after due notice , they were closed.
The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance
of their duties.
The ballots were counted by the election officers in each
precinct , the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town
Clerk being used.
The total registration of voters in each precinct was as
follows:
Precinct One One thousand eight hundred ninety-three 1$93
Precinct Two One thousand four hundred eighty-four 14$4
Precinct Three One thousand six hundred seventy-seven 1677
Precinct Four One thousand nine hundred sixty-five 1965
Total Seven thousand and nineteen 7019
The ballotscast were counted, enclosed in envelopes , sealed, 283
signed by the election officers , together with the unused ballots ,
and delivered to the Town Clerk at his office.
The Registrars of Voters and the Town Clerk canvassed the result
as follows:
Precinct One 112$ Eleven hundred and twenty-eight
Precinct Two 961 Nine hundred sixty-one
Precinct Three 1119 Eleven hundred nineteen
Precinct Four 1140 Eleven hundred forty
Total 434$ Forty three hundred and forty-eight
To vote YES or NO by ballot upon the following question presented to
the voters at large by the Selectmen, pursuant to a petition for a
_, referendum upon a vote rejecting a measure at an adjourned session of
the 1949 Annual Town Meeting held on March 2$, 1949, under Article
37 of the Warrant for said meeting.
QUESTION Pre .1 Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre.4 Total
YES 263 341 337 342 1283
NO 865 619 7$0 798 3062
BLANKS 0 1 2 0 3
1128 961 1119 1140 4348
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