Winchester Town Election Results

The will have a new member sitting at its table this week., who is currently on the Capital Planning Committee, secured 1,649 votes, defeating incumbent (996) and challenger (862). There were also 439 blank ballots in selectmen race.

“This is something I’ve been striving for,” Marmon said. “I’m glad to have the opportunity, now I hope I can live up to expectations.”

Marmon said that one of his first goals on the board would be to try to encourage the selectmen to hire a new Town Manager.

“I certainly will like to push them to hire a full-time Town Manager,” Marmon said. “That's one of the first things I'd like to do.”

With the, Marmon said that finding the would be an important first step for the board.

“It’s too bad the override failed,” Marmon said. “That just adds to the work that we need to do. One of the first items that we’re going to have to do is decide what to do with those cuts.”

Blank Ballots

One of the noticeable trends on the Town Elections was the number of blank ballots for the various positions. In the selectmen race, out of the 3,972 people that voted, 439 submitted blank ballots for that race.

Even though John Sullivan had no competition for town moderator, 1,239 blank ballots were submitted, while Sullivan received 2,703 votes. Lance Grenzeback (2,014) and Mary McKenna-Sullivan (2,040) ran unopposed for the Planning Board, but there were still 3,867 blank ballots.

The override question saw 117 blank ballots out of the 3,972 that voted.

According to Town Clerk, Mary Ellen Lannon, seeing a number of blank ballots for some of the positions isn’t too surprising for a Town Election.

“Statistically there’s always a high number of blanks,” Lannon said. “That’s been my experience in doing this for nearly 20 years. It just shows that people won’t cast their vote if they don’t know the person they’re voting for.”

Be sure to click on the pdf to the right to see the full election results.